Alstom delivers its first two metro train sets to Chennai Metro in India.

Alstom has successfully delivered to Chennai Metro Rail Limited the first two metro sets of Chennai's future metro system in India.

The train sets are the first ever to be manufactured in India1, in Alstom's new rolling stock facility of Sricity, Andhra Pradesh. They are part of a EUR 243 million order representing 42 Metropolis train sets to be delivered by 2015.

The metro cars were rolled out from the facility in presence of Mr. Henri Poupart-Lafarge, President of Alstom Transport, Mr. Sudhir Krishna, Chairman of CMRL and François Richier, France's Ambassador to India.

The stainless steel trains - composed of four cars each - will feature air-conditioned interiors and electrically operated automatic sliding doors, offering comfort and easy access to passengers. They will be equipped with a regenerative braking system ensuring significant energy savings.

The cars will operate through an overhead catenary system at speeds of up to 80 kilometer per hour.

The new 280,000 feet Sricity facility is a modern unit incorporating best practices from other Alstom factories across the world.


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