The shutdown is to allow new trains to be tested before they are put into service.
Stations will be closed and no trains will run for passengers on the affected days.The new trains need to complete safety checks on the tracks before they can be used to ensure they are fault free.
Once complete the manufacturer, Stadler, will officially hand them over to SPT ahead of their introduction to passenger service later this year.in the critical train testing programme before the new trains can be introduced into passenger service. “I know Subway users have been very keen to see the new trains in service, as have we, so this is a very exciting time for everyone involved.”
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