The government is starting its own metro coaches factory at Nagpur which would be operational in the next three years. This factory will provide metro coaches to various metro projects in the country, said Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited’s (Maha-Metro) managing director Brijesh Dixit.
He said, “Mah-Metro has provided the land and basic infrastructure to the Titagarh Firema company for making the coaches for Pune Metro. Eventually, this facility would be converted into the government’s own coaches manufacturing company in the next three years.”
“Titagarh Firema will provide 102 coaches to Pune metro with 75 per cent coaches being manufactured at Nagpur and remaining 25 per cent in Italy. The coaches manufactured in India would cost 10 per cent less,” he said.
The government has planned to acquire this metro coach facility step by step in the next three years and will also acquire technical expertise. This would be a government-owned company and provide metro coaches to the newly coming metro projects in India.
“The new coaches are lighter as they are made of aluminium. So far, stainless steel-bodied coaches were being used by various metros in India. Aluminium body coaches being lighter, are more energy-efficientt and have better aesthetics. The manufacturing of aluminium body coaches will be a game-changer for Indian Metros,” he said.
{{/usCountry}}“The new coaches are lighter as they are made of aluminium. So far, stainless steel-bodied coaches were being used by various metros in India. Aluminium body coaches being lighter, are more energy-efficientt and have better aesthetics. The manufacturing of aluminium body coaches will be a game-changer for Indian Metros,” he said.
{{/usCountry}}He said the government will have its own coach manufacturing firm without making a huge investment.