Thales Press Release: Thales to Provide Digital Communications and Supervision Technologies for Metro Manila’s First Underground Subway
The Metro Manila Subway is one of the Philippines’ largest infrastructure projects aimed at creating an efficient rail system in the world’s most densely populated city. As part of this push for development, construction has begun on a third Mass Rapid Transit line and the metropolis’ first underground subway line to connect its northern and southern cities. Thales, together with our partners Colas Rail and Egis, has been awarded a contract worth more than €1 billion. In the frame of this contract, Thales will provide its Integrated Communications and Supervision (ICS) and Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) systems to the project, at a value of €156 million.