Mumbai: A Mumbai Monorail rake derailed on Wednesday morning outside its car depot in Wadala at around 9.30 AM when a newly-delivered monorail rake, manufactured by Medha Servo Drives, was undergoing a trial run near the depot. The train was being moved from one guideway beam to another when it reportedly slipped off during the changeover.

In a monorail system, a guideway beam functions and one of the coaches came off the beam which damaged the rake’s undercarriage.

However, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) subsidiary Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd (MMMOCL) in a release termed the incident as “minor” during one of these routine signalling trials.

“The situation was immediately brought under control, and there were no injuries to any staff or perso

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