The concept 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 venture report.
KMRL officers held assembly with their counterparts from HESS Inexperienced Mobility which carried out the sunshine tram service in Brisbane and lots of components the world over. In accordance with HESS Inexperienced Mobility officers, the route was perfect to have a light-weight tram community primarily based on preliminary evaluation.
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KMRL Managing Director Loknath Behera stated that if realised, this might turn out to be a feeder loop line for the Kochi metro, serving to enhance patronage. The loop line utilizing gentle trams can even assist hyperlink the metro’s M.G. Highway station with the Water Metro ferry terminal close to the Excessive Courtroom.
A 3-coach gentle tram having 25-metre size can carry as much as 240 passengers. These electric-hybrid trams might be absolutely recharged in six minutes. They had been additionally in a different way abled-friendly, in contrast to many different mass fast transport programs (MRTS), stated Kishore Kumar Gattu, Director, HESS Inexperienced Mobility India stated.
A lightweight tram community might be readied at round one-fourth the price of the traditional metro rail system. The associated fee might be additional diminished if the coaches are manufactured in India. It may 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 stated.
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Based mostly on its feasibility, gentle tram service might be thought of even in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode cites, officers added.
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