China's deepest subway station under construction

CHONGQING -  The municipality of Chongqing in southwest China is extending a subway station to more than 94 meters underground, an equivalent of 31 storeys below ground, which will make China's deepest station.

Hongtudi station, which opened on Line 6 years ago, was dubbed Chongqing's deepest station at 60 meters below ground. Now, the station is being extended deeper to connect with Line 10, a new metro line to be opened by the end of 2017.

Chongqing is known as a "mountain city" in China. Because of the hilly terrain and to avoid damaging air-raid shelters and pile foundation of street buildings, the station has to be built deep underground.

It currently takes commuters more than three minutes to get from the platform of Line 6 to the street by taking elevators, longer if they wish to climb 354 steps.

The station's 32 elevators will be increased to 91 when it becomes a transfer station.

Teltronic to deploy Tetra platform at Manila Metro Line MRT-7

Teltronic, a subsidiary of Hytera Communications, has won a contract to provide a complete Tetra communications platform for the “Manila Metro Rail Transit Line 7” in Metro Manila. The project is developed by SMC Mass Rail Transit 7. The contract was awarded to Teltronic by Hyundai Rotem, and will see the provision of Nebula Tetra infrastructure, RTP-603 on-board equipment, STP9000 hand-portable and SRG3900 fixed radios, and a CeCo-TRANS control centre.
The onboard equipment will be fully integrated with both the Train Control and Management System – allowing remote vehicle monitoring from the control centre – and the public address and intercom systems, providing communication between passengers and control in emergency situations.

MRT-7 is expected to serve around 350,000 passengers per day when operations begin in August 2019, potentially increasing to 800,000 per day upon completion of a series of planned upgrades. The 22.8 km 14-station line will run northeast from an interchange with Line MRT-3 at North Avenue, serving Quezon City, Caloocan City, and San Jose del Monte in Bulacan province.