Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro route ready, slated to run by end of July

Updated: Jun 2nd, 2024

Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro Rail

The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Ltd is working on a war footing to complete the metro route from Ahmedabad’s Motera to Gandhinagar’s Sector 1.

On its completion, the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) will inspect the route by the end of this month. Once an inspection and compliance report is submitted, final approval is expected within four to five weeks.

Following this exercise, the metro rail route to Gandhinagar by the end of July.

GMRC is conducting tests after the construction on the route has concluded.

The corporation in a release stated that load testing was conducted on the cable-stayed bridge over the Narmada Canal between Motera and Koba circle, where four trains were placed on the bridge simultaneously to check its capacity.

Similarly, load testing was also conducted on the bridge over the Sabarmati River between PDEU (Pandit Deendayal Energy University) and GIFT City.

Rapid work is being carried out at the stations on the metro line, with trains being placed at different stations for testing purposes.

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