Bombardier, a Canadian company, has secured the contract to manufacture 234 coaches or 39 trains for Mumbai Metro-4 (Wadala-Thane-Kasarwadavali) and Metro-4A (Kasarwadavali-Gaimukh).
A Chinese firm CRRC Corporation had also shown interest in manufacturing rakes in July 2020, however, it did not qualify for the bids.
The first prototype train is expected to be delivered after 84 weeks. After MRSI contact to BEML, this second contract is also going to achieve Make in India tag for its rolling stocks.
The Bharat Earth Movers (BEML) was awarded the contract for manufacturing rakes for Metro-2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) and Metro-7 (Dahisar-Andheri), under the Make in India initiative.
As many as 234 coaches will be produced at Bombardier’s Savli and Maneja sites near Vadodara, Gujarat. The trains will also be designed at their engineering centre in Hyderabad, Telangana.