The last Metropolis trainset for Singapores Circle
Line has left Europe

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Since the first load in April 2006, 40 Metropolis trainsets
have been delivered from Zeebrugge to Singapore in batches of
three carriages in each shipment, making a total of 120
carriages. A container ship of this size was needed to
transport heavy, over-sized equipment, as each carriage
measured 23 metres long and weighed 36-42 tonnes.



The Circle Line is the second consecutive contract awarded to
Alstom by the Singapore authorities for an automatic metro
system. When the Circle Line goes into operation in 2011, it
will be the world's longest automatic line, spanning 42 km.