Ahmedabad’s municipal commissioner I.P.Gautam on Tuesday briefed reporters about Kankaria lake front project’s latest progress details. Major part of his briefing was on ‘Kankaria Queen’ a proposed train for amusement that would be operated on the periphery of Kankaria lake. Here are details on ‘Kankaria Queen’ and some major points from municipal commissioner’s briefing about it:

Railway Track:

Rail Track is arrived at Mumbai port from China.

Total weight of track is 72 tonnes.

Cost of track is 90 thousand pound.

Length of track is 4100 meters.

Fish plates will arrive in another consignment in September from China.

Engine:

Engine would be bought from an English firm ‘Severn and Lamb’ that has supplied such mini train engines to 12 different countries in the world so far including Disney Land.

Engine is yet to arrive in India. Interior work is going on.

Diesel hydraulic type Engine will be smooth and easy to operate.

Environment friendly Diesel engine.

Engine’s speed will be around 10 Kms per hour.

Engine plus 4 coaches will cost 3.10 lakh pounds.

Engine plus coaches will arrive to India by ship in October this year.

Name of the train ‘Kankaria Queen’ will be embossed on the engine.

Coaches:

Total 4 coaches for Kankaria Queen.

Height of each coach:7 ft 7 inch, length:25 ft 11 inches.

36 elders or 48 children passengers capacity in each coach.

Total passenger capacity of all 4 coaches together will be 144 elders or 192 children.

Facilities:

70 meter long mini railway station at Vyayam Shala to Kankaria zoo patch.

Location of platform at this patch is due to availability of flat surface there.

Garden, food courts, walk way, cycle path along the route.

Workshop to wash, repair and maintain the mini train.

Before arrival of engine and coaches in October, construction of repair yard will be completed.

In photo:Lincoln type amusement train that will start running in Ahmedabad next year

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