Finally, the rake production of Mumbai Monorail will commence next month by Scomi Engineering in their Malaysian manufacturing plant. The production was stalled due to a series of technical glitches in the year-old system.
dna was first to report about the problems derailing the new technology in India. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) then decided to temporarily halt production of the remaining five trains. This decision was taken six months ago.
“In a month’s time, possibly from August, production of the remaining five monorail trains will commence. We have finalised the list of changes that need to be done in the remaining rakes and these modifications will be incorporated. After the modifications which were done here, there haven’t been any technical glitches with the monorail system,” said a senior MMRDA official.
In another six months, all the remaining five rakes are expected to be shipped to Mumbai. Thereafter, these new trains will be commissioned when the second phase of monorail between Wadala Depot and Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk, also known as Jacob Circle or Saat Raasta, is ready. The first phase between Chembur and Wadala Depot was inaugurated in February 2014. August 2016 has been marked for completion of the second phase.
Out of the 10 trains in Mumbai, two have been kept without any machinery inside them. Their equipment have been cannibalised and used to repair the problematic trains. Therefore, Scomi Engineering will also have to ensure that body shells of Rolling Stock Train Number 2 and 3 are supplied and commissioned as they are under the defect liability period.
At the moment, 85 per cent work on the second phase of the monorail is complete. The missing link over Currey Road rail lines is scheduled to be constructed in the second half of August.
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