C Shivakumar
Chennai:
Even as Chennai Metro’s elevated stretch is set to be completed and likely to be put into operation most probably by August, it is the trip below the ground which Chennaites are yearning for.
And there is some good news. Chennai Metro is likely to start trial run of its metro coaches below the ground in the next couple of weeks between Koyambedu and Shenoy Nagar.
Chennai Metro did use its train once but it was pulled by a wagon car. Now the trial run will be done using with the train only after energising the stretch.
Ruling out the possibility of opening up the underground stretch for commercial run in the month of August, a Metro Rail source said that still some signalling and other work is pending. “It is unlikely that the underground stretch would open along with the elevated stretch, he said.
Interestingly, the work between Kilpauk and Nehru Park is still pending and Chennai Metro hopes to complete it in the next 10 days.
It is learnt that long-pending tunelling operations on Anna Salai Metro stretch will resume in the next 10 to 15 days.
“It has been lying idle for nearly a year. We have to first ensure that it is made operational,” he added.
For this the entire system, including the tunnel boring machine, will be monitored. “We will also be checking other tunnelling equipment,” said the source. The stretch from Government Estate to DMS is likely to be completed in next 10 months. The work is pending in stretch after Russian firm Mosmetrostroy suddenly left the project and Gammon India’s contract was terminated
Chennai:
Even as Chennai Metro’s elevated stretch is set to be completed and likely to be put into operation most probably by August, it is the trip below the ground which Chennaites are yearning for.
And there is some good news. Chennai Metro is likely to start trial run of its metro coaches below the ground in the next couple of weeks between Koyambedu and Shenoy Nagar.
Chennai Metro did use its train once but it was pulled by a wagon car. Now the trial run will be done using with the train only after energising the stretch.
Ruling out the possibility of opening up the underground stretch for commercial run in the month of August, a Metro Rail source said that still some signalling and other work is pending. “It is unlikely that the underground stretch would open along with the elevated stretch, he said.
Interestingly, the work between Kilpauk and Nehru Park is still pending and Chennai Metro hopes to complete it in the next 10 days.
It is learnt that long-pending tunelling operations on Anna Salai Metro stretch will resume in the next 10 to 15 days.
“It has been lying idle for nearly a year. We have to first ensure that it is made operational,” he added.
For this the entire system, including the tunnel boring machine, will be monitored. “We will also be checking other tunnelling equipment,” said the source. The stretch from Government Estate to DMS is likely to be completed in next 10 months. The work is pending in stretch after Russian firm Mosmetrostroy suddenly left the project and Gammon India’s contract was terminated
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