Trial run of 20 km stretch to begin soon on Metro lines 2A, 7

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has achieved a significant milestone in the overhead cable work of Metro line 2A (Dahisar to DN Nagar) and 7 (Dahisar East to Andheri East). The trial run of 20 km stretch on these two lines will commence soon.

On Monday, the chief electrical inspector of government of India (CEIG) conducted an inspection through video call of the Over Head Equipment (OHE) line of Metro line 2A successfully for section from Dahisar to Kamraj Nagar.

Due to the prevailing pandemic situation and travel restrictions, the MMRDA shared updates to the inspection officer using a digital platform so that the proposed plan of metro trial run could be achieved. Now the charging OHE on this metro line 2A for the said stretch will be done on Tuesday. Thereafter, the proposed 20 km trial run (Aarey to Kamraj Nagar) will begin.

The OHE line charging on Metro Line 7 (Aarey to Dahisar) has been done successfully after getting the required approval from CEIG. According to the MMRDA, inspection of OHE by the CEIG is a prerequisite statutory requirement before the OHE is charged on 25kV 50Hz AC Supply. It is essential to commence the metro trial runs.

The MMRDA has successfully completed the work on the 20km stretch despite Covid-19 related challenges. In the initial phase it will carry out trial run between Aarey and Kamraj Nagar on Metro 2A and 7 and later as work of the remaining part is completed the distance of trial runs will be expanded.