Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) has deliberate to function mild trams within the metropolis for which the corporate will conduct a feasibility examine.
The thought is to function the service within the 6.2 km MG Highway-Menaka-Park Avenue Highway-Jos Junction-Thevara loop line hall after making ready an in depth undertaking report.
KMRL officers held assembly with their counterparts from HESS Inexperienced Mobility which applied the sunshine tram service in Brisbane and plenty of elements internationally. In response to HESS Inexperienced Mobility officers, the route was best to have a lightweight tram community primarily based on preliminary evaluation.
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KMRL Managing Director Loknath Behera mentioned that if realised, this is able to turn out to be a feeder loop line for the Kochi metro, serving to enhance patronage. The loop line utilizing mild trams can even assist hyperlink the metro’s M.G. Highway station with the Water Metro ferry terminal close to the Excessive Court docket.
A 3-coach mild tram having 25-metre size can carry as much as 240 passengers. These electric-hybrid trams will be totally recharged in six minutes. They had been additionally otherwise abled-friendly, not like many different mass fast transport techniques (MRTS), mentioned Kishore Kumar Gattu, Director, HESS Inexperienced Mobility India mentioned.
A light-weight tram community will be readied at round one-fourth the price of the traditional metro rail system. The associated fee will be additional lowered if the coaches are manufactured in India. It may possibly act as a feeder service for the Kochi metro, serving to enhance patronage in its 28-km Aluva-M.G. Highway-Thripunithura phase-one hall and the proposed Kakkanad extension within the 11.2-km JLN Stadium-Infopark hall he mentioned.
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Based mostly on its feasibility, mild tram service will be thought of even in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode cites, officers added.