Tag: “third rail” method of traction
MMRDA wants to explore ‘third rail’ system
In what could be considered as a major technical change in the design of the rakes of Mumbai metro, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has asked the Reliance Infrastructure led consortium constructing the second line of metro to check whether a “third rail” method of traction is more suitable in supplying electricity to the metro operations as compared to a conventional 25 kv AC traction system- which provides supply from above the metro rakes.
