INDIA: Ahmedabad metro project promoter MEGA has awarded Siemens a €76m contract to electrify of the first phase of the city’s metro network.
Siemens will electrify two metro lines with a combined length of 39·2 km, as well as providing SCADA equipment.
In November, Hyundai Rotem was awarded a contract to supply 32 three-car trainsets to operate on Phase I. Larsen & Toubro is supplying ballastless track, and signalling is coming from Nippon Signalling.
INDIA: Gujarat Metro Rail Corp has awarded two contracts to a consortium of Siemens Mobility and state-owned project company Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd for the supply of electrification equipment and project management on Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 and Surat Metro Phase 1.
INDIA: Ahmedabad metro Line 2 and an extension of Line 1 have opened for passenger services after being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 18·9 km elevated Line 2 links Motera Stadium in the north with APMC in the south, with 15 stations. Construction started ...
INDIA: Hyundai Rotem announced on November 7 that it had been awarded a 177·1bn won contract to supply 32 three-car trainsets for the Ahmedabad metro. Deliveries from Rotem’s Changwon plant are due to take place between April 2019 and July 2020. The trains will have a maximum speed of ...
