The Delhi Metro Rail Company (DMRC) marked a big milestone Friday as the primary six-coach practice for Part-4 operations arrived within the Capital.
“The practice is stationed at Mukundpur depot the place it should bear a variety of checks required for its statutory certification for income service as part of established guidelines and protocols,” mentioned DMRC Principal Govt Director of Company Communications, Anuj Dayal. The practice set, manufactured by Alstom at its facility in Sricity close to Chennai, was inaugurated on September 23.
Underneath the contract, DMRC will obtain a complete of 312 coaches, or 52 practice units, to run on three precedence corridors — Majlis Park to Maujpur (Pink Line extension), Janakpuri West to RK Ashram Marg (Magenta Line extension), and Tughlakabad to Delhi Aerocity (Golden Line) — as a part of the Part-4 operations.
As soon as operational, the Janakpuri West–RK Ashram Marg extension will obtain 144 new coaches (24 trains), the Mukundpur–Maujpur extension will get 90 coaches (15 trains), and the Aerocity–Tughlakabad hall 78 coaches (13 trains). All practice units can be delivered to Delhi in varied phases over the approaching months.
The brand new trains are designed for speeds of as much as 95 km/h and operational speeds of 85 km/h, outfitted with Grade of Automation (GOA) 4 for driverless operations.
The Part-4 growth includes 86 km of recent traces throughout 5 corridors, together with the under-construction Janakpuri West–RK Ashram Marg, Majlis Park–Maujpur and Aerocity–Tughlakabad. Two extra corridors, Lajpat Nagar–Saket-G Block and Indraprastha–Inderlok are in pre-tendering phases.
