AHMEDABAD: The much-awaited Metro rail undertaking in Ahmedabad city is all set to be rolled out earlier than the tip of the current monetary yr 2018-19. The 6km stretch from Vastral to Apparel Park is likely to be in a position by the tip of this yr. Metro rail officers stated that the small stretch between APMC Vasna to Jivraj Park will also be in a position in 45 days.
Last November, South Korean metro rolling inventory manufacturer Hyundai Rotem was awarded the Rs 1,zero32 crore contract to offer 32 three-car trains for MEGA’s 39.26km Phase-1 undertaking. The trains, being manufactured on the corporate’s Changwon plant, are to be delivered between April 2019 and July 2020.
“Hyundai-Rotem had confident us that the primary two of the three-car trains will arrive by January, however in a meeting held on June 20 with representatives from Union executive, now we have pushed for further preponing the teach deliveries so that we will begin trial runs early,” stated managing director, MEGA, IP Gautam.
A senior MEGA authentic informed TOI that each teach shall be roughly 3m wide and will trip at a maximum pace of 80 kmph, while sporting 782 passengers. The trains can run without drivers. Each MEGA coach will encompass convenient space for wheelchair, four CCTV cameras for passenger safety, LED route information signs, hearth detectors, and a passenger data display gadget.
The officers stated that they would like the coaches to be delivered speedy so that the inauguration can be done in January earlier than the Lok Sabha election in 2019. MEGA officers stated government had been willing to have the undertaking operational earlier than the election code of behavior is introduced. The entire Phase-I undertaking is likely to be completed by June 2020. Officials stated the elevated hall work must be completed by end of 2019, and the underground tracks by June 2020.
Tunnel uninteresting machines (TBM) for constructing the roughly 6km metro rail underground route at the Apparel Park and Kalupur metro line running in complete swing and uninteresting is going on at 3 different places in the city. “Our major problem would be the Walled City house, which is an international heritage web site,’’ stated a MEGA authentic.
Last November, South Korean metro rolling inventory manufacturer Hyundai Rotem was awarded the Rs 1,zero32 crore contract to offer 32 three-car trains for MEGA’s 39.26km Phase-1 undertaking. The trains, being manufactured on the corporate’s Changwon plant, are to be delivered between April 2019 and July 2020.
“Hyundai-Rotem had confident us that the primary two of the three-car trains will arrive by January, however in a meeting held on June 20 with representatives from Union executive, now we have pushed for further preponing the teach deliveries so that we will begin trial runs early,” stated managing director, MEGA, IP Gautam.
A senior MEGA authentic informed TOI that each teach shall be roughly 3m wide and will trip at a maximum pace of 80 kmph, while sporting 782 passengers. The trains can run without drivers. Each MEGA coach will encompass convenient space for wheelchair, four CCTV cameras for passenger safety, LED route information signs, hearth detectors, and a passenger data display gadget.
The officers stated that they would like the coaches to be delivered speedy so that the inauguration can be done in January earlier than the Lok Sabha election in 2019. MEGA officers stated government had been willing to have the undertaking operational earlier than the election code of behavior is introduced. The entire Phase-I undertaking is likely to be completed by June 2020. Officials stated the elevated hall work must be completed by end of 2019, and the underground tracks by June 2020.
Tunnel uninteresting machines (TBM) for constructing the roughly 6km metro rail underground route at the Apparel Park and Kalupur metro line running in complete swing and uninteresting is going on at 3 different places in the city. “Our major problem would be the Walled City house, which is an international heritage web site,’’ stated a MEGA authentic.
Ahmedabad Metro expected for trials early 2018
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June 25, 2018
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