Head of M/s ELIN EBG
TRACTION of Austria, Mr. Christian Serjannis and Managing Director,
Konkan Railway Corporation, Shri B. Rajaram signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) here today under which, the Austrian
company will provide technological collaboration with Konkan
Railway in Sky Bus Metro, in the field of design, development,
manufacture, supply, testing and commissioning of electrical
propulsion and traction automation and control systems. The
Austrian company is the original manufacturer of traction packages
and vehicle control systems.
Sky Bus Metro is an
innovative and cutting edge technology alternative transportation
solution, which completely eliminates probability of vandalism,
accidents and is virtually maintenance free. It is a highly
cost effective, rail based urban mass transportation systems
costing almost half to one fourth of other existing systems.
It uses well-proven rail guided bogie systems and the state-of-the
art three phase AC Drives with ICBT based Variable Voltage Variable
frequency control for the propulsion. Light weight coaches called
‘Sky Bus’ which are suspended from bogies thus making the system
inherently more stable, provide eco-friendly, noiseless air
conditioned travel. Moving on the existing roads, it decongests
the road traffic and thus redefines the urban transportation
and city life.
TUV Inter Traffic
GmbH, who are accredited safety certifiers, are issuing the
safety certificate for the Sky Bus Metro.
Later, the Austrian
delegation led by the Vice President of Austrian National Council
HE Dr. Heinz Fischer called on the Union Minister of Railways,
Shri Nitish Kumar and discussed with him measures for cooperation
between the railways of Austria and India. They exchanged pleasantries
and agreed to cooperate in the field of modernisation of rail
services.
