By IANS,
New Delhi : Bombardier Transportation, a unit of Germany-based Bombardier Inc, expects to get orders for 100 more metro coaches from Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC), a company official said here Thursday.
The company has already bagged an order for 424 coaches from DMRC.
“The company has orders for 424 Delhi Metro cars valued at $727 million. However, we are expecting orders for another 100,” Stephane Rambaud-Measson, president of passenger division, Bombardier, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference.
“Of the total 424 cars, 380 coaches will be delivered before the Commonwealth Games and the rest 84 coaches will be operational before mid-2011,” he added.
The operational speed of these metro coaches will be 80 km per hour, while the design speed would be kept at 90 km per hour.