French Firm Alstom To Supply Components Worth Rs 1,285 Crore For Vande Bharat Trains
The five-year contract includes maintenance of traction and major electric equipment, and providing support services after warranty completion at railway depots.
French company Alstom on Tuesday said it has been awarded a contract worth Rs 1,285 crore for supplying Mitrac traction components and other electrical equipment for 17 Vande Bharat sleeper trainsets.
The contract also includes preventive and corrective maintenance of the traction and major electric equipment, as well as support services, for a five-year period, after completion of warranty, at various railway depots, Alstom said in a statement.
The equipment will be installed in 24-car sleeper trainsets on the Vande Bharat platform, designed to run at a maximum speed of 180 km per hour, with a service speed of 160 km per hour, it added.
The systems will be supplied to Indian Railways’ Integral Coach Factory in Chennai.
"Alstom has the widest components portfolio in the rail industry, which has been developed on the back of decades of experience in delivering rail solutions across the globe," Alstom India Managing Director Olivier Loison said.
In India, Alstom has engineering and industrial presence for components with the sites of Savli (bogies), Coimbatore and Maneja (bogies and traction equipment).
According to the statement, the contract execution will be done at the Maneja site, with a prototype delivery expected to begin by August 2026 followed by serial production, which is due to commence in 2027.
