Bengaluru
After nearly four years after bagging a contract to supply Namma Metro coaches, China-based company China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation will finally supply two trains by August this year. These coaches will be included in the newly-opened K.R. Puram to Whitefield metro line, according to officials.
The Chinese company had won a ₹1,578-crore contract in 2019, but failed to supply the trains since the company had failed to set up a manufacturing plant in India. The company was to supply 216 metro coaches to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL). A senior official confirmed the development on the supply of the coaches by the firm in August. “Two sets of 6-coach trains will be supplied by the company by August this year; the remaining coaches will be supplied by the company phase by phase to the BMRCL,” an official added.
