The MMRDA has conducted an end-to-end test run of its monorail rakes on the entire 8.3-km alignment from Wadala to Chembur for the first time in four years. Sources said that there were plans to hand over the corridor for safety certification by February end.
The MMRDA has finished all the alignment’s civil work and is now focusing on completing the stations, signalling and telecommunications, which will take two to three months.
For the test, the MMRDA first sent a shuttle down the alignment, followed by full rakes. It plied rakes at different speeds (as fast as 80 kmph). The empty rakes were also loaded with cement sacks to see if the guideway beams can take the weight. It had planned to hand over the corridor for a safety audit by November and open the line by December. This is now being pushed to 2013.
Sources said there were issues related to securing land for linkways to the stations.
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