C Shivakumar
Chennai:
Chennai’s first metro
rail that was imported from Brazil reached its new home in Koyambedu yard on
Thursday morning amidst heavy security and traffic bandobust.
Namakkal
Transport Carriers (NTC) general manager Suresh
Ramaswamy said that the four Chennai Metro Rail rakes that reached Chennai
shores on Friday were transported to the yard by the Namakkal
Transport Carriers (NTC) modular hydraulic axles under the watchful eyes of
city police as well as officials of metro rail on Wednesday night.
“We travelled
at a speed of 10 to 15 km and the 15 km stretch from Chennai Port to the yard
in Koyambedu took around 90 to 120 minutes,” said Ramaswamy.
Ramaswamy
said that the four NTC modular axles had escorts and the roads were sealed and
traffic diverted during the period as the Brazilian beauty embarked on the
journey to its new home.
The
unwrapping and coupling of the metro rail is likely to take place either on
Friday or Saturday, said Ramaswamy, whose firm has a three-year contract with
Chennai Metro Rail to transport the metro rail to Rs 198 crore state-of-the art
depot.
He said that it is a
big day for Chennai as the city gets its first metro rail. The next instalment
of two trains is likely to be shipped from Brazil by July and all the nine
trains imported from Brazil are expected to reach Chennai by the end of this
year.
Meanwhile, metro rail spokesman told Express that the 800
metre test track is on the verge of completion.
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