CRRC first Chinese company to build monorail trains for export

CRRC Corporation Nanjing has signed a contract with Bangkok's rail network for the delivery of 288 monorail trains, making the company the first in China to build straddle-type monorail trains for export.

The INNOVIA 300 straddle-type monorail train. [Photo: yangtse.com]

The company will build the INNOVIA 300 self-driving straddle-type monorail trains for the new Yellow and Pink lines of Bangkok's railway. The lines are currently under construction, and are due to come into service by the end of 2021.

The first delivery by CRRC Nanjing has been planned for June, 2020. Delivery of the trains is expected to be completed by the end of 2021.