Larsen and Toubro has been awarded the contract of suppling Mumbai Metro Line 4 (Green Line) with an Integrated Systems Package that includes five years of maintenance service, said a company statement that confirmed the order by Mumbai Metro Regional Development Authority.
L&T has partnered with French major Alstom to supply 39 driverless trainsets for the metro line, as well as a Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling system, all of which amount to "a few" hundred million euros, the company informed on Tuesday.
"Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has been commissioned to supply 234 Metropolis metro cars (39 trainsets of six cars each) and Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling system with five years of maintenance service, by Larsen & Toubro Limited, India," Alstom said.
The driverless trainsets will be manufactured in India at Alstom’s Sri City factory, the company informed.
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The Sri City facility has an annual capacity of producing 480 cars and a strong portfolio of delivering trainsets for several domestic and international metro projects, including driverless trainsets for Mumbai’s Aqua Line, Delhi Phase IV and Chennai Phase II, as well as Montreal and Sydney.
The total value of the supply of these products, solutions, and services amounts to a few hundred million euros for Alstom, it added.
The firm said reliable components guaranteeing high performance and safety including electrical braking and cybersecurity measures will be featured in the driverless trains that also offer passenger comfort.
"At the core is Alstom’s world-leading CBTC technology, enabling driverless operation, offering an exceptional level of service across the combined line length of 35.3 km," the company said.
Mumbai Metro’s Line 4 is a 35.3 km elevated corridor between Wadala in Central Mumbai and Kasarvadavali in Thane with 32 stations. It will be one of the longest metro lines in the city, and provide connectivity to the existing Eastern Express Highway, Monorail and other lines of Mumbai Metro.
Ling Fang, Region President, APAC, Alstom, said the “ambitious new project” will present more opportunities to elevate the country’s financial capital’s infrastructure.
"Under the ‘Make in India’ initiative, all 39 Metropolis trainsets, each with a six-car configuration, will be designed at Alstom’s engineering centre in Bangalore, Karnataka, manufactured at Alstom’s state-of-the-art Sri City facility, in Andhra Pradesh; propulsion will be manufactured at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and bogies at Savli, Gujarat,” he further shared.
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