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India's first monorail service to start this year

Last updated on: February 16, 2012 08:39 IST
Monorail trial run at Pratiksha Nagar, Sion in Mumbai.

India's first monorail service will start operations in just six months.

Once completed, the Mumbai Monorail will be world's second longest Monorail corridor.

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India's first monorail service to start this year

Last updated on: February 16, 2012 08:39 IST
Mumbai monorail on a trial run.

Construction began in January 2009, and the first portion of the first line is scheduled to be operational by August 2012.

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India's first monorail service to start this year

Last updated on: February 16, 2012 08:39 IST
Mumbai monorail.

While Section 1 from Jacob circle - Wadala will be 11.28 km, section 2 from Wadala - Chembur wil be 8.26 km. The section 1 wil be covered in 25 minutes and section 2 in 19 minutes. The design speed is 80 km/hr.

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India's first monorail service to start this year

Last updated on: February 16, 2012 08:39 IST
Mumbai monorail service enters trial phase.

Each monorail service will have four coaches can carry more than 500 passengers.

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India's first monorail service to start this year

Last updated on: February 16, 2012 08:39 IST
Monorail corridor layout.

Malaysia-based Scomi Engineering has joined hands with Larsen & Toubro to execute the Rs 2,716 crore (Rs 27.16 billion) project.