10 January,2011 07:07 AM IST | | The Correspondent
As the Bangalore Metro plans to launch its services by April, over 150 personnel of the organisation have completed their four-month training in various operations of the transport system at the Delhi Metro Training School.
On track: The training session of these professionals had begun in August
last year. File pic
The 153 professionals, including station controllers, train operators, section engineers, junior engineers and maintainers underwent training in custom-made training modules.
"The modules included sessions on train and station operation, signalling, telecommunication, automatic fare collection gate operation and rolling stock maintenance," said DMRC spokesman Anuj Dayal.
Trial runs are currently on and will be completed by February end, after which the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety will be approached for his mandatory safety certificate for launching of services on the Byappanahalli to M G Road segment.
The training session of these professionals had begun with a batch of 82 station controllers/train operators in August last year.
"The DMRC had also imparted training to some Bangalore Metro engineers in 2008,"u00a0 Dayal said, adding that executives from Mumbai Metro Rail and Jaipur Metro have also taken training at the Shastri Park Training Institute, as this training school is the only one of its kind in the entire country.
