France's Alstom wins 63.8 mln dollar contract for Delhi Metro

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NEW DELHI (AFP) — France's Alstom Transport announced Wednesday it had won a contract to supply operations systems for the Indian capital's metro rail network worth 63.8 million dollars (45.5 million euros).

Alstom, which builds the high-speed TGV train, will supply the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation with a train control and signalling system covering 37 kilometres (23 miles) in the sprawling city of 14 million.

The metro system in New Delhi has become a showpiece for the emerging economic superpower with a 65-kilometre first phase finished nearly three years ahead of schedule in 2005, well within its 2.3 billion-dollar budget and without scandal.

Officials want the entire eight-line project, with 225 stations and 245 kilometres of track, finished by 2021....