Bombardier Transportation (BBD.A.TO) on Friday said it received an order for an additional 84 MOVIA metro cars from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. The contract is valued at about EUR 87 million or $ 137 million. The latest order follows on from a contract awarded in July 2007 to supply 340 MOVIA metro cars, making a total of 424 metro cars ordered. The new vehicles would be produced at Savli in South Gujarat, where Bombardier is setting up a facility for manufacturing and assembly of the coaches and bogies.
DMRC has requested a change to the configuration of the trainsets and the revised scope would be 37 four-car trainsets and 46 six-car trainsets. Deliveries of the latest order are scheduled to begin upon completion of the original deliveries.
The phase II expansion extends the existing network by approximately 60 kilometers covering all major destinations in the East-West and North-South corridors of the city, which is occupied by around 16 million inhabitants.
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