China CRRC Corporation has delivered three new trains to Angola, which will provide passenger transport in Luanda province.
Alberto Quengue, operations manager at the National Land Transport Agency, said that the new trains are eco-friendly, with a capacity for 696 passengers, 190 seated and 506 standing.
The shipment completes the purchase of 10 diesel multiple units by the government in 2020 from China CRRC Corporation.
According to Quengue, the trains will be used to connect the city centre with the new international airport, which is in the final stages of construction in the Bom Jesus area of the municipality of Icolo e Bengo, in Luanda.
Of the 10 locomotives, seven will operate in Luanda province and the other three were assigned to the Benguela Railways.
