BEML, a public sector undertaking of the Government has bagged a contract for Rs.3,015 crore for Mumbai Metro Corridor. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has contributed to this one of the biggest success stories under Make in India initiatives of the Government. The order includes manufacturing of 378 Metro cars (63 Metro trains of 6 cars each) for Mumbai Metro Corridor 2A, 2B & 7.

BEML was the lowest among seven bidders which included 6 internationally renowned bidders. The state of art, driverless trains shall be manufactured indigenously by M/S BEML. Supply of trains will begin from October 2020 and completed by December 2022. BEML has earlier also supplied metro coaches in smaller numbers but along with an international player as a JV partner. It has now sub-contracted M/s Hitachi only for some designs.

The coaches will be manufactured in the BEML factory at Bengaluru. Some of the salient features are:

Total Trains: 63

Coaches per Train: 6

Fully Air Conditioned

Driverless train compatibility

Energy friendly with regenerative braking system. Train to operate on 25 KV AC traction.

Equipped with CCTV surveillance for passenger security and real-time track monitoring.

Carrying capacity of 300 passengers in each coach.

Stainless steel body with 4 doors on each side.

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