Work on track: MMRDA starts laying rail lines for Metro 2A, 7
Hindustan TimesThe Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority on Monday said that track-laying for two Metro lines – Metro-2A and Metro-7 – has started on the Link Road and the Western Express Highway. In a statement issued on Monday, MMRDA said, “In the wee hours of Sunday, we unloaded the first lot of Metro rails for the Dahisar East to Andheri East corridor near National Park station. Thereafter, using a 50-tonne mobile crane, the rail bundles, each consisting three rails, were lifted and unloaded on the viaduct.” Further explaining the process behind installation of Metro rail tracks, MMRDA officials said once placed on the viaduct, the rails will be welded a welding machine, which is The track-laying work is expected to be complete by March 2020, after which by mid-2020 trial runs are expected to start. The trial runs will take around six months to complete followed by which commercial operations on both corridors will start by end of 2020.