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An upgrade to third-gen technology will be costly [1]

MUMBAI: Near Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, engineers with SCOMI-the monorail manufacturing company that is involved in the Mumbai project-are researching and working on advanced third-generation coaches and engines. The green technology promises to increase the carrying and speeding capacity of monorail cars and will also allow longer trains to manoeuvre steep bends.

Publication Date: 
16/01/2010
Times Of India (Mumbai) [2]
Tags:
Urban Transport [3], Light Rail Transit [4], Mono Rail [5], Maharashtra [6], Mumbai [7]
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