Overview

• Larsen & Toubro has commissioned Alstom to deliver 234 Metropolis cars across 39 six-car driverless trainsets and a radio CBTC signalling system, with five years of maintenance.
• MMRDA awarded L&T the Integrated Systems Package for Line 4 covering rolling stock, signalling and train control, telecommunications, platform screen doors, depot works and five-year upkeep.
• Design will be done in Bengaluru with manufacturing at Sri City, propulsion produced in Coimbatore and bogies built in Savli under the Make in India plan.
• Mumbai Metro Line 4 spans 35.3 km from Wadala to Kasarvadavali with 32 elevated stations and planned connections to the Eastern Express Highway, the Monorail and other metro lines.
• MMRDA has placed rakes on track and a trial run is expected in September on a 10 km stretch of Lines 4/4A covering 10 elevated stations, while media report the deal value as a few hundred million euros without official confirmation.