China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC)President Xi Guohua (4th R) attends the signing ceremony in Los Angeles, the United States, April 12, 2017. LA Metro on Wednesday signed a 647 million-U.S.-dollar contract to purchase 282 rail cars from CRRC. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
Compared with the existing trains, the new cars also come with improvements for passengers' experience, including active line maps, LED displays and special designs between the train sets which will allow people to move more freely from one car to another.
Washington said LA Metro, which transports about 1.3 million passengers per day, is making the county an "infrastructure capital of the world."
"CRRC is now a partner in that endeavor," he said.
