The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) has received its first lot of rail tracks for Metro 3. The rail tracks, weighing 3,615 metric tonnes, were dispatched by M/s. Mitsui & Co. Ltd. from Yawata in Japan.
They will be transported from Mumbai Port to MMRCL yard in Bandra Kurla Complex in the next few days following COVID-19 precautionary measures. The remaining lot of 7,125 metric tonnes will arrive in two batches later this year.
Ranjit Singh Deol, MD, MMRCL, said the rail tracks were part of a first-of-its-kind technology in India — High Attenuation Low Vibration Track System — which will reduce the noise and vibration levels during train operations.
“We consider this a crucial development as we move closer to creating a faster and more convenient way to travel,” he said. The new track system will reduce vibrations to the extent of 20-22 VDb.