Mumbai: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)will today conduct the trial run of Mumbai's first monorail on 61st Republic Day of India.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan will flag of the test run of Mono Rail. The trial run of Rs 2, 460 crore monorail project will be done on a 108 metre track at Wadala.
The proposed route of this monorail is between Jacob Circle and Chembur. The 19.4 km line will be jointly completed by L&T and SCOMI Engineering Bhd.
The MMRDA wants to conduct the test run on a one km stretch but the electrification work was completed on only 108 metre line.
The Jacob Circle and Chembur monorail route will be ready by the year 2011, MMRDA sources said.
The Monorail Mumbai will be a substitute of local trains and other road transportation. According to the sources, initially, 14 Monorails with four coaches each will be available to take commuters to their destinations in no time. The capacity of monorail will be 500 passengers and it will complete its destinations in few minutes.
The operations of Monorail will be frequency basis and it will be 4.5 minutes. The fare will be Rs 8 to 20 (Approx).
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan will flag of the test run of Mono Rail. The trial run of Rs 2, 460 crore monorail project will be done on a 108 metre track at Wadala.
The proposed route of this monorail is between Jacob Circle and Chembur. The 19.4 km line will be jointly completed by L&T and SCOMI Engineering Bhd.
The MMRDA wants to conduct the test run on a one km stretch but the electrification work was completed on only 108 metre line.
The Jacob Circle and Chembur monorail route will be ready by the year 2011, MMRDA sources said.
The Monorail Mumbai will be a substitute of local trains and other road transportation. According to the sources, initially, 14 Monorails with four coaches each will be available to take commuters to their destinations in no time. The capacity of monorail will be 500 passengers and it will complete its destinations in few minutes.
The operations of Monorail will be frequency basis and it will be 4.5 minutes. The fare will be Rs 8 to 20 (Approx).
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