Bangalore ( Metro Rail News): Bangalore Metro Phase 2 witnesses another milestone as Titagarh Rail System finally delivered the first of 14 locally assembled new trains for the yellow line spanning 19.143 km from RV Road to Bommasandra on 6 January 2025.
Titagarh rolled out the train set from their manufacturing plant Uttarpara located in West Bengal. This is the first stainless-steel-based train set assembled by Titagarh.
About 4RS-DM, The rolling stock contract of Bangalore Metro Phase 2
Initially, China’s CRRC Corporation Ltd was awarded the contract to supply and manufacture the 36 trainsets ( 216 coaches) for the yellow and purple line of Bangalore Metro in February 2019.
However, CRRC was unable to fulfil the contract’s requirement and it signed a MoU with the Titagarh Rail System. As per the MoU signed between CRRC and Titagarh Rail System, CRRC manufactured and supplied one prototype train ( 6 coaches ) for the Yellow Line and one prototype train (6 coaches ) Purple Line The Titagarh Rail System will manufacture and supply the remaining 204 coaches ( 34 trains ).
However, Titagarh received the car body shell for the train sets from China in November 2023. Over the next 13 months, Titagarh completed the interior work and installed the electrical and mechanical systems.
Train Allocation
As per the contract, Out of 36 trains, 21 trains ( 126 coaches ) will be deployed on the Purple and Green line while 15 trains (90 coaches ) are planned to be deployed on the Yellow Line by BMRCL.
