Los Angeles County Metropolitan² Transportation Authority (LA Metro¹) on Wednesday signed a 647 million-U.S.-dollar contract to purchase 282 rail cars from a Chinese company.

 

洛杉矶郡都会运输局周三与一家中国公司签署一份价值6.47亿美元的合同，据合同将向该公司购买282辆机动轨道车。

 

Under the contract, LA Metro will firstly pay 178 million dollars for 64 rail cars built by China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) to upgrade the U.S. county's subway system.

 

Of the first batch³ of HR 4000 rail cars to be delivered by September 2021, 30 will replace the 25-year-old Red and Purple Line trains and 34 will serve the Purple Line Extension that is expected to open in 2023.

 

"We anticipate there will be 50,000 weekday boardings once all seven new stations are built, and there will be nearly 80,000 new daily trips on this entire Metro rail system as a result of the opening of the Purple Line Extension," LA Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington said at a signing ceremony.

 

"We are going to need these trains to meet our future ridership demand," he added.

 

A new facility will also be purchased in the LA region to manufacture major components⁴ for propulsion, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and lighting⁵ systems.

 

Therefore, the contract will create about 50 jobs generating up to 38 million dollars in local wages and benefits. About 10 percent of all the new jobs will be created for disadvantaged workers and workers from lower social economic communities.

 

"We work with the local companies, local government and local educational institutions to create a win-win situation," CRRC President Xi Guohua told Xinhua.

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