Mendoza speeds up the transfer of the Metrotranva pairs that will arrive at the Airport

The Government of Mendoza authorized the disbursement of $660 million to cover the transportation costs of three pairs more, to reinforce the Metrotranva system in Mendoza and reach Lujn and the Francisco Gabrielli Airport. It did so through decree 719, published this Wednesday in the Official Gazette.

Are part of the 39 training that the Mendoza Transport Society agreed on in 2022 with MST (Metropolitan Transit System), the Metropolitan Transportation System of San Diego, California, in the United States. Exactly in the month of May of that year, the first batch with three units arrived in the province. And in the agreement, the province agreed to face the transportation costs, since the pairs come by boat from the west coast of the United States to a port in Antofagasta, Chile and from there they enter Argentina through Jujuy.

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From the Government they reported to the Post that “with the arrival of the new vehicles, the Metrotranva fleet in Mendoza will quadruple. From the second half of 2022 to date, 12 pairs have joined the system, operating in the public transportation service. In March of that year , through decree 192/2022, the Government of Mendoza accepted “the donation of thirty-nine (39) long rail cars (LRV) in accordance with the certificate signed by Metropolitan Transit System.”

Characteristics of the new pairs

The new vehicles that Mendoza incorporates They have a length of 25 meters per pair, 8 doors for ascent and descent, a ramp for the disabled, and a capacity of 64 seats..

“The incorporation of new pairs for the Metrotranva allow the extension of the service route from Godoy Cruz to Lujánwith a variant to Chacras de Coria, and from Las Heras to the Airport. In the north, the 6 kilometer continuation will be carried out from the Avellaneda de Panquehua station (inaugurated in May 2019) to the Francisco Gabrielli Airport,” they reported.

In the southern section, an 8 kilometer branch will be detached in the area of ​​Pellegrini and Pedro Pascual Segura, in Godoy Cruz, where work will be carried out towards the south to Chacras de Coria, on San Martín and Pueyrredán streets, until finally reaching the Park. Lujn de Cuyo ferry.

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