Having received the first lot of trains from Spain, the Delhi
Airport Metro Express Limited will put them on tracks for testing
by the middle of next month as it gears up to launch the much-awaited
line connecting Connaught Place with the Airport by September.
The first set of trains, procured from CAF, Spain which also
supplied trains to Hong Kong airport metro and London's Heathrow
Express have arrived at the Mundra port and will reach Delhi
in another three-four days, an official spokesperson of the
Reliance Infrastructure-led Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt
Ltd said.
The Airport Express Line, once operational, will cover the
entire 23 km from New Delhi to Indira Gandhi International
Airport in just about 20 minutes - that too in a luxury environment.
Once the trains reach Delhi, they will be stationed at the
Dwarka depot for the mandatory tests to be conducted.
"Static tests will be done and it will take 4-5 days.
After the static tests are over, the train will be put on
test track for testing. Thereafter, the rake would be transferred
to the mainline where low-speed and high-speed test would
be carried out. Finally, oscillation trials will be carried
out under the supervision of RDSO. The entire process will
take 2 to 3 months," the spokesperson said.
Lalit Jalan, CEO, Reliance Infrastructure, said the Airport
Express Line, which will be the showcase line of the capital,
will be operational by September, a month before the Commonwealth
Games.
"The Airport Line will be better than anything that the
city has seen till now. We are going to use the best technologies
available around the world and are completing work on a war
footing to open the line by September," he said in a
statement.
Once the tests are over, the trial runs on the line will begin.
However, it is not yet clear when the trial runs will begin.
The Airport Express Line is the first metro line in the country
to come up on Public Private Partnership model.
Source: PTI
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