Having received the first lot of trains from Spain, the Delhi Airport Metro Express Limited will put them on tracks for testing by the
middle of next month as it gears up to launch the much-awaited line connecting Connaught Place with the Airport by September.
The first set of trains, procured from CAF, Spain which also supplied trains to Hong Kong airport metro and London's Heathrow Express have arrived at the Mundra port and will reach Delhi in another three-four days, an official spokesperson of the Reliance Infrastructure-led Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd told PTI.
The Airport Express Line, once operational, will cover the entire 23 kms from New Delhi to Indira Gandhi International Airport in just about 20 minutes - that too in a luxury environment.
Once the trains reach Delhi, they will be stationed at the Dwarka depot for the mandatory tests to be conducted.
"Static tests will be done and it will take 4-5 days. After the static tests are over, the train will be put on test track for testing. Thereafter, the rake would be transferred to the mainline where low-speed and high-speed test would be carried out. Finally, oscillation trials will be carried out under the supervision of RDSO. The entire process will take 2 to 3 months," the spokesperson said.
Lalit Jalan, CEO, Reliance Infrastructure, said the Airport Express Line, which will be the showcase line of the capital, will be operational by September, a month before the Commonwealth Games.
"The Airport Line will be better than anything that the city has seen till now. We are going to use the best technologies available around the world and are completing work on a war footing to open the line by September," he said in a statement.
Once the tests are over, the trial runs on the line will begin. However, it is not yet clear when the trial runs will begin. The Airport Express Line is the first metro line in the country to come up on Public Private Partnership model.
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