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CHENNAI: After the bustling Anna Salai shuts down for the night on Thursday, a metro train will zip through under the arterial road as Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) will begin its trial run on the last leg of the 45-km phase-1 from AG-DMS to Washermenpet. The Commissioner of Railway Safety will conduct the final round of inspections.“We will continue trial runs every day,” the official said. CMRL officials will fix all problems before external inspectors certify the line to be fit for operation. Trains on the other lines will be operated as per schedule,” an official said.During the trial run, officials said, the trains will be run on both manual and automatic mode to check operation and syncing of various systems in the network.The trial run is to test integration of all electronic, electrical and communication systems required for daily operations. Final architectural work is in progress..