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Data Sheet Blue Line Extension Bangkok English Extending Bangkok’s Blue Line Delivery of a metro system in a turnkey approach including 35 three-car trains over a minimum project period An ever-growing city Blue Line Extension Highlights In Thailand’s capital Bangkok commuters In 2017, the Bangkok Expressway and spend countless hours in traffic jams, Metro Public Company Limited (BEM) • Very tight project schedule with but the number of private vehicles in and CH. Karnchang Public Company only 27 months from project start use still continues to grow. This comes Limited awarded a consortium of to trial run in one section of at extensive costs and above all at the Siemens Mobility and ST Electronics the system expense of human health. Whereas (Thailand) Limited a contract to deliver • Railway operation taken up roads cannot tackle these problems, rail technology for the extension of three months ahead of schedule public transport can. That is why the Bangkok’s Blue Line Metro. in a very challenging project time city planned to increase the number Siemens Mobility’s scope of delivery plan of 36 months of people using mass transit systems. included 35 three-car metro trains, • A lightweight stainless-steel car The metro systems in place were used the signaling system, the traction power body and state-of-the-art traction frequently. In peak hours the Blue supply and all the equipment for the technology reduces energy Line, Bangkok’s first subway system, depot and workshop as well as project consumption needed to run all available trains. management. The project was executed • Interior and exterior LED lights This initial line was delivered as a in a turnkey approach, with Siemens reduce maintenance costs turnkey rail system by Siemens in Mobility also handling the integration and energy consumption 2004 and included 19 three-car trains. of the telecommunication and platform • > 99.99 % availability on original screen door system. line, which is serviced by Siemens Mobility siemens.com/mobility To prepare for operation, personal of the customer as well as Siemens Mobility’s own staff was trained extensively, with a transfer of technical knowledge taking place in the process. Overall, the turnkey setup and efficient project management made it possible to open section by section for a public demo run starting in July 2019. The full extension was already in operation on December 23, 2019 – three months before contractually agreed. The project team also had a focus on safety, achieving a total of 742,000 man hours with zero safety incidents. Rolling stock In addition, the company is to perform The trains on the Blue Line Extension are Car bodies The modular system is used on more than maintenance service for the transit system an evolution of existing Bangkok metro trains The metro train has been designed with 22 metro lines worldwide that need to for a period of ten years. with an improved car design. The rolling a lightweight stainless-steel construction. increase traffic volume with short headways. stock was designed for manual operation. The exterior car body surfaces are painted, Commissioning of the line extension carried The Trainguard LZB 700 M equipment, for The trains are capable of carrying more than and the color stripes are made of adhesive out section by section in 2019. BEM is the example, enables actual driving instructions 800 passengers each and have a top speed foil. operator of the Blue Line. A large part of to be displayed continuously in the driver’s of 80 km/h. They were manufactured in the extension, from Hua Lamphong to cab. It also allows for the continuous moni- Vienna, tested in the Test and Validation Passenger Information System Lak Song in the south and from Bang Sue toring of train speeds. Signals can be reduced Center Wegberg-Wildenrath in Germany The Passenger Information Display and in the north to Tha Pra, runs above ground, to a minimum, as only necessary for degraded and shipped by sea vessel to Thailand. Announcement System provides both visual with 22 kilometers over viaduct. mode operation. and audio information about the train. Additionally, the existing fleet of 19 metro The line will transport up to 500,000 Displays for the train’s destination are trains from Siemens Mobility was upgraded passengers per day. installed on the exterior of the cars. Inside, in the project. dynamic map displays are installed above System integration each door to show the current station and Design concept Technical data and project management the name of the next and previous station. During design of the new metro vehicles, Siemens Mobility delivered the extension Each car also includes displays above the Train configuration Mc-T-Mc (Motor car – trailer car – motor car) a focus was placed on reduction of lifecycle in a turnkey approach and thus was respon- windows for emergency messages, opera- Wheel arrangement Bo’Bo’+2’2’+Bo’Bo’ costs. The car body of the train is of light- sible for the design of the overall transit tional news and for advertisements. Car body material stainless steel weight stainless-steel construction, reducing system and integration of all subsystems, Track gauge 1,435 mm energy consumption and allowing passenger as well as smooth interaction with four civil Signaling capacity to be increased through an opti- Length over coupler of train 65,100 mm contractors. Siemens Mobility delivered a safe and mized interior layout. Four electrically Width of car 3,120 mm reliable signaling system. It includes Testing and commissioning on the system powered 1,400 mm-wide doors are Floor height above top of rail 1,160 mm Trainguard LZB 700 M, a continuous was conducted in very short periods with - arranged on each side of the cars and Max. axle load 15.9 t automatic train control system with a out interfering with ongoing operations. enable passengers to board and leave Number of seats per train 126 high-performance solution for automatic Seamless integration of the extension into the train rapidly, minimizing dwell times train protection (ATP) and automatic Passenger capacity per train the existing line without any interruption at stations. This increases system capacity. (6 pass./m2) 878 train operation (ATO). It optimizes both of commercial service was guaranteed. (8 pass./m2) 1,129 Passenger comfort is increased by a parti- punctuality and headways as well as Passenger doors per car 2 x 4 bi-parting outside sliding doors cularly effective high-performance air- eases the burden on the driver – who can conditioning system, taking into account then focus more on passenger safety. Door width 1,400 mm the local weather conditions with prevailing high temperatures and humidity levels. Overview An innovative air diffuser system was System length 28 km implemented for efficient and comfortable Number of stations 19 air supply, avoiding the risk of water condensation. An updated stanchion Fleet size 35 3-car trains arrangement increases the safety for Headway / signaling 120 s / ATO passengers. Maximum operating speed 80 km/h Grade of Automation GoA 2 The rolling stock is compliant with a high Line voltage 750 V DC, third rail safety level according to latest standards EN 50126, 50128, 50129 and IEC 61508 and Project duration 36 months fire safety according to NFPA 130 / EN 45545. Communication system Depot workshop equipment and platform screen doors The new 35 trains are maintained at the The communication system as well as half- existing Rama IX depot in the city center height platform screen doors were designed of Bangkok, which was delivered by Siemens and implemented by the consortium partner Mobility in 2004 and upgraded as part of ST Electronics. 40 platform sides have been this contract during ongoing operations. equipped with twelve platform screen doors Additionally, Siemens Mobility designed, each. Siemens Mobility integrated both sys- installed and commissioned a state-of-the- tems into the overall system for guaranteed art new depot for efficient service and availability. maintenance of the metro trains. A total of 15 sets of depot workshop equipment Electrification were procured and commissioned for this. Electrification comprises a 750 V DC third rail system. The system is connected to the local Customer Services power provider and feeds electricity into Siemens Mobility Thailand is in charge the systems via two bulk power stations. of service and maintenance of the existing Power transformers convert this to 24 kV, fleet and infrastructure 24/7 in a condition- while 16 traction power supply stations based maintenance approach by utilizing provide power throughout the entire a computerized maintenance management system. An emergency power supply system. During peak hours when all trains system consisting of a generator, DC charger need to be utilized, the Siemens Mobility and battery ensure guaranteed availability. team achieved a high system availability The system is designed for a headway of rate of > 99.9 %. In addition to a maintenance two minutes. A Sitras RSC (RailSCADA) contract of ten years for the Blue Line network control system is used for the Extension, the project also includes control, monitoring, archiving, and an extension of the current service evaluation of traction power supply. contact for another 5.5 years. Published by Siemens Mobility GmbH 2020 Otto-Hahn-Ring 6 81739 Munich, Germany [email protected] Article No. MOTP-B10011-00-7600 Printed in Germany Dispo 70727 TH 325-200363 DA 09201.0 Subject to changes and errors. The information given in this document only contains general descrip- tions and/or performance features which may not always specifically reflect those described, or which may undergo modification in the course of further development of the products. The requested performance features are binding only when they are expressly agreed upon in the concluded contract..
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