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Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday flagged-off the test run of the rolling stock of Chennai metro rail.
The chief minister spent about 10 minutes inside the four-coach train car, before flagging it off at the Koyambedu depot.
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRIL)’s managing director K Rajaraman explained the features of the train car to the chief minister, who switched on the flow of traction power to the 800-metre test track, according to an official release.
The Rs 14,600-crore project will be funded 59 per cent by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica); 20 per cent by the Centre and the remaining 21 from the state.
Phase-I involving the Koyambedu-St Thomas Mount elevated line, is expected to be ready by 2015.
Line related work and stations will be completed by December. Subsequently, operating trials would start from January as a run-up to commissioning of the line in July 2014.
The first set of the locally made coaches for the metro will be ready by January 2014 at the Alstom’s plant at SriCity special economic zone located 55 km from Chennai.
Officials of Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRIL) said the project aimed to provide a convenient, modern and economical mode of public transport, which would be properly integrated with other forms of public and private transport including buses, sub-urban trains and the mass rapid transit system.
Officials of Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRIL) said the project aimed to provide a convenient, modern and economical mode of public transport, which would be properly integrated with other forms of public and private transport including buses, sub-urban trains and the mass rapid transit system.
Officials of Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRIL) said the project aimed to provide a convenient, modern and economical mode of public transport, which would be properly integrated with other forms of public and private transport including buses, sub-urban trains and the mass rapid transit system.