The Chennai Metro Rail’s second line from Little Mount to Chennai airport and St. Thomas Mount station. more-inFrom trains to signalling and telecommunication systems, Japanese technology will dominate the Chennai Metro Rail’s phase II project. Last week, when a team from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) came to the city, extensive discussions took place on phase II of the project. But they refuse to comment on what the interest rates are for phase II. Stark contrastWhile Japanese technology will be playing a crucial role in phase II, for phase I equipment from across the world was used: trains from French company Alstom, signalling and telecommunication from Germany-based Siemens and tunnelling machines from several countries.

Source: The Hindu January 29, 2018 19:52 UTC