Kumari Palany & Co

Metro Rail from February 2014

Posted on: 28/Oct/2013 10:20:17 AM
Chennai Metro Rail Limited has planned operate trains in  Koyambedu–St.Thomas Mount stretch during the month of February 2014.  The Metro is coming up at a cost of Rs. 14,600 crore along two corridors – one connecting Washermenpet to the airport; and the other Chennai Central to St. Thomas Mount.
 
The Metro is coming up at a cost of Rs. 14,600 crore along two corridors – one connecting Washermenpet to the airport; and the other Chennai Central to St. Thomas Mount. The project is likely to become operational in February 2014 in the Koyambedu–St.Thomas Mount stretch, and will be fully functional by 2015.
 
The network will have a total of 42 trains. Nine of these are being made in Brazil and the remaining at the special economic zone, Sri City in Andhra Pradesh.
 
The test run for the first train that arrived from Sao Paolo in Brazil in July is likely to happen on the 800-metre test track at the Koyambedu depot next week. The trains will run at an average speed of 34 km/hr from 5 a.m. to 12 a.m.
                                                               
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