Last Wednesday, Bombardier Transportation in a low-key event celebrated the roll-out of their final 8-coach MOVIA train-set for the 230 km Delhi Metro system at their plant in Savli, Gujarat.
The train was produced as part of a 162 coach order (contract RS-11) which along with an order for 96 coaches to BEML (contract RS-13) were placed by the DMRC in 2015 to add 17 new 8-coach trains to the Yellow & Blue lines, convert 42 existing 6-coach trains into 8-coach trains on the Yellow and Blue lines, and convert 19 existing 4-coach trains into 6-coach trains on the Red Line.
News about the trainset’s delivery was announced on LinkedIn by Bombardier’s HR Partner Mukesh Gupta –
Bombardier India Proud to share his achievement.We have committed and we deliver our last Train of RS11 Project to our client before time (i.e; on 14th Feb). Delhi PI Team worked day & night to make sure we achieve our target. Big Thanks to Project Director (Nelson T) for his contribution and leadership. Proud at Bombardier. Cheers!
Contract RS-11 was awarded to Bombardier in June 2015 with a value of Rs. 1497.98 crores. The first train was delivered in September 2016 and this final trainset has been delivered on schedule, exactly in “early-2018” as originally planned.
The train was produced as part of a 162 coach order (contract RS-11) which along with an order for 96 coaches to BEML (contract RS-13) were placed by the DMRC in 2015 to add 17 new 8-coach trains to the Yellow & Blue lines, convert 42 existing 6-coach trains into 8-coach trains on the Yellow and Blue lines, and convert 19 existing 4-coach trains into 6-coach trains on the Red Line.
News about the trainset’s delivery was announced on LinkedIn by Bombardier’s HR Partner Mukesh Gupta –
Bombardier India Proud to share his achievement.We have committed and we deliver our last Train of RS11 Project to our client before time (i.e; on 14th Feb). Delhi PI Team worked day & night to make sure we achieve our target. Big Thanks to Project Director (Nelson T) for his contribution and leadership. Proud at Bombardier. Cheers!
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Contract RS-11 was awarded to Bombardier in June 2015 with a value of Rs. 1497.98 crores. The first train was delivered in September 2016 and this final trainset has been delivered on schedule, exactly in “early-2018” as originally planned.
With this development, Bombardier has now fulfilled 4 major rolling stock orders for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, and at 776 coaches the DMRC now operates one of the largest Bombardier fleets in the world.
Here’s a list of all orders along with the order month & year –
• RS-2: 340 (July 2007) + option of additional 84 (March 2008)
• RS-5: 74 (June 2010) + option of additional 40 (July 2010)
• RS-7: 76 (September 2011)
• RS-11: 162 (June 2015)
Total= 776 Coaches
Bombardier’s website has an excellent fact-sheet on Delhi Metro’s MOVIA trains and contains a schematic, train specifications, performance and technical characteristics.
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