Vande Bharat to replace Mumbai Local soon : National

Bongaigaon Times: 22 May 2023: Mumbai:

The purchase of 238 Vande Bharat Trains to modernize the suburban railway network. The Railways Ministry has purchased 238 new Vande Metro trains for the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC).
This ₹44,000 crores worth of project will operate between cities that are less than 100km apart.

The Mumbai Local was said to be the main aspect of Mumbaikar's and Metro city life. The metro city's lifeline will soon be a thing of the past.

“These trains will be manufactured by the technology partner ensuring Make in India guidelines of the Centre’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. The procurement will be undertaken by MRVC and it will be with maintenance requirements spanning 35 years,” said an MRVC spokesperson.

The estimated costs of the MUTP-III and MUTP-3A projects are Rs 10,947 and Rs 33,690 crores, respectively. According to the railways, the Vande Bharat Metro would be a cutting-edge rake that will be used for short trips to connect cities that are around 100 km apart, news agency PTI reported.

These rakes would be acquired as part of the ambitious Mumbai Urban Transport Projects-III (MUTP-III) and 3A (MUTP-3A) overseen by the Railway Ministry and the Maharashtra government to increase the capacity of the metropolis' suburban train network, PTI quoted senior Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) official as saying.


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Paromita Bhattacharjee
Bongaigaon Times