Titagarh Wagons Ltd said its plant in Italy had rolled out the first train for Pune Metro coach, out of the 34 trains. Each train will comprise three coaches.
The first prototype of its was rolled out at a virtual ceremony in presence of Ambassador of India to Italy, Neena Malhotra, Ambassador of Italy to India, Vincenzo de Luca, Maharashtra Metro Cooperation Managing Director Brijesh Dixit and others, the company said.
These metro coaches are lighter than the lightest coaches at present, which are at Nagpur-Metro, as per an official presentation.
The double-walled structure with extruded sections of the car body made of Aluminium in the Metro coaches provides the required strength while reducing the weight.
Titagarh Kolkata has started production of the first Made-in-India metro train in its newly upgraded plant and its first train will be delivered by Dec, 2021. Delivery of all 34 trains is scheduled by March, 2024.
Three of the 34 trains will be manufactured in Italy and the rest in India. Titagarh Wagons has modernised its plant in Kolkata to produce those 31 trains. The first wave of Covid-19 pandemic had delayed the rollout of the train.