Sensational!! In the future, metro trains in Chennai for every 90 seconds
Posted on: 07/Dec/2022 9:28:10 AM
On Tuesday, 6th December, CMRL or Chennai Metro Rail Limited made an announcement about awarding of a high tech tender to speed up the operations and explore the options of automatic driverless trains.
It was brought to light by a statement from CMRL that for the metro phase- 2 construction the CMRL has awarded the tender for design, manufacture, supply, installation, supply, testing train control, video management system and commissioning of signalling to Hitachi Rail STS SPA & Hitachi Rail STS India at a cost of Rs 1620 crores.
The metro trains in phase-2 would be operated with a minimum headway of 90 secs and this would be a superb improvement when compared to the present one. In other words, CMRL is building infrastructure to operate metro trains for every 90 seconds in the future. The sources from CMRL mentioned that apart from driverless or automatic operations the system would unify with the functions of automatic train movement in the depots plus operation of platform screen doors and functioning of passengers information etc.
The CMRL has floated a tender to incorporate the latest rail technology used across the world and to improve safety measures. This is the largest signalling tender executed till now.
The CMRL release also revealed that the ultra modern communication based train control system would enable automatic train operation. Truth is that metro trains in phase-2 would be operating driverless. An independent safety assessment team would certify the safety measures of the robust system according to the international standards. At the test centers, there would be an intensive testing of safety parameters of the system due to driverless operations.
Later, for authentication and integration with other systems, the Train Control System would undergo field trials. The commissioner of Metro Rail Safety or CMRS would give the final approval and implementation of the system for public use.
