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Sri City Special Economic Zone start manufacturing coaches for CMRL

Posted on: 22/Jan/2014 2:20:14 PM
Alstom’s Metro rail coach manufacturing facility at Sri City Special Economic Zone start manufacturing coaches for CMRL. Eight more trains that are now being manufactured in Brazil will be shipped in pairs to Chennai while the remaining 33 will be manufactured in Sri City.The first roll out is expected by February.
 
The coaches will be produced with an indigenization level of around 35 per cent. It is believed the site design and construction of the plant is based on technology shared from Alstom’s global manufacturing facilities as well as its major hub in Lapa in Brazil, where the train that was tested in Chennai.