Kolkata Metro Railway will now use Composite Aluminium Third Rail
Kolkata Metro Railway will now use Composite Aluminium Third Rail
The
first metro system in India, the Kolkata Metro Railway, which was opened on October 24,
1984, has been an essential lifeline for the city of Kolkata for almost 40
years.
The
metro system is powered by 750V DC delivered through a steel third rail to the
metro train vehicles. To collect current from this third rail, the steel Third
Rail Current Collector (TRCC) is mounted on the metro train vehicles.
The
steel third rail technology has been used by Kolkata Metro Railway for the past
40 years. However, Kolkata Metro Railway has chosen to use composite aluminium
third rail technology for all of its planned, under-construction corridors as
part of its ongoing expansion initiatives. The railway also intends to retrofit
the new aluminium third rails into the existing lines that now employ steel
third rails.
Kolkata Metro Railway Plans
Metro
Railway Kolkata has started the process of replacing the outdated steel third
rail with the more modern composite aluminium third rail technology, which is a
crucial step in upgrading the infrastructure.
·
The railway has released a tender for the replacement work to
ease this transition.
·
Multiple phases of the replacement process will be carried
out to cover various metro line segments.
·
The replacement work for the segment between Dumdum and
Shyambazar will be done in the first phase.
·
The replacement of the third rail between Shyambazar and
Central, as well as from J D Park to Tollygunge, will thereafter form part of the
second phase.
·
The portion from Mahanayak Uttam Kumar in Tollygunge to Kavi
Subhash in New Garia will be replaced in the third phase.
·
The steel third rail on the main line will be gradually
replaced across a distance of over 35 route km, constituting a huge effort to
update Kolkata's metro system.
Kolkata
will join a limited group of worldwide cities that have already switched from
steel to aluminium third rails in their metro systems, including London,
Moscow, Berlin, Munich, and Istanbul.
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