Bombardier Transportation has received a letter of award (LoA) from the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) to build and deliver 201 Metro cars and an advanced signalling solution for the Agra-Kanpur Metro project.

For the 30 km Agra Metro Rail Project and the 32 km Kanpur Metro Rail Project, Bombardier Transportation’s scope for the contract comprises 67 Bombardier Movia Metro three-car train sets and the advanced CIityflo 650 rail control solution.

The LoA is valued at Rs 2,051 crore (USD 275 million), and the customer has a provision to exercise an option of an additional 51 Metro cars.

UPMRC has the responsibility of implementing the Kanpur and Agra Metro project in a very strict time frame.

After achieving the distinction of completing the Lucknow Metro as the fastest implemented Metro project in India in less than four-and-a-half years (36 days ahead of schedule), UPMRC is committed once again to replicating the same achievement in the delivery of the Kanpur and Agra Metro Projects.

The new Metro cars will be locally designed and built, and the rail control will be equipped by the project delivery teams in India. With this award, Bombardier becomes the only rail supplier in India chosen to deliver the broad portfolio of rail solutions for Indian customers in the segments of Metro and commuter cars, rail equipment, signalling systems and services.

The Agra and Kanpur Metro rail projects will have two corridors each connecting major public nodes and tourist places, including the Taj Mahal and city cluster areas, resulting in a sustainable and reliable public transport system for the two cities.

The project will be executed in accordance with the country’s ‘Make in India’ guidelines, with the trains being manufactured at Bombardier’s Savli and Maneja sites near Vadodara in India. The rolling stock will be designed at the Global Engineering and Technology Centre in Hyderabad, India.

In May 2020, Bombardier won the contract to build and deliver 30 regional commuter train sets of six-cars each and 10 intra-city mass transit train sets of three cars each, together with 15 years of rolling stock maintenance for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut semi-high-speed rail corridor of the Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS) from India’s National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC).