Final Up to date: March 07, 2024, 14:02 IST
Bangalore Metro: Yellow Line to Roll Out by Yr-Finish, Driverless Trains Prepared for Trials. (File photograph)
A walkthrough of driverless practice at Hebbagodi depot was supplied by BMRCL officers, marking the primary of 15 trains slated for deployment on the Yellow Line.
The much-awaited Yellow Line of Bangalore Metro appears nearer to actuality with authorities saying a possible opening by the top of this 12 months.
The official deadline, beforehand set for July 2024, may be surpassed.
Bangalore Metro Rail Company Restricted (BMRCL) shared that trial runs on the Yellow Line would start within the subsequent 4 days, using a prototype driverless practice lately imported from China. The 19.15-km route connects RV Highway to Bommasandra, passing by way of key places like Jayadeva Hospital, Silk Board Junction, and Electronics Metropolis.
Preliminary trial runs will stretch between Bommasandra and Silk Board Junction, increasing throughout all the line by mid-April, in line with Jitendra Jha, BMRCL’s Challenge Supervisor, as reported by Deccan Herald.
Nevertheless, business operations await approval from authorities just like the Analysis Designs and Requirements Organisation (RDSO), Commissioner of Metro Rail Security (CMRS), and the Railway Board.
Initially, Yellow Line trains will run each quarter-hour, with the potential for shorter intervals (5 minutes or much less) when eight extra trains arrive subsequent 12 months. The dearth of trains had prompted delays in business operations regardless of the completion of civil development and track-laying.
In 2019, CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co Ltd gained a contract to provide 216 coaches, with 12 coaches imported from China and the remaining assembled by Titagarh Rail System Ltd (TRSL) in Bengal.
The BMRCL showcased the driverless practice on the Hebbagodi depot, emphasizing its significance as the primary of 15 trains for the Yellow Line. The practice will endure a sequence of assessments over the subsequent few months, with optimism for extra trains arriving by June.
Notably, BMRCL highlighted that each one trains on new metro strains can be driverless, geared up with Unattended Practice Operations (UTO) expertise. Whereas initially, Yellow Line trains could function with loco pilots, the BMRCL expressed confidence within the UTO system, guaranteeing collision prevention.
The metro-road flyover from Ragi Gudda to Silk Board Junction, spanning 3.13 km, is in its superior levels of development, with 5 loops and ramps for elevated connectivity.
Excitingly, driverless metro trains will characteristic superior integration with a signaling system, permitting them to speak and forestall collisions.
Further options embody Synthetic Intelligence-based observe monitoring, impediment and derailment detection, and a gangway system for higher maneuvering round curves. The BMRCL additionally plans to make use of facet indications to order compartments for girls.
