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Mumbai Metro: Aarey-Bandra Kurla Complex route to get operational in first half of 2023 – Times Now

The second train set of 8 coaches for Mumbai Metro’s Line 3 has arrived in the city from Andhra Pradesh. | (Image source: Mumbai Metro)

The MMRCL further informed that it has received eight train coaches that were manufactured in the Alstom Plant in Andhra Pradesh. Trial runs of the train will start at a five-km-long stretch of the Sariput Nagar and Sahar line. This will be the first phase of the Metro Line 3 in Mumbai.

The train has undergone dynamic and static tests, said the MMRCL. It conducted trial runs on more than 1500 kilometers. The company completed the tunnelling process on November 30.

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The MMRCL used 17 tunnel machines and 1700 workmen to build the tunnel. Nearly 50 percent of the track-laying work has been completed. The corporation has also constructed many stations. They have already installed 105 escalators, 10 platform doors and 12 display systems. The line will be operational in the first half of 2023.

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