INDIA: Ahmedabad metro project promoter MEGA has awarded Siemens a €76m contract to electrify of the first phase of the city’s metro network.
Siemens will electrify two metro lines with a combined length of 39·2 km, as well as providing SCADA equipment.
In November, Hyundai Rotem was awarded a contract to supply 32 three-car trainsets to operate on Phase I. Larsen & Toubro is supplying ballastless track, and signalling is coming from Nippon Signalling.
INDIA: Hyundai Rotem announced on November 7 that it had been awarded a 177·1bn won contract to supply 32 three-car trainsets for the Ahmedabad metro.
INDIA: The Gujarat government has approved the detailed project report for the second phase of the Ahmedabad metro. This would add 34·6 km to the two lines currently under construction as part of Phase 1.
INDIA: Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel laid the foundation stone for the second metro line in Ahmedabad on January 17.
