Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday
unveiled the rolling stock model of Metro Line 3, which has been named AquaLine. The MMRC (Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation) has awarded the contract for
designing and manufacturing of rolling stock to Alstom Transport India Limited.
The Aqua Line design is inspired by the vital flow of water,
as the sea has a special place in the city. This line will offer a fast,
efficient and sustainable mode of travel for the citizens of Mumbai.
The colour scheme of the rolling stock will have a unique
blend of comfort (beige) and freshness (aqua green) to provide a relaxed and
refreshing travel experience.
The MMRC will procure 31 trains of eight metro coaches each
from Alstom India. All the trains for Mumbai Metro 3 are being manufactured at
Alstom India’s manufacturing facility in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh under the
Make in India initiative. Metro 3 rolling stock will be equipped with grade of
automation 4.
Speaking on the occasion Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director,
MMRC said, "We are happy Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis unveiled the
design and model of the trains for Mumbai Metro 3 today. The manufacturing of
trains would begin at Sri City factory of Alstom Transport India in November
this year and the arrival of the first train is expected within a year."
On August 13th the MMRC achieved its 17th
breakthrough at SEEPZ station. TBM Wainganga-3 tunnelled 574m for 126 days at
an average of 4.55 m/day using 410 rings. With this milestone achieved PKG 7
has now completed 5.87 Kms of tunnelling out of a total of 7.07 Km.
On August 12th TBM Wainganga-2 was relaunched from MIDC shaft for its final
drive of 973 m downline towards SEEPZ. The TBM made its last breakthrough on
30th June 2019 at MIDC metro station after driving 706 m from Pali ground to MIDC completing 5km in
total of tunnelling. This package has completed 81% of a total of 8.1 km. Click here and in/77 for the tunnelbuilder
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