The works will be completed in 2010.
Bombardier has been awarded a contract for railway signaling for urban transport in the Indian capital, New Delhi, valued at 30 million euros (43 million dollars), sources from the Canadian manufacturer reported today in Madrid.
The contract covers the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of Bombardier Cityflo 350 train signaling and control systems for two new sections of lines totaling 37 kilometers, representing more than half of the second phase of the Delhi Metro expansion.
The new system will allow Metro Delhi "predictable and cost-effective operation, thanks to less wear and tear on the vehicles," and passengers will benefit from "superior safety, short and steady progress, and trouble-free journeys."
Bombardier's new signaling system will be installed on Delhi Metro lines 5 and 6, with work scheduled to be completed in December 2009 and May 2010, respectively.
This second phase of the expansion – which will also include 340 new Bombardier Movia metro cars – will extend the current network to cover the main destinations in the East-West and North-South corridors of the city, where almost 16 million people currently live and which will transport four million passengers every day.
Cityflo 350 is a system with on-board automatic train protection (ATP) and automatic train driving via automatic train operation (ATO), with ATP information and ATO situation displayed in the driver's cab.
Track-to-train communication is carried out via audio frequency track circuits, and the system has been designed primarily for subway applications where only limited action by the train driver is required, such as opening and closing the doors.
Cityflo 350 systems are already in operation worldwide in countries such as Spain, Iran, Türkiye and Korea.
Bombardier Transportation has been present in India for over 35 years, during which time it has supplied Indian Railways with technologically advanced railway products such as the WAP5 and WAG9 electric locomotives for passengers and freight and the Bombay Traffic Management System.
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