The first modernised trains, which will start running in three years, will be digital and have five carriages, increasing capacity by 12%. The plan includes modernising the command post and the communications system to make frequencies more flexible.
The Basque Government and the Provincial Council of Bizkaia will invest almost 740 million euros in the modernization of Bilbao metroThe goal is to reach almost 30 years and also reach almost 100 million travelers strengthening of Bizkaia’s public transport system looking to the future.
In this way, the procedures will begin this week so that in three years’ time the first modernized trains. They will be digital and they will all have five cars, so that will increase capacity by 12%.
In concrete terms, they will replace 37 train unitsthose that have reached the end of their life. The cost of each five-car train unit will be around €16.3 million and they will be more energy efficient, significantly reducing electricity consumption by 35%, which is estimated to save up to €1.5 million annually. Similarly, the plan includes the modernization of the command post and the communications system to “make frequencies more flexible”.
Elixabete EtxanobeDeputy General of Bizkaia, stressed the determined commitment of both governments: “We must prepare the metro for the coming decades: safer, with greater capacity, adapted to current and future demand, and even more sustainable and efficient,” he said. said.
In the same way, he has achieved the milestones necessary for the renewal of the suburbs: modern trains, a new signalling and communications system and a renovated command post: “We are working on it together, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and the Basque Government,” he stressed.
The Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, for his part, has stressed that the metro is an essential element in the transport system of Bizkaia and a reference in Euskadi. “It will be 28 years old and the renovation of 37 units is essential,” he said.
Source: EITB
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