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In a important development, Chennai Metro Rail’s signifier II trains to tally connected the Poonamallee - Vadapalani agelong person received the last support from the Railway Board, clearing it for rider operations successful February.
With this, the only, but the astir important support that the Chennai Metro Rail needs to person is the information clearance with respect to the stations on the Poonamallee - Vadapalani agelong from the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS).
While the trains procured for the 118.9-km signifier II task are designed to beryllium driverless, for information reasons, they volition beryllium manned and operated astatine slightest for the archetypal six months. Then, roving attendants are apt to beryllium contiguous successful trains for immoderate clip earlier the trains tally wholly driverless.
According to officials of the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL), 3 weeks ago, a squad of experts from CMRS inspected 2 trains to beryllium operated on the 15-km Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch.
After going done the plan of the trains manufactured successful Sri City adjacent Chennai, the squad examined assorted parameters indispensable for harmless rider operations.
“Among the aspects they checked see the moving of the rider connection strategy successful the bid to spot if idiosyncratic tin scope retired to the Operation Control Centre successful lawsuit of an emergency, the functioning of the fume detectors successful lawsuit of a fire, whether the information systems are successful spot if there’s a occupation with the instrumentality successful the underframe of the bid and the traction system,” an authoritative said.
They operated the bid astatine a maximum velocity of 80 kmph. While the train’s plan velocity is 90 kmph, it volition beryllium allowed to tally with the maximum velocity of 80 kmph, different authoritative said.
“They looked astatine the simulation plan to spot if determination is simply a collision past however galore coaches volition beryllium damaged. During the trials, they applied exigency brake to cheque astatine what region the bid stops,” helium said.
Emergency evacuation
This aside, officials said, the CMRS squad besides examined however the passengers would beryllium evacuated successful lawsuit of an emergency. “If the bid stops successful betwixt 2 stations, the unit volition instrumentality the passengers safely to the nearest presumption and the pathway disposable for the same,” an authoritative said.
The last inspection by CMRS would look astatine rider facilities disposable successful stations (between Poonamallee to Porur and Vadapalani station). This would beryllium successful the 2nd week of February.
The stations aft Porur Junction till Saligramam would beryllium made disposable to passengers aft a fewer months, officials noted.
