L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited (LTMRHL) has awarded the Hyderabad Metro Rail Rolling Stock Contract to ‘Hyundai Rotem Company’ in a contract worth over Rs 1800 crore. The Letter of Award (LOA) was signed and exchanged between Mr V B Gadgil, Chief Executive & Managing Director, LTMRHL and Mr Hyung-Wook Kim, Director – Rail Business, Asia, CIS & Oceania, Hyundai Rotem Company, Seoul, Korea, LTMRHL said in a release here today. Hyundai Rotem Company has prior experience of supplying rolling stock to Indian metros and has globally supplied rolling stock to Japan, Greece, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Turkey and Korea. For Hyderabad Metro Rail Project, a total of 171 cars (57 trains) have been ordered for a total value of Rs.1800 crores approximately. The rolling stock will be delivered nine months prior to the commissioning of each stage as per the construction schedule. UNI
