'Make in India' initiative: India manufactures driverless train for Sydney Metro

Another major milestone for the 'Make in India' initiative, coaches assembled in India will be running in the Sydney Metro Line. Sydney has recently opened its first driverless metro line that will be served by 22 Alstom six-coach trains, which are fully automated and consist of various modern features including LED lighting, emergency intercoms, CCTV camera, etc. 

These metro trains were assembled in Andhra Pradesh's Sri City, which is also known as Satyavedu Reserve Infracity Pvt. Ltd, situated in Chittoor district. It is a smart integrated business city in the state. 

Alstom India, an Indian subsidiary of a France-based multinational company- Alstom SA, delivered the last of the 22 Metropolis trains for Sydney Metro. 

The company was given a contract by North West Rail Link (NRT), which travels from Tallawong station to Chatswood station, with 13 stations along 36 km in total, to design, manufacture, supply, test and commission 22 six-card Metropolis train along with Urbalis 400 signalling systems. The company has won a 15-year maintenance contract for the trains, depot operations and signalling systems. 

Metropolis trains is an electric multiple unit (EMU) built by Alstom designed for high capacity rapid transit or metro rail infrastructure systems. Currently, the trains are in service in 22 major cities including Chennai and Kochi. 

Urbalis is the advanced signalling solutions for all metro and transit rail applications. 

In December 2018, the Alstom India had planned to double its metro rail production at its plant in Sri City.