Jaipur Metro trial runs begin, ready for public in two months

New Delhi: The trial run of Jaipur Metro trains was formally flagged off by Rajasthan’s Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today in the presence of DMRC Managing Director Mangu Singh. The trial run comes two and a half years after DMRC took up the construction of Jaipur Metro. The trial run, a mandatory requirement for the commissioning of any Metro corridor, was started between the Mansarovar and the Shyam Nagar stations, a four kilometre stretch out of the 9.25 kilometre long Mansarovar – Chandpole corridor. Trial runs will gradually be extended to other parts of the corridor. [caption id=“attachment_1117833” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  A coach of the Jaipur Metro, borrowed temporarily from DMRC. PTI. [/caption] The entire corridor (Phase 1A of the Jaipur Metro project) is named the “Pink Line” and comprises nine stations. It is expected to be thrown open to passengers in next couple of months. The foundation stone for the Jaipur Metro project was laid on the February 24, 2011. The DMRC and the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) had signed an agreement in 2010, according to which, the DMRC would construct the metro corridor for the Jaipur Metro. This 9.25 kilometre long stretch is a part of the 11. 566 kilometre long Mansarovar – Badi Chaupar corridor aligned along the East-West direction under Jaipur Metro’s Phase 1. The other Metro corridor will be a 23 kilometre long stretch aligned along the North- South direction from Durgapura to Ambabari under Jaipur Metro Phase-2. The Jaipur Metro project is DMRC’s first Metro construction project outside the National Capital Region. DMRC is also executing the Kochi Metro project on deposit terms, which will be a 25.253 kilometre long corridor from Aluva to Petta.