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    Alstom hands over first Rapid Rail trainset to NCRTC

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    In 2020, Alstom was awarded the contract worth 436 million Euros to design, build, and deliver 210 regional commuter and transit train cars along with comprehensive maintenance services for 15 years.

    **EDS: IMAGE PROVIDED BY NCRTC ON THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2022** New Delhi: First train...PTI
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    Alstom has successfully handed over India’s first semi high-speed regional trainset to the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) on Saturday.

    This train will ply on the first phase of the 82.5 kilometre long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS). The rollout ceremony was held at Alstom’s manufacturing unit at Savli in Gujarat.

    "Designed and built to move passengers at kilometres per hour (kmph), these trains are expected to reduce the travel time between Delhi and Meerut by 40 per cent," an official statement said.

    Speaking at the hand over event, NCRTC's Managing Director, Vinay Kumar Singh said, "The delivery of trainsets on time is a sign that the priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) will be completed as per schedule, if not earlier."

    Commenting on the delivery, Alain Spohr, Managing Director, Alstom India said, "Our trains and Signalling systems will ensure safer and seamless intercity commute."

    The Savli unit produces bogies, car bodies and undertakes train testing. Alstom’s unit has also successfully delivered trains for Delhi Metro, Queensland Rail and is currently producing metro trains for Kanpur and Agra.

    In 2020, Alstom was awarded the contract worth 436 million Euros to design, build, and deliver 210 regional commuter and transit train cars along with comprehensive maintenance services for 15 years.

    Alstom is also supposed to design, supply, install, test and commission Signalling and Train Control, Supervision, Platform Screen Doors and Telecommunication Systems

    The manufacturing process of this train began in July 2021 and has been delivered within a year. This RRTS line is the first in India to adopt the European Train Control System (ETCS) hybrid Level 2 signalling system, which is the core signalling and train control component of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

    (The correspondent was in Savli on Alstom's invitation)


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