Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Train Design Revealed by Titagarh
This totally escaped my radar! Titagarh Rail Systems last week published a video unveiling the design of 28.25 km Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 project’s 10 new train-sets from rolling stock Package RS3.
Ahmedabad Metro’s new 3-coach Titagarh trains’ design is inspired by the many festivals celebrated in Ahmedabad such as Uttarayan and Garba dance during Navratri. The trains will be enabled with GoA4 grade of automation which will allow them to run “driverless” on the unattended train operations (UTO) mode.
Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) will deploy the new trains along with their existing Hyundai Rotem trains on Ahmedabad Metro’s 39.22 km Red Line (APMC – Gandhinagar Sector 1) and its 5.4 km spur (GNLU – GIFT City) which were just inaugurated last month by India’s Prime Minister.
During the inauguration, Titagarh’s representatives demo’d a video of the new trains to the Prime Minister. I’m unable to embed it in my post, but it can be viewed here.
Here’s Titagarh’s message:
“On this auspicious Gandhi Jayanti, as we honor the Father of our Nation’s ideals of truth, and self-reliance, Titagarh Rail Systems is proud to launch the design of the Ahmedabad Metro Phase-II project. The design was showcased to Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marking a step forward in transforming Ahmedabad’s transportation infrastructure. This project is our contribution to a smarter, sustainable, and connected Viksit Bharat.“
GMRC had awarded the new trains’ Rs. 350 crore contract under Package RS3 to Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd. in August 2023. The 3 coach train-sets will be operated in formations of DMC + TC + DMC where DMC = Driving Motor Car and TC = Trailer Car.
GMRC requires Titagarh to deliver the first (prototype) 3-coach train within 70 weeks (1.34 years) from the Letter of Award (LOA) and complete the 10 train-set order within 94 weeks (1.8 years) of LOA.
A few renderings of its interior design:
The new trains are part of Titagarh’s 3rd major order in India after Pune Metro’s 102 coach rolling stock contract signed in August 2019 and Surat Metro’s 72 coach contract awarded in June 2023. In addition, Titagarh is also assembling 204 coaches through a tie-up with CRRC in 2022 for Bangalore Metro’s rolling stock contract 4RS-DM.
Ahmedabad Metro’s existing 32 train-sets were manufactured at Hyundai Rotem’s plant in Changwon, South Korea. This time around, all coaches will be manufactured domestically at Titagarh’s plant in Uttarpara near Kolkata.
All trains will be stabled and maintained at the existing Gyaspur Depot in south Ahmedabad until Indroda Depot in Gandhinagar is constructed. A tender notice is currently pending for its construction work.
To wrap up, I love Titagarh’s mean design & color scheme, and will take this any day over what Alstom recently produced for Delhi Metro Phase 4’s RS17 stock. What do you guys think?
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new metro designs look very modern and impressive!
The Phase 1 trains are capable of running without a driver, right? if yes then why GMRC didn’t go with it?
Currently, none of the Phase 2 metro stations have platform screen doors (PSDs). Even when Phase 1 first opened (from Vastral to Apparel Park), that section didn’t have PSDs. GMRC added them later when entire Phase-1 was inaugurated.
So, can we expect Phase 2 trains to run driverless?
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Design is ok…when are they going to provide trains for Bengaluru?
From one of the images, it looks like a passenger can fake drive the train. Is that the case?
It probably depends on GMRC, If they decide to install a partitioning wall then no, else yes.
If yes then that would also mean that they will switch to complete UTO(unattended train operations) mode which would be really cool. Almost all new metro systems are capable for that but they for some reason don’t utilize it.