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Certifer appointed as Independent Safety Assessor for Dhaka Metro Line 6

Krishtina D'Silva Posted on: 2020-01-18 11:02:02 Viewer: 546 Comments: 0 Country: City:

Dhaka, Bangladesh (Urban Transport News): French consultancy firm CERTIFER SA has been awarded as an Independent Safety Assessor for the mission of the Signalling System and Platform Screen Doors (PSD) for Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line 6 in Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital is the world's fastest-growing megacity with a population of more than 15 million people. Facing traffic congestion and pollution issues, one of the world’s most densely populated cities launched city’s first Metro Rail Transit (MRT) line in order to ease transportation. The 19.8 km-long corridor of MRT, expected to open in December 2021, consists of 16 elevated stations from Uttara to Motijheel stations and aims to carry 60,000 passengers in an hour running every four minutes. In the framework of this project, NIPPON SIGNAL - a Japanese company with proven experience in developing technologies for railway signal systems - will supply the Signalling system, CBTC, AFC system, and PSD system. After the several cooperation in the framework of Delhi and Ahmedabad metro lines' Signalling systems independent safety assessments, NIPPON SIGNAL renewed their confidence to CERTIFER Group and selected CERTIFER as its own Independent Safety Assessor for Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Line 6. The CERTIFER has collaborated directly with Nippon Signal Co. Ltd. as the First project in Bangladesh. CERTIFER SA is a global leader on the market of independent assessment of rail and urban transportation. It is held at 51% by a non-profit organization, CERTIFER association, and at 49% by Apave Développement. This structure is based on a 550 expert network, specialized in Rolling Stock, Control Command and Signaling, Infrastructure, Energy, Maintenance, Global Systems.

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Krishtina D'Silva

Krishtina D'Silva is working with Urban Transport News as Special Correspondent (International News division). She posses a Master's degree in Journalism from New York University and responsible for covering updates from the urban mobility

Certifer appointed as Independent Safety Assessor for Dhaka Metro Line 6

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