BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has begun constructing an open web girder over a railroad track in east Bengaluru. The Erection of an open-web girder is a part of Phase II of Namma Metro‘s extended metro line from Baiyappanahalli to Whitefield.
BMRCL has begun a trial run on a 15-km metro line between K.R. Puram and Whitefield. The trial runs on the section from Baiyappanahalli to K.R. Puram only after constructing the open web girder after laying tracks and installing signalling equipment.
BMRCL started work after getting clearance from South Western Railway (SWR). Additional Divisional Railway Manager of SWR Kusuma Hariprasad said that work related to the metro is permitted per the guidelines laid down by the Indian Railway Schedule of Dimensions and A.C. Traction Manual. “The erection work will be carried out under the power block. During the power block, train movement will be suspended temporarily. The BMRCL will execute the work under railway supervision,” the official said.
Chief PRO of the BMRCL B.L. Yeshwanth Chavan said, “Erection of an open web girder is being carried out between Baiyappanahalli and Benniganahalli metro stations. This will provide a link to Baiyappanahalli depot as well as the station. It is a complex operation as it is being carried out across a busy railway track. The BMRCL is executing the work after getting clearance from the SWR.”
