NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Good news for the Delhi metro Commuters arrived on Tuesday with the Afcons TBM S1264B passing the Factory Assessment Tests (FAT), which will further be used in the construction of the 23.622 Km long silver line connecting Aerocity and Tughlakabad.
Delhi Metro Phase:04 spans across 65.1 Km with 6.981 Km DC-07 Package connecting Sangam Vihar Station to Sarita Vihar Depot. DMRC awarded the package to Afcons Infrastructure in January 2022 with a 42-month deadline at an estimated cost of INR 1669.20 Crore.
The package connects Sagam Vihar station’s east end & Sarita Vihar Depot with 3 stations, namely, Maa Anandmayee Marg, Tughlakabad Railway Colony, and Tughlakabad in between. It will be facilitating an interchange with the violet line. The launch location for the TBM still remains unknown.
Historical Background of the TBM:
The refurbished EPB machine has been previously deployed as “TBM Varada” to build tunnels on the Pink line of the Bangalore Metro, constructing a 596m long twin tunnel connecting Rashtriya Military School Station and Langford Town Station.
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