South Korea ships first train for Ahmedabad Metro, trial in January

Ahmedabad | Saturday | 8th December, 2018

Summary:

A metro train that will be involved in the trial run of the phase-I of the Ahmedabad Metro Project in January 2019 was shipped from South Korea on Friday. A second train is expected to be imported from South Korea and is expected to reach Ahmedabad by January 26. Before the first trains got shipped, a “mock-up” coach of the Ahmedabad metro was transported from South Korea and was kept for public display at the Sabarmati Riverfront in October 2018. The train with three coaches will be reaching Mundra port in Kutch on December 31, official sources said. AdvertisingThe trial run will take place in the first six kilometres of the 40-km-long phase-1 of the project, extending from Vastral Gam to Apparel Park on the East-West Corridor..