Alstom, Bombardier, Hyundai Rotem and CRRC Corporation are the four companies who have bid to supply 96 metro cars for Ahmedabad, local media reports. The value of the project is estimated at Rs 10,700 crore (USD 1,64 billion) and the winner is expected to be selected by August.
“Bombardier, Alstom, South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem and China’s CRRC Corporation Ltd are the four companies who have bid to supply 96 metro coaches. All of them have supplied coaches to metro projects in the country,” said a senior official of Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA).
The bidders, who are part of the international competitive bidding process, are expected to manufacture, test and commission the coaches.
The total length of Ahmedabad metro is 37.7 km and of which 6 km will be underground and the rest, will be elevated. The project includes two corridors, on East-West and North-South directions. North-South line will have 17.2 km and 15 stations, and the length of East-West line is about 20.5 km with 17 stations.
At present, 600 meters of civil work for the project on the East-West Corridor has been completed and work on the North-South Corridor has also begun.
The first phase of the project which is expected to be commissioned by 2018.
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