This will be the first commercial CBTC deployment in India, covering the whole phase 1 network totalling 71km, which is due to be completed by 2017.
Thales will supply its SelTrac CBTC technology, and trains will initially run in automatic train operation mode with minimum headways of 90 seconds, although the system will support eventual migration to unattended train operation (UTO).
The first stage of Line 1 is due to open in March 2015 and further sections will be commissioned at roughly three-month intervals to complete the first phase by December 2017.
The network is being built by Larsen & Toubro under a 35-year design, build, finance, operate and maintain PPP contract awarded by the Andhra Pradesh state government in September 2010. The metro will be operated and maintained by Keolis, and Hyundai Rotem will supply the train fleet.
Thales has also confirmed that it is bidding for the contract to supply automatic fare collection systems in Hyderabad and for CBTC provision on the third phase of the Delhi Metro network.
