Alstom is executing 37% of India’s 473-km CBTC projects: MD Alain Spohr

Alstom Is Executing 37% Of India’s 473-Km CBTC Projects: MD Alain Spohr – Make In India

Alstom will equip Mumbai Metro lines and Pune Metro lines with the communications-based train control (CBTC) technology.

Alstom has been awarded contracts worth over €90 million to provide its train control and signalling solutions for Pune Metro from Maha Metro Rail Corporation and Mumbai Metro from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Alstom will equip Mumbai Metro lines and Pune Metro lines with the communications-based train control (CBTC) technology.

The combined lengths of lines 2A, 2B and 7 of Mumbai Metro make it one of the most extensive signalling projects in the country. For Pune Metro, Alstom will provide system to control 31 trains on the 32-km stretch. Alain Spohr, MD, Alstom India & South Asia, told FE’s Geeta Nair that currently India has 473 km of CBTC under execution of which Alstom is executing 37%, with high levels of localisation.


Source: FE

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