Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia, part of the Invensys Rail Group, together with a consortium led by NARI Group Corporation has been awarded a contract for the supply of the first driverless Integrated Supervisory Control System (ISCS) for Shanghai ’s Metro Line 10.

The Line 10 project forms part of Shanghai Shentong Metro Group’s railway network extension plans to ensure that expected passenger rail demands for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 can be met. The line stretches 36 kilometers from New Jiangwan Town in the North, to Hongqiao Airport in the South West.
The technology at the heart of the ISCS is SystematICS™; the software platform that will integrate all control and communication systems for the control centre, backup control centre, depot, substations and at least 28 underground stations.

The consortium’s tender proposal was awarded the highest total scores by an independent tender assessment panel using their SystematICS™ solution for integration, safety and performance in a metro control centre environment.