Reportedly this train will now be sent to the Chennai Metro Rail Limited’s depot in Koyambedu, where it is put through various tests in slow and high speed before it is used. These tests may take two weeks to a month. As per report the rest of the nine trains are expected to arrive by the end of February 2020.

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Furthermore the Rs 3,770-crore, 9-km phase I extension project from Washermanpet to Wimco Nagar will be inaugurated next June. Meanwhile ten trains are proposed to be used on this line. At present, the Chennai Metro has 42 trains from Alstom’s sri City facility. The manufacturing of these 10 began in February 2019. Accordingly a team of officials from Chennai carried out various tests over the last few months, including car body dimensional checks, water tightness check, static routine traction and brake tests before delivery.



Moreover the Chennai Metro has seen a spike in the number of users taking the metro over the last eight months. Apparently Phase I of the Chennai Metro covers 45 km and consists of two corridors one from Washermanpet to Chennai Airport and another from Central to St Thomas Mount. CMRL is ready to set the ball rolling for its Phase 2 which will connect Madhavaram in north Chennai to Sholinganallur in south Chennai.


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