Siemens Introduces Trains for Riyadh Metro

Siemens Introduced the Trains Produced for Riyadh Metro: The Inspiro train produced by Siemens for the Riyadh Metro, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, was introduced at the company's facility in Vienna on February 23. Dynamic tests of the trains, which are still undergoing some tests, will be carried out at Siemens' facility in Wildenrath, Germany. Jochen Eickholt, CEO of Siemens' mobility division, said in a statement that they built a train that could keep up with Riyadh's hot climate and that they used special equipment to do so.
Siemens, a company of the BACS partnership, will be responsible for train production, signaling and electrification works for Metro lines 1 and 2 in Riyadh. Siemens will receive a total of 1,5 billion Euros from the transactions to be made according to the contract.
Siemens, Riyadh Metro 1. 45 units for line Inspiro trains with 4'er wagon and 2. For the line, 29 will produce trains with 2 cars. The maximum speed of the trains produced with the aluminum body and air-conditioned is 90 km / h.