Thursday, February 16, 2012

Mono Rail ride taste in August at Mumbai


The trial of monorail has started in the Wadala yard, the mono rail a hi-tech system of transport will start in full swing in around 6 months time.
The test run for public which was suppose to take place on Wednesday, this was a 4.4 km run, starting from Wadala and ends at Mysore Colony, the test run was canceled on the last moment. The reason of canceling the run was the tracks which are not ready. The tracks and some other amenities are expected to be up in place in couple of weeks
L&T and Scomi a company from Malaysia are working on this Monorail Project and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is assisting them in financial and planning.

The features of the mono rail would be like Top Speed: 80 kmph, its Average Speed will be 65 kmph and the Overall speed would be 31 kmph .

The total Cost of the project is Rs 2,716 crore. The Capacity would be four coaches which will have capacity of carrying 500 passengers  at a time.   

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