CANADA Thales Next Gen Transit Positioning System
Circle , District , Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines . The London Underground carries 1.34 billion passengers per year , and between them these lines account for 40 percent of the network ’ s traffic .
This is the largest project of the sort that ’ s ever been created worldwide . It ’ s a vast , complex task , as construction workers only have two to three hours each night to install the equipment .
Finding the right suppliers This makes it essential to have good relationships with partners in installation and other processes .
A good example of one of the close relations Thales has is with a USA-owned China based electronics manufacturer , which has been supplying most of its electromechanical equipment to Thales on urban rail projects for a number of years , delivering on time and with competitive costs .
“ They ’ re fantastic for us ,” White says . “ The work they do is highly complex and subject to a lot of changes from designers , but they
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