U.S., Oct. 22 -- Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS) has won a 40bn yen ($368mn) contract to supply 68 electric locomotives to the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA).

TISS will manufacture the electric locomotives (including spare parts) at the Fuchu Complex to be delivered successively, starting in 2022.

Designed to be capable of hauling both passenger and freight trains that will be operated by TRA, these electric locomotives will mainly be used for express passenger trains connecting between major cities in Taiwan. TRA will introduce new electric locomotives for the first time since 1992, and this is the first time that TRA will procure complete electric locomotives manufactured in Japan.

In 2000, TISS de...