Stepping into the future with Atlanta’s next metro train

USA: ‘When I stepped onto that new train this morning, it felt like stepping into the future’, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority General Manager & CEO Collie Greenwood said after the unveiling of the first Stadler CG400 metro trainset on January 30.

In 2019 Stadler was awarded a $646m contract to replace Atlanta’s metro fleet. There is a firm order for 56 four-car CQ400 metro trains, and options available for 25 more four-car sets.

Production is underway at Stadler’s Salt Lake City factory. Wabtec is supplying the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning units, and Knorr Brake Co the braking equipment.

The 113 km/h 750 V DC third rail trains will meet ADA accessibility requirements, with large doors, open gangways, digital displays, charging points and improv…