PARIS, FRANCE: Alstom won the contract to design, manufacture, supply, test, fee 312 standard gauge metro cars for Delhi Metro Phase IV expansion, by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
The order, worth €312 million includes:
- Design & manufacturing of 234 standard gauge metro cars for Line 7 extension (Pink Line 12.558 km) on the Mukundpur– Maujpur hall and, the Line eight extension (Magenta Line 28.92 km) for the Janakpuri West – RK Ashram corridor.
- Design & manufacturing of seventy eight standard gauge metro cars for the 23.622 km Silver Line between Aerocity and Tughlakabad, together with 15-year upkeep of those seventy eight cars.
Alstom will provide its class-leading Metropolis trainsets for this order. Metropolis trains offer a distinctive design, a variety of configurations and make sure the highest efficiency due to the perfect mixture of confirmed and dependable components and innovations. With its extensive track record, low lifecycle costs, and eager focus on passenger experience, Alstom’s Metropolis metros set the usual in dependable and attractive metro services across the world.
Alstom has delivered greater than 800 metro cars that are in service for the Delhi Metro network. The new trains will be constructed at Alstom’s largest Urban Rolling Stock manufacturing site in Sricity (Andhra Pradesh), which has a strong portfolio of delivering for main home and worldwide projects.
Commenting on this win, Olivier Loison, Managing Director, Alstom India Cluster said, “Delhi NCR is amongst the largest city clusters within the world. Faced with the realities of local weather change, such megacities want dependable and sustainable public transport solutions. Alstom is happy to proceed the partnership with Delhi Metro, one of Asia’s largest rapid transit systems. Our trains have a excessive recyclability of all supplies and low-weight design to reduce energy consumption that will greatly contribute to minimising environmental impact within the region.”
Presently, the Delhi Metro community consists of about 391 km. with 286 stations. The community has now crossed the boundaries of Delhi to attain Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Bahadurgarh and Ballabhgarh in Haryana.
In addition to offering rolling stock, Alstom has within the previous partnered with DMRC for a number of different projects, together with profitable implementation of provide and commissioning of train management and signalling system for DMRC’s Red line(L1), (Yellow Line (L2), Green Line (L5), Violet Line (L6), Pink Line (L7) throughout Phase I, II & III.
Alstom has additionally delivered metro trains for the cities of Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Kochi and is currently delivering trains & signalling for Bhopal–Indore Metro project, Kanpur-Agra Metro project, Mumbai Metro Line three and for India’s first semi-high-speed rail network, NCRTC-RRTS that connects Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut.