Two more trains for Chennai Metro Rail arrives at Chennai harbour
Posted on: 27/Nov/2013 12:14:13 PM
On Tuesday evening two more trains for Chennai Metro Rail sailed into Chennai Port. The second and third train were shipped from Sao Paolo in Brazil in the last week of October.Just as in the case of the first train, which arrived from Brazil on May 31 and was subsequently taken to the depot in Koyambedu, these two trains will also go through various tests.
The test run for the first train was conducted in the first week of November in the 800-metre test track in the depot. Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) official “We will continue to the test the first train for the next few months. The other two trains will also go through static and dynamic tests and be checked for the effective functionality of the air-conditioning, traction system, air compressor and electricity.”
The fourth and fifth trains are in various stages of completion.Chennai Metro Rail, being built at a cost of Rs. 14,600 crore, will have a total of 42 trains manufactured by France-based Alstom Transport. Of these, nine will be made in Brazil and the rest at the special economic zone, Sri City in Andhra Pradesh.
