CRRC completes delivery of 8 train sets for Navi Mumbai Metro project

Navi Mumbai, India (Urban Transport News): The Chinese rail coach manufacturer CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. yesterday successfully completed the delivery of eight 3-coach trains to the City Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) for Navi Mumbai Metro Rail project. This information is shared by the logistics service provider Total Movements Private Limited. Announcing the completion of delivery of metro train coaches to CIDCO, Total Movements Private Limited stated that the company was appointed as an Onshore Logistics service provider to support the development of the Navi Mumbai Metro Project. These Metro coaches were received at Mumbai Port and moved to Navi Mumbai Metro Depot, Taloja.

@CRRC_ZELC successfully completed the delivery of eight 3-coach metro train sets to @CIDCO_Ltd for Navi Mumbai Metro project. Here are photos shared by the logistics company Total Movements Private Limited.#NaviMumbaiMetro #CIDCO #CRRC pic.twitter.com/S7AtDTXpRc

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"Detailed route survey through the busy roads of Mumbai, deploying numerous specialized trailers at once, the building of temporary roads as none of the main roads had the clearances required for safe movement and coordination with traffic police/multiple government authorities for smooth transportation through the city were the crucial challenges faced by our team," said in the statement. "With detailed route surveys, swept path analysis, accurate lifting plans, and seamless coordination our team managed to overcome the challenges and delivered the coaches by unloading them on rails.

Proud to have added another feather to our cap!", further added. In July 2014, CIDCO had awarded a contract worth 78 million euros to an international consortium led by Ansaldo STS and including Tata Projects Limited and CSR Zhuzhou for electrical and mechanical systems for the first phase of Navi Mumbai Metro Line 1. CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. was given the responsibility to design, manufacture, supply, testing and commissioning of 24 standard gauge metro coaches (eight 3-coach train sets) for Navi Mumbai Metro project.

According to the contract, the size of three-car trainsets is 64.6m long and 3.1m wide, with a passenger capacity of around 1,100 and a maximum speed of approximately 80 km/h. The CRRC had delivered the first two train sets of 3-coaches to CIDCO in March last year. In September last year, trial run on 2-km long distance from Pendhar Metro Terminal Yard to Pendhar Station was conducted. This section is part of 11-km long Phase 1 of the Navi Mumbai Metro project. The Navi Mumbai Metro project is always in controversy due to wrong planning and irregularities in the tendering process at various stages of project execution.