International certifier in France to certify last East-West Metro stretch

The EW Metro Corridor is slated for another round of trials on new integrated signalling system

- NISHAT NIZAMI

After intensive tests with two upgraded rakes, the East-West Metro Corridor is slated for another round of extensive trials of the integration of the newly launched advanced signalling system with various interfaces.

In the previous phase of the traffic block taken last month, two rakes from the existing fleet upgraded with the Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) were run exhaustively between Howrah Maidan and Sector V. Few rounds of vibration tests for checking its impact above the ground were also conducted. "The civil department is to compile the assessment report of the vibrations generated during the test runs of the rakes. Even as the final study report is yet to come, the overall impact of vibrations on the ground was within the permissible limits," informed an official source.