Alstom today inaugurated Lucknow Metro - the first project for the company in Uttar Pradesh. The Alstom-built metros are designed in Bengaluru and manufactured at Sri City and Coimbatore, supporting the Government's ‘Make in India' campaign. The event was held in the presence of honourable Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath.

Alstom was awarded the €150 million contract in September 2015 by Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) to provide 20 metro trainsets, each of four cars. The Metropolis trainset for Lucknow has 186 seats arranged longitudinally, and includes two dedicated zones for passengers with reduced mobility.  These trainsets will circulate on the city's new metro line, which will be around 23 km long and will include 22 stations, of which 19 are elevated and 3 underground. The line is estimated to carry about 430,000 passengers per day at first, increasing to over 1 million by 2030.

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