New Delhi, July 26: The much touted Delhi Metro project moved one step closer towards completion today when the first train was manufactured in an Korean factory today, four months ahead of schedule.
The train, which has been manufactured in Changwong factory in Korea, has set a new world record in manufacture of modern rolling stock, a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) release said here. The metro trains are advanced with modern features such as automatic train protection, integrated train management system and microprocessor controlled brakes, the release said.
The trains are fully computerised with an electronic passenger information display system and audio announcement facilities and each coach of the train can accommodate about 370 passengers, it said. The DMRC has ordered a total of 240 coaches of which 60 would be imported and the remaining would progressively indigenised with the last 100 coaches built fully in the country.
The DMRC has planned four trains for operation when the first section from Shahdara to Tis Hazari would be opened for transportation in December 2002, it added. Bureau Report