Under the contract awarded by the project’s design-build contractor Laurson & Toubro, India, CAF will provide 18 seven-section Urbos low-floor LRVs, together with signalling, an automatic vehicle location system, transit system signal priority system, depot equipment, and a driving simulator.

The initial 13km section of the route from Port Louis to Rose Hill is scheduled to open in 2019, with the remainder of the line to Curepipe due for commissioning in 2021.