Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st Alstom Train Arrives at Mukundpur

Alstom Transport on Friday delivered their first of 52 Metropolis train-sets for the 85.86 km Delhi Metro Phase 4 project at the Pink Line’s Mukundpur Depot.

This 6-coach train had rolled out of Alstom’s Sri City, Andhra Pradesh facility in September at an event organized with officials from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

The train is part of Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Package RS-17 which was awarded to Alstom Transport in October 2022 with a contract value of Rs. 2631.36 crore and 4.5 year delivery period.

52 x 6-coach trains from Package RS-17 will be deployed across 3 of Phase 4’s 5 metro lines: Magenta Line, Pink Line & Golden Line. Instead of a follow-up order, I reckon DMRC will most likely invite bids for procuring trains for Lajpat Nagar – Saket & Inderlok – Indraprastha lines.

Delhi’s new trains are designed for a maximum speed of up to 95 kmph and operational speed of up to 85 kmph, with GOA 4 (grade of automation) features for driverless or Unattended Train Operations (UTO).

Delhi Metro’s RS-17 rolling stock contract is being financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) through a Rs. 8,390 crore loan and consists of two parts:

• 90 coaches (15 x 6 coaches) for Line-7 / Pink Line’s 12.558 km extension (Mukundpur – Maujpur), and 144 coaches (24 x 6 coaches) for Line-8 / Magenta Line’s 28.92 km extension (Janakpuri West – RK Ashram)
• 78 coaches (13 x 6 coaches) for new 23.622 km Line-10 / Golden Line (Aerocity – Tughlakabad) – contract includes maintenance for a period of 15 years.

The lightweight train-sets will be operated in formations of DMC + TC + MC + MC + TC + DMC where DMC = Driving Motor Car, MC = Motor Car and TC = Trailer Car.

With Alstom’s CBTC signaling and train-control solution from Package DS-06, the trains will be capable of GoA4 grade of automation for Unattended Train Operations (UTO). The new trains will be stabled at the following maintenance depots:

• Line-7 (Pink Line): Mukundpur (existing) and Vinod Nagar (existing)
• Line-8 (Magenta Line): Kalindi Kunj (existing) and Mukundpur (future)
• Line-10 (Golden Line): Sarita Vihar (future)

As shared in the past, the trains’ design is essentially the same as Mumbai Metro Aqua Line’s Alstom trains which are currently also being manufactured at Sri City. At 3.2m, they’re a little wider than Chennai Metro Line-4’s new ARE03A trains – the first of which also rolled out in September.

After this order is fulfilled, which I imagine would be around 2027, Delhi Metro network’s fleet will reach 2606 coaches. A full recap of Delhi’s 17 rolling stock contracts can viewed here.

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– TMRG