The Mumbai monorail is going to be the world’s largest Mono Rail corridor in the world after Japan’s Osaka mono-rail corridor which is 23.8km long. Tokyo mono rail, the Tama mon rail and the Star LRT in Malaysia are the other well known monorails.
There will be 17 stations in the Mumbai corridor which will be two less from the Osaka Mono Rail corridor having 19 stations. The project has been built by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and the contract to build it was awarded to the consortium of M/s L&T and M/s.Scomi from Malaysia. The entire project cost has amounted to an estimated cost of
The Mumbai corridor will have 17 stations, two less than the Osaka Mono Rail corridor which has 19 stations. The mono rail has been built by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and the contract to build it was awarded to the consortium of M/s L&T and M/s.Scomi from Malaysia. The total cost of the project is estimated to be 403,946 USD.
The fare will range from 0.13136 cents and 0.32841cents for single trips in the Mumbai monorail. The rakes designed by the National Institute of Designs will be in three colours – green, pink and sky blue.
The interiors will have each rake in composite design which will help in easy maintenance and protection and also provide greater comfort to passengers. The interiors will of course be well lit having large tainted windows so that maximum natural light can enter in the interior of the car said Kanesan Veluppillai, Chief Executive Officer, Scomi Engineering.
An MMDRA spokesperson said the advantage over a Metro rail system is that mono requires a one meter wide space for the elevated track and it rests on a single pillar of height 6.5 meter. This causes least disturbance to traffic running below the elevated path. It is also less noisy, eco-friendly and easily accessible in comparison with Metro rail.
The coach will move on rubber tyres on concrete beams designed to create less noise and vibration during operation. The system is powered by electric motors that are silent and also control emission.
The project is said to decrease the pressure of over 50.000 private and public vehicles off Mumbai roads. This endeavor will reduce carbon emission by 200 tonnes per day in Mumbai.
The challenge was the narrow corridors available to construct the mono-rail as Mumbai is a densely populated city. The slender tracks have been designed to block less sunlight thus promoting natural landscape of the city. The Mumbai train will be delivered in 4-rake formations with capability to extend to a maximum 6-rake formation in future.
The monorail with four cars will ferry 562 passengers, while one with six cars will be able to accommodate 852 commuters. The monorail will have 6.5 hectare Wadala car depot provides parking facility for commuters of 21 trains. All the three lines of Mumbai suburban railways will be linked with mono-rail.
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