New simulators to train DMRC staff

The Delhi Metro last month installed seven training simulators for the maintenance of different sub-systems in its training institute at Shastri Park. These simulators will help ensure high standards of reliability and safety of Metro trains.

The Delhi Metro last month installed seven training simulators for the maintenance of different sub-systems in its training institute at Shastri Park. These simulators will help ensure high standards of reliability and safety of Metro trains.

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A Metro train’s sub-systems include brakes, air supply, door system, auxiliary system, traction system, train air-conditioning and train control management system.

“The troubleshooting simulators replicate all the faults that may appear in a Metro train to train staff in diagnose a train’s faults effectively and quickly. The simulators will also allow them to practice replacement of critical components in a 3D virtual environment,” said HS Anand, director (Rolling Stock) of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Meanwhile, said Anand, Delhi Metro will commission eight-coach trains in June this year. The first eight-coach train will roll in by October.

By end of 2013, 68 trains will be converted into eight-coach trains. They will be introduced on line 2 and 3 (Noida-Dwarka) — two of the busiest corridors of Delhi Metro.