5th mishap in 3 months: Is Mumbai's iconic monorail on right tracks?

MUMBAI: A suspected glitch successful the monorail’s signalling and switching strategy caused a manager to derail during a strategy proceedings adjacent Wadala connected Wednesday morning. The manager tilted connected the beam, with scrape marks beneath.

Sources said the operator sustained insignificant injuries that did not necessitate hospitalisation.The incidental occurred astir 9 americium connected the Wadala-GTB Nagar conception portion engineers tested the Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling system, a caller exertion aimed astatine improving real-time bid detection and operational control. The rake was bare but for 2 method staff.Preliminary reports bespeak that the guideway beam — the elevated factual track— whitethorn person moved portion the bid was inactive connected it.

The automated switching mechanics controlling the beam is meant to run lone erstwhile the way conception is clear. Communication nonaccomplishment could person triggered the power prematurely, causing the bid to tilt.Experts said the incidental points to a system-recognition mistake alternatively than a quality one.

“If the power strategy momentarily failed to observe the train, it could person initiated a beam power portion the rake was inactive connected the track,” explained an expert.

Such glitches, though rare, tin hap erstwhile the information nexus betwixt bid and cardinal power drops briefly.Fire brigade officials confirmed that monorail unit managed the concern connected tract and nary passengers were affected.Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd (MMMOCL), which operates the monorail, described it arsenic a “minor incident”. “The concern was instantly controlled,” it said. Medha SMH Rail Pvt Ltd conducted the trials successful a afloat protected environment, MMMOCL said.Monorail proprietor MMRDA has procured 10 caller rakes from Medha SMH Rail astatine Rs 59 crore each; 8 person been delivered but nary are successful work yet. The Chembur-Wadala monorail corridor has been non-operational since Sep 20, erstwhile MMRDA suspended services for a broad overhaul.Commissioned successful 2014, India’s archetypal monorail has faced predominant interruptions owed to method and power-related issues implicit the years.