January 5, 2022, New Delhi: Aligned to the government’s vision of modernizing the country’s infrastructure, Hon’ble Prime Minister recently inaugurated a 9-km long completed stretch of Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation’s (UPMRC) Kanpur Metro Project.
- This metro network utilizes modern coaches manufactured with stainless steel supplied by Jindal Stainless.
- Rolled out by UPMRC in a record time of two years, the inaugural event was also attended by Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh: Shri Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas: Shri Hardeep Singh Puri.
- In the Metro segment, Jindal Stainless’ products have been approved by major metro coach manufacturers like Alstom and BEML.
- For the Kanpur project, Jindal Stainless supplied high quality stainless steel in various tempers (strength levels) to Alstom.
- The first train set was handed over to Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) by Alstom on September 18, 2021.
- The scope of the metro project includes design and development of 201 coaches, with each coach consuming approximately 9-10 metric tonnes of stainless steel supplied by Jindal Stainless.
- Jindal Stainless is currently supplying high strength level, cold worked Austenitic products like SS 301LN and 304L in LT, MT & HT configurations.
- It is noteworthy that Jindal Stainless is among the top few companies in the world that can supply 2J and No. 4 special finishes required for metro coaches.
- The company has already supplied stainless steel to metro projects in Sydney and Queensland apart from Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai metro.
Source: JSL- Press Release
