XINHUA The first rubber-tired subway train independently developed by a Chinese enterprise rolled off the assembly line in central China’s Hunan Province early this week. The train will be exported to Mexico City for an upgrading program of its Metro Line 1, according to CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd, the manufacturer. The train has a maximum passenger capacity of
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexico City’s Metro Collective Transportation System suspended its Metro Line 2 on the morning of Monday, June 4, for three hours due to a malfunction in one of its substations caused by a short circuit. Service at all stations of Line 2 has since been restored. Metro Line 2 runs from the Cuatro Caminos station to Tasqueña station.
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico City’s 19-kilometer-long Metro Line 1, which runs from Observatorio to Pantitlán, will be closed as of Saturday, July 9, for at least a year, in order to allow for repairs and modernizations, the capital government announced Monday, June 27. The renovation of the line, which transports between 500,000 and 900,000 passengers a day and which connects
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