Coaches lowered on tracks

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 12

To expedite the process of conducting trial runs on the Janakpuri West – Terminal One IGI Airport section of Delhi Metro’s upcoming Magenta line (Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden, 38.23 kilometres), the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today started the process of unloading the first six-coach train of this section on the tracks with the help of cranes and trailers.

The “Heritage Corridor” of Delhi Metro from ITO to Kashmere Gate will be launched by January-end.

The first two coaches were unloaded on the ramp near Sadar Bazar Metro station today through a planned operation in which the coaches were lowered 

near the ramp and 

positioned on the 

tracks with the help of 

special high capacity cranes and trailers.

The process needed absolute precision to avoid any physical damage to the coaches or the civil structure. The remaining four coaches will be positioned on the tracks in the next few days after which the process of starting trials on this approximately 13-km-long section will begin.

The decision to unload the train was taken to ensure the timely beginning of trial runs on this particular section, where construction work is in finishing stages since the work on the line, connecting to Kalindi Kunj, is still in progress. While trial runs are going on between Botanical Garden and Kalkaji Mandir, track, overhead equipment (OHE) and other associated activities, being carried out between Kalkaji Mandir and Munirka, this particular section still does not have any connectivity with the depot.

Meanwhile, sources said that “Heritage Corridor” from ITO to Kashmere Gate will be launched by January-end. This section was scheduled to be launched this month, but it was delayed due to lack of labour force who left the city following demonetisation, sources said.