If all goes as planned, the Taratala to Majerhat stretch of the city metro could see the green light soon. The mandatory inspection of the newly built Majerhat Metro station by the chief commissioner of railway safety (CCRS) was conducted today. The upcoming Metro station was busier than usual this morning when CCRS, Mr Janak Kumar Garg, undertook a trolley inspection from Majerhat to Taratala station.
He inspected the entry and exit gates, AFC-PC gates, ticketing system, escalators, lifts, signage boards, fire detection and suppression system and other passenger amenities and passenger interchanging arrangements with Eastern Railway at Majerhat Metro station.
He also inspected the Taratala Metro station of Purple Line. During the inspection, the CCRS inspected the station control room, electronic interlocking (EI) system, signal equipment room, booking counters and so on. As a part of the inspection, a speed trial in the stretch from Majerhat to Joka station and back was also conducted at a maximum speed of 60 kmph. The maiden trial run on Taratala-Majerhat stretch of Joka-Esplanade Metro Corridor was conducted on 13 January with an AC rake, MR-417.
The stretch of 1.25 km was covered by the rake in about three minutes at a maximum speed of 50 km/hr. Later on 16 January, the CCRS approved the commissioning of Electronic Interlocking (EI)-based Signalling System as initial stage of Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC)-based Signalling System on both Up and Down lines between Joka Station to upcoming Majerhat Station of Purple Line and Joka Depot of Joka-Esplanade Corridor. After Majerhat, two more stretches of the city’s underconstruction metro corridors are slated for inspection in the next two days. While the truncated stretch of the East-West Metro from Howrah Maidan to Esplanade is to be inspected by the CCRS tomorrow, the stretch between Kavi Subhash and Ruby of the New Garia-Airport Corridor is to undergo inspection on 6 February