रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)

Predictably, the opening up of the full #PurpleLine on #NammaMetro in #Bangalore has caused a huge congestion during peak hours (👇🏽ToI).

#BMRCL says it needs more coaches to ease this congestion by increasing the frequency of trains & blames its Chinese vendor for the delay. 🧐

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Show threadरञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Oct 16, 2023

However, it’s the Indian government that has placed an “at least 75%” #MakeInIndia requirement and the Chinese company hasn’t been able to find a suitable manufacturing partner (apart from being hobbled by the pandemic, like all of us). 🤦🏽‍♂️

See: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/chinese-firm-to-supply-namma-metro-coaches-after-four-years-of-delay/article66885378.ece

Chinese firm to supply Namma Metro coaches after four years of delay

After nearly four years after bagging a contract to supply Namma metro coaches, China-based company China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation will finally supply two trains by August this year.

The Hindu
Show threadरञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Oct 16, 2023

The Chinese company (CRRC) outbid other companies (notably, Bangalore-based BEML) in December 2019:

https://themetrorailguy.com/2020/02/20/crrc-awarded-bangalore-metro-phase-2s-216-rolling-stock-contract/

but couldn’t meet the #MakeInIndia constraints.

CRRC Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s 216 Coach Rolling Stock Contract

China’s CRRC Corporation Ltd. has quietly been awarded with a contract to supply 216 new coaches from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd for the 73.95 km Phase 2 project’s Purple Line (Line-1), Green Line (Line-2) and Yellow Line (Line-3). The contract won by CRRC’s subsidiary CRRC Nanjing

The Metro Rail Guy