Thales offers automated trains to Delhi Metro

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Thales, which is supplying communication-based train control system to the Dubai Metro, has offered its fully automated driverless trains to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

Delhi Metro, which currently runs 2,400 services per day and carries 1.8 million passengers, is looking to expand its network by adding more than 125 km of track in the next three years.

“Automation is certainly a guarantee for safety and punctuality. We saw this as the best option and it has proved to be the right choice,” Adnan Al Hammadi, chief executive of Rail Agency said.

In the next expansion plan, DMRC have indicated that they will opt for a communication-based train control system.

This has been hinted at during the pre-qualification exercises conducted with potential vendors, ahead of the tendering process, a DMRC official said.

Eric Lenseigne, country director for Thales India, said the automated system ensures a variety of things – ‘higher capacity on the metro rail network, better train speeds, safe movement, traffic optimisation, reliability and better tariff realisation’.

Thales is also competing for upcoming metro projects in Hyderabad and Mumbai as India plans to have a metro network in every city with a population of over one million.

The Indian government will be investing close to $36 billion in various metro projects across the country over the next decade.

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