Gurgaon Metro makes first trial run

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India’s first privately owned metro rail system, Rapid Gurgaon Metro, has taken its first trial run.

The trial test run was operated between DLF Phase II and DLF Phase III at U-Block – a 2km stretch.

The metro project is been developed with an investment of $209 million and overall route length is 6.1 km. The corridor will have six stations, including Sikanderpur, which will be connected to Delhi Metro Sikanderpur station, DLF-2, Belvedere Park, Gateway Tower, Mall of India and DLF-3.

It is expected to be fully operational by March 2013.

“Rapid Metro will give a new look to the Millennium City, Gurgaon. We are taking all measures to ensure that the city gets best of the modern metro trains which technically is sound and adds to the urban aesthetics of Gurgaon,” said Sarvesh Tiwari, media head of Rapid Metro.

“This is the first project in the State which is set to be completed on time. We have connected Gurgaon to the national capital via the Delhi Metro first and then Faridabad,” Hooda said at the flagging off ceremony.

“The metro coaches will have state-of-the-art facilities and aluminum coach body. The trains are being designed taking care of aesthetics of the urban environment and will a capacity of approximately 1,000 passengers with a maximum speed of 80 kmph,” Rapid Metro rail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL) said in a statement.

“It will have closed circuit television cameras inside the coaches apart from cameras outside the coaches so that the driver can see the entry and exit of passengers from the train. The driver of the Metro trains will now be able to observe passenger behavior in every part of the train at all times,” the RGML statement added.

The trains braking system will be equipped with mounted disc brakes which will be micro processor controlled.

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