A group of senior Bengaluru Metro officials visited the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) factory in China, which is yet to supply Namma Metro coaches that the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) wants to deploy on the recently inaugurated K.R. Pura to Whitefield metro line and the upcoming Yellow Line, set to be operational by December 2023.
In 2019, the Chinese firm secured a ₹1,578-crore contract to supply 216 metro coaches to BMRCL. However, they couldn’t fulfil the contract as they hadn’t established a manufacturing plant in India as required.
A senior official confirmed the development and said, “The firm will deliver two sets of six-coach trains soon this year. The remaining coaches will be supplied to BMRCL in phases. The officials have gone to China to inspect and facilitate transit of the coaches.”
