Alstom sets up rail coach unit

In order to supply rail coaches for the Chennai Metro Rail Project, Alstom is expected to set up a coach manufacturing facility in Sri City before the year-end. The French company's facility will start supplying trains in 2014. The new facility will support Alstom Transport and Alstom India's role in the Rs 1,471 crore order for the supply of 168 metro coaches for the Chennai Metro. The facility will manufacture 33 trains for the Chennai Metro Rail.