New metro rail coaches to arrive Chennai on 28th
Posted on: 25/Nov/2013 10:56:42 AM - No. of views : (3225)
Two more compositions of rail coaches of CMRL will be arriving from Brazil on 28th of this month. These coaches are being shipped from Brazil. Out of 42 rail coaches for CMRL, 9 coaches are being produced at Brazil and the rest 33 coaches are being produced in Tada in Andhra Pradesh. Metro Rail consists of 4 coaches. These coaches will arrive in Chennai during the last week of this month. Flagging off the test run of the Chennai Metro Rail, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa inquisitively watched the four-coach train making a small trip of one km along the test track in Koyambedu. By January, a section of the elevated portion of the corridor connecting Koyambedu with St. Thomas Mount will be taken up for a test run.
This elevated stretch forms part of the corridor -2 that starts from Chennai Central and terminates at St. Thomas Mount covers 21.96 km.
The 23-km-long corridor � 1 will run from Washermenpet to Chennai Airport � mostly underground.
In three months, the CMRL authorities plan to commission the control room for the Metro Rail system. After that, various clearances including the one from the Research, Designs and Standards Organization of the Indian Railways have to be obtained.
This will take three to four months. By June or July, the elevated corridor will be thrown open to the public. Each four-coach train can carry 1,276 passengers with 176 seated. As per design, two more coaches can be added.
