Mumbai Metro | MMRC awards Rolling Stock contract to Alstom for Metro line-3

Mumbai: Once again Alstom India awarded Rolling Stock contract to supply manufactured 31 trains of 8 coaches to Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) for Mumbai Metro line-3. All the coaches need to be manufactured under Make in India program.


These trains are highly energy efficient with regenerative braking, with having 75%motorization & LED lights. Mumbai Metro-3 trains will operate on 25 KV AC traction & will carry 2350 passengers each. Some additional features of Mumbai Metro3 line viz. equipped with driverless technology, smart temperature & display control and some safety features like CCTVs & help points to provide efficient.



Mumbai Metro line -3 of Mumbai Metro is also known as Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ line.This Metro Line will connect from Cuffe Parade business district to Seepz in north-central with total 27 station including 26 underground and one at-grade station.The  total cost of this corridor is estimated at ₹23,136 crore (US$3.4 billion). This line will very helpful in traffic decongestant on the Western Line between Bandra and Churchgate.

The 1.2 km section of the line between Bandra Kurla Complex and Dharavi stations will pass through the under of Mithi river. The very unique features of this Metro Line are that it will be the 2nd underwater metro rail tunnel in India after the tunnel below the Hooghly river on Kolkat Metro Line 2.

Alstom provides a complete range of systems, equipment and services in the railway sector.

Alstom India  mainly work for Rolling stock & Components, Systems & Infrastructure, Transport Information Solutions and Train Life Services. This contract of Mumbai Metro line-3 will be fourth rolling stock project for Alstom India. Before this Alstom India has also worked for Kochi Metro, Lucknow Metro  and Chennai Metro under Make in India program.

On January 2, 2016, Alstom has delivered the first Metropolis train set to Kochi Metro Rail (KMRL) of the 25 train sets which was ordered by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in August 2014.

Alstom was  also awarded contract for Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) to provide 20 metro train sets,  which will be each of four cars. The Metropolis trains et for Lucknow has 186 seats  which arranged longitudinally, and includes two dedicated zones for passengers with reduced mobility. Total distance covered by LMRC 23 km long and will include 22 stations, out of which 19 are elevated and 3 underground.

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