Factory Tests for Mumbai Metro Line-7’s Tracks Held over Video Call

Engineers from ITD Cementation India Ltd and Vossloh Cogifer Turnouts India Pvt. Ltd. this week successfully conducted factory acceptance testing (FAT) via video conferencing for a track turnout of the under construction 16.5 km Mumbai Metro Line-7 (Red Line) which’ll connect Dahisar East and Andheri East.

Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, I’ve seen numerous reports of operators and contractors using video conferencing for pre-bid meetings with vendors, team meetings, employee training and the like, but a virtual FAT inspection has so far been unheard of and sets the tone for a “new normal”.

This FAT was conducted for turnout 1/9 R300M and attended by engineers from ITD Cementation (track contractor), Vossloh Cogifer (turnout supplier), Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (owner / operator) and Ayesa-Italferr-CEG-Ayesa India JV (General Consultant) of Line-7.

ITD Cementation India won Mumbai Metro Line-7’s track-work contract for the main-line (Ch. -525.903m to Ch. 15446.475m) on May 13, 2019. These turnouts will enable Line-7’s BEML train-sets to guide from one track line to another.

Track installation work has been underway on the mid-section of the line completed by J Kumar Infraprojects. Here’s a tweet by noted journalist Rajendra Aklekar with some images shot in May:

So here come the rails! Mumbai Metro Line 7 (Andheri east to Dahisar east) Long Welded Rail being placed on the elevated corridor by Team @MMRDAOfficial. Pathanwadi, Malad. pic.twitter.com/02AAf2v1v0

— Rajendra B. Aklekar (@rajtoday) May 11, 2020

For more updates, check out the Mumbai section of The Metro Rail Guy!

– TMRG