WMATA 7000 Series Railcars to Resume Service Operation (PDF:29.2K )
December 15, 2021 at 05:29 am EST
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December 15, 2021
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
WMATA 7000 Series Railcars to Resume Service Operation
On December 14, 2021 (U.S. time), the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced that no more than 336 of the 748 7000 series railcars supplied by Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc. that are currently out of service will be restored to service by shortening the inspection cycles from 90 days to 7 days.
For more information, please refer to the press release* on WMATA's website.
Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) continues to investigate the cause of the derailment on October 12, 2021 of a 7000 series railcars, which was maintained and operated by WMATA.
The Kawasaki Group, as the supplier of the 7000 series railcars, will continue to cooperate with the investigation to resolve the issue as soon as possible, and will promptly notify when we find out what should be disclosed in future.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. published this content on 15 December 2021 and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 15 December 2021 10:28:01 UTC.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. specializes in manufacturing and marketing of transportation and industrial machines equipments. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of motorcycles and engines (29.8%);
- sale of aerospace equipments (19.9%): aircrafts, helicopters, missiles, electronic equipments, monorails, etc.;
- sale of gas turbines (19.8%): turbines for naval, marines and industrial applications, generators, propulsion systems, etc. The group also develops naval construction activity (construction of ships, submarines, bulk carriers, oil tankers, etc.);
- sale of precision machines (16.8%): primarily hydraulic machines. The group is also developing a manufacturing of industrial machinery activity (tunnel boring machines, curling machines, grinding machines, etc.);
- sale of railway equipments (8.4%): train cars, electric and diesel locomotives, monorails, etc.;
- other (5.3%).
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