BEML has bagged two orders worth Rs 3,658 crore from Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL). The contract encompasses design, manufacture, supply, testing, commissioning and training for standard gauge metro rolling stock (EMUs) and depot machinery & plant, along with a 15-year comprehensive maintenance contract.

Under the project, BEML will deliver 210 metro cars configured into 70 three-car trainsets (DMC + TC + DMC), which will primarily operate in unattended train operation (UTO) mode (GoA4).

These metro trains will serve three key corridors in Chennai - Corridor 3: Madhavaram to Sipcot (45.8 km); Corridor 4: Lighthouse to Poonamallee (26.1 km) and also, Corridor 5: Madhavaram to Sholinganallur (47 km).
 
The first trainset is scheduled for delivery in January 2027, while the final trainset is expected by April 2029. BEML recently delivered India’s first indigenously designed and manufactured Vande Bharat sleeper trainset to ICF.