Bombardier to design driverless system for Delhi Metro line

Bombardier has been awarded a 47 million euro contract to design and install a CBTC driverless system for a new metro line in Delhi.

The city’s new Line 7 will be equipped with Bombardier’s CITYFLO 650 system as it continues to expand its semi-automated system.

Once in use, Line 7 will become the first driverless mass transit system in India.

Bombardier has said it will design, build, install, test and commission the solution – completing the delivery in two phases between Mukundpur and Maujpur, and Maujpur to Shiv Vihar.

Work on the new automated line should be completed by 2017.

Peter Cedervall, president of rail control solutions at Bombardier Transportation, said: “This is another important new contract with our valued customer Delhi Metro, supporting their expansion of the network.”

Bombardier’s CITYFLO 350 system is already in use on Lines 5 and 6 of the Delhi Metro.




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