Trial runs begin for Kochi Metro’s SN Jn. extension
The Hindu
This is the first corridor that KMRL executed on its own
The Trial run was done on Kochi Metro’s 1.8 km-long Pettah-SN Junction extension (the metro’s phase 1-B), from 11 pm Sunday to 4.30 am on Monday, prior to commissioning the corridor in another couple of months.
Trial runs that are aimed mainly at testing the stability of the tracks were done at an average speed of 5 kmph. This would continue during the same time from Monday midnight, following which subsequent trials will be conducted at higher speeds, KMRL sources said.
This is the first corridor that KMRL executed on its own, with a workforce comprising mostly of engineers and workers aged 35 and below. The 25-km Aluva-Pettah phase-1 corridor had been executed by DMRC. Among those who monitored the first day of trial runs was D K Sinha, the Director (Systems) of KMRL, A R Rajendran and Vinu Koshy, general managers.

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