Monorail is contemporary type of rail based transportation system. As the word ‘mono’ indicates it is a railway having single track. Monorail has proven its efficiency. Every day lakhs of people are being carried by monorail over the world.
There are many benefits of monorail. It is very safe. There are hardly chances of accidents like trams and trolleys as it is run on single track. There is no threat of being derailment. Monorail is environment friendly. Since is totally run on electricity it is non-polluting.
Taking the increasing population in consideration, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has launched the project of monorail in 2008. The construction was started in 2009 with Larsen and Toubro (L&T) and Scomi engineering of Malaysia. L&T is leading company which helping India from several years in the field of engineering, technology and construction. Scomi Engineering falls under the list of world’s top 3 monorail constructors. The monorail will pass through the stations of Wadala, Mahul, and Chembur.
The Mumbai monorail has four coaches. Each has capacity of 140 passengers. The doors of monorail don’t get closed if the number of passenger exceeds than 140. MMRDA has declared the completion of first phase of monorail by December 2012.
Mumbai monorail is built at the one fourth cost of world’s longest monorail track. According to survey Chembur-Wdala-Jcob circle monorail is 19.54 Km and second longer than Osaka monorail in Japan. The Osaka monorail was built at Rs. 12,690 crore. It is 23.8 km long. Even the fares of Mumbai monorail will be comparatively lower than Osaka monorail.
There are many benefits of monorail. It is very safe. There are hardly chances of accidents like trams and trolleys as it is run on single track. There is no threat of being derailment. Monorail is environment friendly. Since is totally run on electricity it is non-polluting.
Taking the increasing population in consideration, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has launched the project of monorail in 2008. The construction was started in 2009 with Larsen and Toubro (L&T) and Scomi engineering of Malaysia. L&T is leading company which helping India from several years in the field of engineering, technology and construction. Scomi Engineering falls under the list of world’s top 3 monorail constructors. The monorail will pass through the stations of Wadala, Mahul, and Chembur.
The Mumbai monorail has four coaches. Each has capacity of 140 passengers. The doors of monorail don’t get closed if the number of passenger exceeds than 140. MMRDA has declared the completion of first phase of monorail by December 2012.
Mumbai monorail is built at the one fourth cost of world’s longest monorail track. According to survey Chembur-Wdala-Jcob circle monorail is 19.54 Km and second longer than Osaka monorail in Japan. The Osaka monorail was built at Rs. 12,690 crore. It is 23.8 km long. Even the fares of Mumbai monorail will be comparatively lower than Osaka monorail.
