Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has signed Alstom, in consortium with Larsen & Toubro, a €73 million contract for the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of track-works in corridors I & II for the Chennai Metro.
The track work consists of a 105 km track length, including 15 km inside the depot at Koyambedu, and is slated to be completed by the end of 2013 for stage 1 and mid 2015 for stage 2 (tunnel section).
Of the total 45km route-length of double track, 24 km is underground track and 21km is elevated track. Corridor I includes the 23 km Washermanpet airport track, while the 22km corridor II runs from Chennai Central Railway Station to St Thomas Mount.
Alstom was awarded in 2010 its first rolling stock contract in India l by the Chennai Metro Rail for the supply of 168 cars –in which the first deliveries of are planned for the end of 2012.
As a multi-specialist rail transport solutions supplier, Alstom has previously provided train control and signaling systems for the metro of Delhi and is installing them in the metro of Bangalore.
By the end of 2012, train passenger numbers in India are expected to increase to 8.4 billion per annum.
Indian Railways’ current five-year plan foresees investments of approximately €39 billion until 2012.
Today, forty-five Indian cities are above 1 million inhabitants and more than 10 urban projects are in progress or planned in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Jaipur and Kolkata.
