Thales Group and Alstom SA have won a contract worth EUR 330 million from MTR Corporation Limited to resignal and upgrade the signaling systems of seven metro lines in Hong Kong. A maintenance option is also included in the contract. This extensive project will equip seven MTR lines with the latest Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) technology, safely adding capacity, reliability and maintainability on the existing infrastructure system.

Thales and Alstom will be responsible for the replacement of the existing signalling system including Automatic Train Supervision (ATS), interlocking, and Automatic Train Control (ATC) in the control centre, trains and stations. Thales will provide the advanced SelTrac CBTC system.