Metro Rail ready for trail run!

Hyderabad Metro, the jewel in the crown of modern Hyderabad is witnessing a peak phase of its construction activities. The first section of Nagole-Mettuguda under Nagole-Shilparamam corridor is now almost complete with tracks being laid.

The much-awaited trial run of the grand project, Hyderabad Metro is all set to roll out in the next few days over the elevated railway line. The executives of L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail project have recently received the first consignment of a three-coach train imported from South Korea are currently busy creating the ground work for the first ever trial run.

It will ply on the Nagole-Mettuguda stretch, marking an emphatic success story after L&T was handed over the reins of the futuristic project. Mr. VB Gadgil, Chief Executive and Managing Director of the project organized a stakeholders’ meeting recently where he envisioned that people could soon witness the trains plying from Nagole to Mettuguda, a stretch of eight kilometers in the first phase.

The Rs.20, 000-crore project envisages linking the important stretches of Hyderabad and decongesting the traffic over a total distance of 72 km, which is dotted by 66 stations. The first phase is targeted for completion on March 21, 2015 which also marks the biggest ever investment made by any infrastructure major for a single city. Therefore, Nagole and Mettuguda stretch will become operational on the next Ugadi day.

L&T has recently completed building the largest pre-cast yard in India in Hyderabad city for this project. Hyderabad Metro also has the distinction of being the first one to use Communication-based Train Control (CBTC).  CBTC is a railway signaling system, which uses telecommunications between the train and track equipment for the infrastructure control and traffic management. CBTC helps in locating exact position of a train is more accurately compared to the traditional signaling systems. Truly, L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail is at the cusp of creating history.