This document provides an overview of monorails including the Mumbai monorail system. It discusses the history of monorails dating back to 1820, describes the different types of monorail designs, and outlines key details about the construction and operations of the Mumbai monorail including its inauguration in 2014 and future expansion plans.

1. SHASHIKANT CHOUDHARY

2. CONTENT
 INTRODUCTION
 HISTORY
 TYPES AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS
 MUMBAI MONORAIL
 CONSTRUCTION
 OPERATIONS
 FEATURES
 FUTURE PLAN

3. INTRODUCTION
 A monorail is a rail-based transportation system in
which the track consists of a single rail, typically elevated
and with the trains suspended from it.
 The term is also used variously to describe the beam
of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam
or track.
 The term originates from joining mono (one) and rail
(rail).

4. HISTORY
 The first monorail was made in Russia in 1820 by Ivan
Elmanov.
 The earliest patent was taken out by Henry Palmer in the
UK in 1821.
o Gyro monorails, balanced on top of a single rail, were
tested, but never developed beyond the prototype stage.

5.  One of the first systems put into practical use was that of
French engineer Charles Lartigue, who built a monorail line
in Ireland, which was opened in 1888 and closed in 1924
(due to damage from Ireland's Civil War).
 Tokyo Monorail is the world's busiest monorail line,
averages 127,000 passengers per day since 1964.

6. TYPES AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS
 There are a number of competing designs divided into
two broad classes, straddle-beam and suspended
monorails.
 Almost all modern monorails are powered by electric
motors.
STRADDLE-BEAM TYPE SUSPENDED TYPE

7.  The most common type of monorail in use today is the
straddle-beam monorail, in which the train straddles a
steel or reinforced concrete beam in the range of 2 to 3
feet (0.61 to 0.91 m) wide.
 A rubber-tired carriage contacts the beam on the top and
both sides for traction and to stabilize the vehicle.

8. MUMBAI MONORAIL
 The Mumbai Monorail is a monorail system in the city
of Mumbai .
 The project was implemented by the Mumbai
Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA),
along with a consortium of Mumbai-based conglomerate
Larsen & Toubro and the Malaysian infrastructure firm
Scomi Engineering.
LOGO

9. HISTORY OF MUMBAI MONO RAIL
 On 18 August 2008 Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister
of Maharashtra, approved the construction of a monorail
system in Mumbai.
 It was decided that the system would traverse
through Jacob Circle, Wadala, Mahul, and Chembur,
providing a feeder service to the existing Mumbai
Suburban Railway.
 The two shortlisted consortia to build the line were
Bombardier Transportation/Reliance Energy, and Larsen
and Toubro/Scomi engineering.

10.  On 11 November 2008, Larsen and Toubro was
announced, along with Malaysian partner Scomi, who
received a 24.6 billion contract to build and operate the
monorail until 2029.
 A 108-metre test run was successfully conducted on 26
January 2010.

11. CONSTRUCTION
 Construction of the Mumbai Monorail started in January 2009
along the Chembur – Wadala – Jacob Circle route and was
scheduled to be completed in April 2011.
 Due to delays, the deadline for operation of the first phase of
the line, between Chembur and Wadala, was postponed to
August 2012
 The second portion, from Jacob Circle to Wadala, had been
expected to be ready by December 2013.
A station under construction in Chembur

12.  The monorail had its test run on 18 February 2012 from
its yard in Wadala to a station at Bhakti Park, a distance
of around a kilometre.
 The MMRDA invited proposals from agencies for
securing, maintaining and leasing of bulk commercial
advertisement rights to display advertisements.
 The monorail cars for this service will be built in Malaysia
by Scomi Engineering.

13. LAYOUT PLAN

14. OPERATIONS
 The Mumbai Monorail was officially inaugurated on 1
February 2014 by the Chief Minister of Maharshtra. It
became the first monorail system in India.
 On 1 February 2014, at the time of inauguration the
minimum fare on Line 1 was between 5 and 11.

15.  According to studies conducted by the MMRDA during the
monorail trial run, it was found that the monorail produces
between 65 – 85 decibels of noise, significantly lower
than the 95 decibel noise level of a Bus.
 The monorail will have a top speed of 80 Kmph, an
average speed of 65 Kmph.

16.  The capacity of each four-car consist is 568
passangers.
 There are roughly 18 seated and 124 standing
passengers per carriage.
 The MMRDA has stated that the monorail will operate
in a single shift from between 7 am and 3 pm, for the
first two months of operation.
 Full-fledged operations of 19 hours, from 5am to
midnight, are expected to start only by February 2015.
FEATURS

17.  The Mumbai Monorail master plan proposed the construction
of 8 lines at a cost of 202.96 billion.
 Further development of the monorail system is on hold until
the current line opens and none will be opened before 2019.
Phas
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Route Length Cost
1 Chembur – Wadala – Jacob Circle 19.54 27.16 billion
1 Mulund – Goregaon – Borivali 30 41.7 billion
1 Virar – Chikhaldongri 4.60 6399 million
1 Lokhandwala – Kanjurmarg 13.14 18265 million
1 Thane – Mira-Bhayandar – Dahisar 24.25 33708 million
2 Kalyan – Ulhasnagar – Dombivli 26.40 36696 million
2 hembur – Ghatkopar – Khairane 16.72 36863 million
2 Mahape – Shil Phata – Kalyan 21.10 29329 million
2 Thane – Bhiwandi – Kalyan 30 37.5 billion
FUTURE PLAN