Mumbai (Metro Rail News): The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has started trial runs on the Mandale-Mankhurd stretch of Mumbai Metro Line 2B on Wednesday. The primary objective of this trial was to examine the rolling stock’s interaction with civil infrastructure.
Originally, the Mumbai Metro Yellow Line covers a distance of 23.643 km from D N Nagar to Mandale through 20 stations. The trials are underway on a 5.3 km stretch from Diamond Garden to Mandale. This section covers 5 stations:
- Diamond Garden
- Shivaji Chowk
- BSNL
- Mankhurd
- Mandale
This trial aims to scrutinise the critical systems, including tracks, signalling, and rolling stock. These trials are instrumental in assessing communication-based train control (CBTC), telecommunication infrastructure, platform screen doors, and automatic fare collection systems.
The commercial operations on this section will only commence after receiving the clearance certificate from CMRS.
Progress on India’s Largest Metro Depot
The trains for the Yellow Line will be maintained and serviced at Mandale Depot, which is India’s largest Metro Depot. The construction of Mandale Depot is already 98% complete. The depot featured the capacity to house 72 metro rakes.
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