Public sector firm BEML has got railway equipment and component orders of over Rs 4,000 crore, company chairman and managing director V R S Natarajan said today.
The first order worth Rs 1,672.50 crore from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) is for the supply of 150 metro coaches, including spares, for Phase I of the project by October 2010. BEML is expecting an additional order for 63 metro coaches for further expansion and extension of proposed metro lines in Bangalore city.
The rolling stock order will comprise 50 train sets of three cars each and will be implemented by a consortium comprising BEML, Rotem and Mitsubishi, Natarajan said. Additional orders for the Bangalore Metro in the coming months, depending on requirements, are expected to involve supply of 30 coaches for Rs 300 crore, and at a later point, a Rs 600-crore order for another 63 coaches.
