BEML signs ₹3,177 crore contract to supply 318 Rolling Stock coaches for Bangalore Metro Phase 2

Bengaluru, India (Metro Rail Today): In a significant development in the Bangalore Metro's Phase 2 Project, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has awarded a contract (package 5RS-DM) worth Rs 3,176.43 crore to Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) for supply of & 15 years’ maintenance of 318 caches for Phase-2, Phase-2A & Phase-2B Corridors.

The exchange of Letter of Acceptance between officials of BEML Ltd and BMRCL was held today at BMRCL's headqaurters in Bengaluru.

In May 2023, BEML was declared as lowest bidder by beating three other contenders namely Alstom Transport India Ltd, Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd and CAF.

Tender notice for Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 318 Nos. of Standard Gauge Metro Cars and Training of Personnel upto fifteen (15) years under Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase-2, 2A and 2B was issued in September 2022. Technical bids were opened in February and financial bids were opened in May this year.

According to plan, the coaches to be procured under this contract package will be used for different corridors of Bangalore Metro as under:-

• 96 coaches (16 trains with 6 coaches): Pink Line (Kalena Agrahara – Nagawara, 21.386 km) - Phase 2
• 96 coaches (16 trains with 6 coaches): Blue Line (Silk Board – KR Puram, 18.2 km) - Phase 2A
• 126 coaches (21 trains with 6 coaches): Blue Line  (KR Puram – Airport, 37 km) - Phase 2B

This contract package will be funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the loan agrement signed for Rs 3,717 crores in March 2021 to Rolling Stock, CBTC Signaling and Platform Screen Doors for Phase 2 of Bangalore Metro Rail Project.

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