Siemens to supply ETCS for Chile’s Melipilla and Batuco lines
- Country
- Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region · Chile
- Project
- Alameda–Melipilla (61 km) and Santiago–Batuco (26 km) trains: ETCS Level 2
- Investment
- value of the Siemens contract not specified
- Status
- Under construction (construction of Alameda–Melipilla began on 12 Nov 2025)
- European role
- Siemens Mobility (DE) · Industry
Siemens Mobility will plan, supply, install and commission ETCS Level 2 over a combined 87 km (interlockings, control centres, onboard equipment for 32 trains), a first for Chile; five-year project followed by ten years of maintenance.
Siemens Mobility is equipping EFE’s Alameda–Melipilla (61 km) and Santiago–Batuco (26 km) lines with ETCS Level 2, a first for Chile, backed by a ten-year service contract and a planned software competence centre for Latin America. Construction of the Melipilla link (22 electric trains) began on 12 Nov 2025; the first section, Talagante–Lo Errázuriz, is due to open at the end of 2027. The date is a placeholder: for full operation the article gives only the year 2029 (LOK Report, 27 Nov 2025)
Source: lok-report.de ↗ · Archived copy ↗
Further sources: lok-report.de (20 Nov 2025) ↗ (Archived copy ↗)
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