New Hitachi Rail trains for Metro Milan

ITALY (Metro Rail News): Forty-six new trains will be purchased with the investment, part of ATM’s goal for a more advanced and sustainable transportation system. For the first phase of the agreement, 21 trains worth 168 million will be supplied and used on line M1. The first trains are expected to start running in the spring of 2024.

Each train will be 106.5m long, composed of six aluminium cars with an uninterrupted view from the front to the end of the service. They will have a maximum speed of 90 km/h.