Mitsui wins contract to supply head hardened rails for CMRL Phase II project

The two stretches of the Phase II project are likely to be completed within five years.

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CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) has finalised the deal for the delivery of head-hardened rails for two stretches of its Phase II project.

The order for head-hardened rails has been awarded to the Japan-based company, Mitsui & Co Ltd. These rails, which will be utilised to lay tracks on two sections of the Phase II project, will be provided by the Japanese firm.

According to CMRL officials, the two stretches are Madhavaram to Shollinganallur, which is a section of the Madhavaram to SIPCOT corridor that travels through Purasawalkam, Mylapore, and Adyar (Corridor 3), and Madhavaram to CMBT, which is a section of the Madhavaram to Sholinganallur corridor that touches CMBT, Vadapalani, Porur, and Madipakkam.

“The rails will be specially designed and will require minimal maintenance with a longer lifespan. In the Phase I project, the contractor who was chosen to carry out track work purchased the rails. But for Phase II, we floated separate contracts and one firm will provide the rails and another will execute the track work. It was done specifically to cut the overall cost of the project,” an official said.

The official stated that “These two stretches of the Phase II project are likely to be completed within five years. In three years, the first stretch of the Phase I project, Poonamallee to Power House, which forms a section of Poonamallee to Light House via Nandanam (Corridor- 4), will be ready”, the officials added.

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