Chronicle Development Updates On Metro Rail Projects : Metro Rail News

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24/09/2020

Kochi Metro’s Kochi1 Anthem wins best-branded content award

KOCHI (Metro Rail News): The Kochi1 Anthem, a video released jointly by Kochi Metro and Axis Bank to promote the Kochi1 card has won the Best Branded Content Award by Brand Wagon. The Brand Wagon awards, by Financial Express, selected Kochi1 Anthem for the best-branded content.
“Kochi Metro and Axis Bank developed the video to promote Kochi 1 card, a one of its kind banking card. There are 85,000 Kochi1 cardholders who use Kochi Metro. The cardholders can use it while shopping and dining also. The video was shot inside Kochi Metro’s stations, trains and premises and Kochi”, a statement said.
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The video created for the people of Kochi was released last year. “We are happy that a video created to celebrate life in Kochi has won accolades.” said Additional Chief Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma who is serving as the Managing Director of KMRL.
The video depicts the life of various people residing in Kochi. The vibrancy, colour, culture of Kochi is portrayed in the city.

Jaipur Metro back on track with CM inaugurating the extended stretch

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23/09/2020

Jaipur Metro back on track with CM inaugurating the extended stretch

JAIPUR (Metro Rail News): Jaipur metro resumed operations today after a gap of around six months due to the nationwide lockdown imposed due to the ongoing COVID pandemic. Rajasthan’s chief minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated a small underground stretch of the existing line to a new destination in the walled city area.
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Chief Minister Gehlot digitally inaugurated the extended underground stretch of the existing Mansarovar- Chandpole metro line with which the network is now extended to Chandpole in Jaipur’s old city areas.

“The Jaipur Metro laid down its underground 2.12-km track and built the sole underground station at Chandpole under its phase 1-B plans. The new line would now cater to the people also in the old city area enabling them to reach Mansarovar 12 km away in around 26 minutes, a release said. The metro project saw a lot of challenges like saving of archaeological structures and environment and not hurting religious sentiments of people, the release said. People of the city supported us and this project is a result of support, dedication and zeal to develop Jaipur as a smart city”, the CM said according to a statement.

The chief minister also congratulated the team of engineers and officers of Jaipur Metro and talked to a woman operator named Shaifali too through video conference. The Jaipur metro was conceptualised a decade ago during the previous tenure of the Ashok Gehlot government. The route from Mansarovar to Badi Chaupar was decided as phase 1 which was divided in phase 1-A from Mansarovar to Chandpole on elevated tracks and underground between Chandpole and Badi Chaupar under Phase 1-B. The foundation stone for phase 1-A (Mansarover to Chandpole) was laid in February 2011 and trial runs were started in 2013 and the train started commercial services in 2015. For phase 1-B (Chandpole to Badi Chaupar), the foundation stone was laid in September 2013 and the project was scheduled to be completed in two and a half years but this phase took longer in the completion.

“In the phase 1-B, the major key challenges were about keeping heritage structures falling in its vicinity unharmed and developing the project in the most populated area of the city, an official said. The Jaipur Metro services were closed after the lockdown was announced in March this year because of coronavirus spread. Now the metro will function normally”, a statement released by Jaipur Metro said.

Interview: A conversation with Mr Alain Spohr, Managing Director of Alstom India

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23/09/2020

Interview: A conversation with Mr Alain Spohr, Managing Director of Alstom India

Our Managing Editor Mr. Narendra Shah had a conversation with Mr. Alain Spohr, Managing Director of Alstom India. Mr. Spohr discussed the various aspects of the firm and his plans.

We present here a part of the interview here :

NS – Before beginning with the questions, we welcome you to the conversation. How has your experience been working in India?

AS – Thank you for extending this opportunity. Alstom has been associated with India’s progress for over a century now. As the country underwent various phases of economic reforms, we worked towards providing the much-needed technological expertise. Being a multi-specialist in rail transport, we brought experience, knowledge, and required expertise which differentiated us from the rest.

I have been with Alstom for over three decades now and have been working in India for more than 17 years now – numerous cities, various roles across different verticals within the company which gave me immense opportunity to learn and grow. Now, as the Managing Director of Alstom India and South Asia, I am entrusted with the responsibility to strengthen the company’s presence in the region and to ensure best quality and timely completion of all projects.

I’m a mechanical engineer and so engineering marvels always interest me. My inclination towards the transportation sector grew when I started realizing the importance of this sector. It touches everyone’s life and yet there was so much more that needed to be done to improve its condition to meet the needs of modern society. Localizing technology, improving efficiencies while reducing cost and developing green and smarter mobility solutions have always interested me and here in India, I got a chance to work closely with bright minds. With several large-scale projects underway in the mainline and urban space, I believe Alstom is uniquely positioned to meet India’s changing and growing mobility needs.

NS – What is the current market sentiment? How is Alstom positioned to cater to this?

AS – The domestic market has immense potential to grow and India has all the right ingredients for success. PM Modi’s call for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ is a good opportunity for the country to explore its true potential. For Alstom, this is an exciting time to be present in the fast-growing Indian market. We have been able to combine local presence and knowledge with global technology expertise. This guarantees greater proximity with our customers and enables the company to design solutions best suited for local technical, economic, and environmental needs.

Today, Alstom employs more than ~5600 full time employees. With four manufacturing facilities, (Sri City, Coimbatore, Madhepura, and Kolkata), large R&D base (in Bengaluru) coupled with localized supply chain, we are able to cater not only to the Indian market but also contribute to global projects.

NS – How is your company taking the Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self Reliant India) initiatives? Do you have any plans for opening more manufacturing units in India?

AS – We welcome this move which will be an added impetus to the ‘Make in India’ initiative, further strengthening the Atma Nirbhar (Self-reliance) mission. To achieve this goal, it is important to nurture and build the sourcing and supply chain capabilities in the country. As a firm, we are already largely localized, and continue to work with suppliers to strengthen this ecosystem and promote indigenous manufacturing in the country. We are confident that we will be able to achieve this position of self-reliance soon.

Alstom has been associated with India’s progress for several decades and has a long-standing reputation for providing highly innovative and sustainable solutions for meeting the country’s transport requirements. We are fully committed to the country’s infrastructure development; as you would see that our investments and revolutionary mobility solutions introduced in the country, speaks for itself. In line with the Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, Alstom has been investing in the country to produce world-class rolling stock, components, design, research and development to serve not only the domestic market but also the rest of the globe. With four large factories across the country, Alstom has indigenous production for metro train sets, electric locomotives, electrical traction, and control equipment. We are geared towards addressing the rolling stock and component needs of Indian Railways in the days to come and expanding our footprint in India. Alstom has no plans to start new factories in India currently………

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DMRC fines more than 2000 people for not wearing masks

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23/09/2020

DMRC fines more than 2000 people for not wearing masks

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Two weeks after resuming services — after a pause of five-and-a-half months — the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has fined more than 2,000 people for not wearing masks in the station premises and inside trains. According to DMRC data, from September 11 — when the rail corporation started imposing fines for mask violations — till September 20, at least 2,214 commuters had been fined for not wearing masks.
Apart from this, DMRC teams had counselled, but not fined, more than 5,000 people, in an attempt to ensure that the new travel guidelines are followed.
Four days after its graded resumption of services, the DMRC had formed a special flying squad for each of its nine operational corridors to ensure that commuters wear masks inside the Metro network at all times and abide by social distancing norms. These teams move in and out of trains and stations in the lines assigned to them and if any passenger is found to be violating the rules, they counsel them. If a commuter still refuses to fall in line and wear a mask, then they fined under Section 59 of Delhi Metro’s Operations and Maintenance Act. Under this section, violators can be imposed a fine of Rs 200 for creating a public nuisance.
According to DMRC, maximum of these fines were issued on the Yellow Line (Samaypur Badli-Huda City Centre).
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As many as 724 commuters were penalised for not wearing or improperly wearing masks in stations and inside trains.
This was followed by the Violet Line (Kashmere Gate-Raja Nahar Singh Ballabhgarh), where 580 fines were issued and the Blue Line (Dwarka Sec-21 to Noida Electronic City/Vaishali) where 545 people were fined.
In the Red Line, connecting Rithala and Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda, the DMRC has so far issued 134 challans for mask violations, while on the Magenta Line (Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden) and Pink Line (Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar) 109 and 79 fines were issued, respectively.
On the Green Line (Kirti Nagar/Inderlok -Brigadier Hoshiar Singh Bahadurgarh) 26 commuters were fined and on the Grey Line (Dwarka-Najafgarh) 17 people were fined. Because of the low ridership on the Airport Express Line, no fines were issued on the corridor.

Namma Metro extends the validity of smart cards for 10 years

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23/09/2020

Namma Metro extends the validity of smart cards for 10 years

BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country, the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited on Monday decided to extend the validity of smart cards from one year to 10 years in order to avoid reactivation related issues.

According to a statement issued by the BMRCL, even after five and half months suspension of its operations due to the pandemic, the commuters are still facing a lot of issues. The validity will help them to commute through the Metro Network more efficiently.
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“Therefore the BMRCL has decided to extend the validity of the smart card from present one year to ten years till Sep 19, 2030 to avoid inconvenience. The main idea is to encourage contactless travelling in the times of pandemic,” the BMRCL chief public relation officer, B. L. Yeshavanth Chavan said.

Railways issues new tender for 44 Vande Bharat trains

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23/09/2020

Railways issues new tender for 44 Vande Bharat trains

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Indian Railways has floated a revised tender for procuring 44 semi-high speed 44 Vande Bharat trains mandating 75% domestic component making it a domestic tender, the Ministry of Railways announced on Monday. The government had earlier scrapped three global tenders for the ambitious project. According to the new tender, only companies registered in India can apply.
Railways had last month cancelled its global tender issued for manufacturing 44 sets of semi-high speed Vande Bharat trains after a Chinese joint venture company CRRC Pioneer Electric (India) Private Limited emerged as the only foreign bidder for the tender that was floated in July. The Indian Railways has floated the revised Tender of semi high speed 44 Vande Bharat trains sets.
The Tender is for -3 phase Propulsion, Control and other Equipment along with Bogies for Trains Sets. The tender has been uploaded on www.ireps.gov.in The Pre-bid meeting has been scheduled on September 29. While the Tender opening date is 17.11.2020.
The main features of the tender are as under:
I. Train sets shall be manufactured at ICF/Chennai, RCF/Kapurthala and MCF/Raebareli
II. It shall be local (indigenous) tender.
III. Two-stage, the reverse auction shall take place.
The revised Tender is In line with the Government of India’s preference for Make In India policy, the minimum local content percentage has been revised to 75%.
It is the first big tender under revised DPIIT norms of AtmaNirbhar Bharat. Having at least 75 % of domestic components. This tender is now a Domestic Tender. Only the Companies registered in India can apply and will have to quote in Indian Rupee.

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) had revised public procurement order issued on June 4 to encourage domestic manufacturing. The bids are scheduled to be opened on November 17. A pre-bidding conference for the tender will take place on September 29, the ministry said.
The trainsets will be manufactured across three railways’ coach manufacturing units: Integral Coach Factory, Chennai; Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala and Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli.

UP Metro Honours its staff for Commendable Work

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23/09/2020

UP Metro Honours its staff for Commendable Work

LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): UP Metro on Tuesday awarded Mr Pramod Kumar Yadav, Supervisor at K.D. Sing Metro Station for his commendable work. Managing Director, Sh. Kumar Keshav presented the certificate and prize money in an award ceremony organized at the Administrative Office of UP Metro.

Mr Pramod Kumar Yadav is working as a Housekeeping supervisor and has very good knowledge of the equipment and chemicals required for housekeeping.
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He not only uses his resources efficiently but also manages his housekeeping staff in a very effective manner. He discharges his duty diligently and with full integrity.
On this occasion Managing Director, Mr Kumar Keshav commended the staff and said that effort of each and every individual matter and only after the hard work of such individuals an organization is able to touch the heights.
UP Metro from time to time honours its staff for their dutifulness and hard work.

CMRS Inspect Four Stations of Nagpur Metro Project, Applauds the metro officials

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23/09/2020

CMRS Inspect Four Stations of Nagpur Metro Project, Applauds the metro officials

NAGPUR (Metro Rail News): The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) Mri Janak Kumar Garg inspected four stations of Nagpur Metro Rail Project. Mr Garg and his team of officials inspected Ajni Square & Rahate Colony Metro Stations on Orange Line and LAD Square and Bansi Nagar Metro Stations on the Aqua Line. The CMRS and his team expressed satisfaction for the works executed at all the 4 Metro Stations.

The Metro Stations of Ajni Square and Rahate Colony are part of Reach-I of Nagpur Metro Project, which stretches from Khapri to Sitabuldi Interchange. Similarly, LAD Square and Bansi Nagar are part of Reach-III, which touches Lokmanya Nagar Metro Station and Sitabuldi Interchange on the two extreme sides. Nagpur Project is being executed by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited.

The CMRS team inspected the various services extended at the four Metro Stations. The team also examined number of measures taken for passenger comfort and safety like Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) Gates, Emergency Call Point, Lift and Escalator, Drinking Water Facility, Transformer, Signalling & Telecom Room, Station Control Room, to name a few.

The team also reviewed the steps to be taken during emergency situations. A Mock Drill was also organized on the occasion to showcase Maha Metro readiness to deal with any such eventuality. Maha Metro has made special provisions for children and physically challenged like Baby Care Room and specially-made wash rooms at Metro Stations. The team also reviewed these facilities.

The measures taken for passenger safety were examined by CMRS. The officials also inspected Receiving Sub Station (RSS) at Jhansi Rani Metro Station. Maha Metro has constructed a 132 KV sub-station there. The sub-station ensures continuous power supply to East-West Metro Corridor of the Nagpur Metro Project. It is one of the two RSS, constructed by Maha Metro Nagpur.

The two stations of Orange Line are located on Wardha Road – one of the busiest roads of the city. Similarly, the two Aqua Line Metro Stations – LAD Square and Bansi Nagar are located on Ambazari Road and Hingna Road respectively. Once the four stations get operational, it would immensely benefit the people residing in the catchment areas.

TBM T61 provides a rapid pace to tunnelling work of Mumbai Metro Line-3

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22/09/2020

TBM T61 provides a rapid pace to tunnelling work of Mumbai Metro Line-3

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) T61 nicknamed Tapi-1 operated by the J Kumar Infraprojects – China Railway Tunnel Group JV made a breakthrough at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport’s Domestic Terminal-1 Station’s northern-end on Mumbai Metro’s 33.5 km Aqua-Line (Line-3).
This was T61’s second (and final) breakthrough, J Kumar – CRTG’s fifth (and penultimate) breakthrough for the 4.45km Santa Cruz Mid Ventilation Shaft – CSIA Terminal 2 Package UGC-06, and overall Mumbai Metro Line-3’s 31st TBM breakthrough.
This Ø6.68m dual-mode Terratec TBM had passed factory acceptance tests in September 2017 and arrived in the city in November 2017.

For its first assignment, it was commissioned as TBM Godavari-1 from Package UGC-05’s Vidyanagari Station to the Santa Cruz Mid Ventilation Shaft (dead-end of UGC-05/06) and onwards to CSIA’s Terminal-1 Station for building the 2895 meter up-line tunnel, and recorded a joint breakthrough for UGC-05 and UGC-06 in April 2019.
For its last assignment that ended today – the machine was commissioned from Sahar Road Station towards Terminal 1 in September 2019 to build the 1512 meter down-line tunnel.

Contract for Delhi-Meerut RRTS Line’s Package 9A awarded to Sam India

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22/09/2020

MEERUT (Metro Rail News): Sam India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. on Friday emerged as the lowest bidder for the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line‘s Package 9A involving the construction of multi-storied staff quarters and connectivity from Mathura Road to Jangpura Stabling Yard complex within Delhi, after officials from the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) opened financial bids submitted by different infrastructure firms.
While this clearly isn’t the most exciting package of the project, it is significant for the development of Delhi’s new semi high-speed Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) which after the completion of its roughly 349 km Phase 1 network will employ at least 4000 employees throughout the region with an operations control centre (OCC) at Jangpura to monitor all subsystems and train operations on the network’s three lines.
NCRTC invited tenders for this staff quarters package in April 2020 and opened technical bids on July 9 to reveal 7 bidders. NCRTC’s estimate was USD $39.81 million (Rs. 293.14 crore). The rolling stock tender has been awarded to Bombardier.

Andhra’s second Kisan Rail on way to Delhi

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22/09/2020

Andhra’s second Kisan Rail on way to Delhi

ANTAPUR (Metro Rail News): Eleven days after the virtual flagging off of the first South Indian Kisan Rail from Anantapur in AP, the second one chugged off on Sunday morning from the southern state, laden with tomatoes and fruits to Nagpur and New Delhi.

“Second rake of Kisan Rail has started from Anantapur station in the early hours of Sunday to reach Adarsh Nagar in New Delhi,” said a South Central Railway (SCR) zone official.

Loaded with 262 tonnes of agricultural produce, the Kisan train is ferrying 239 tonnes of tomatoes and 23 tonnes of fruits such as papaya and others.

Expected to reach the national capital on Monday, the 12-parcel van train will unload three vans carrying 67 tonnes of tomatoes in Nagpur in Maharashtra, enroute to Delhi.

Nagpur is 882 km north of Anantapur while New Delhi is roughly 2,000 km north of the Rayalaseema town.

“An announcement was made in the Union Budget 2020 – 21 about the operation of Kisan trains and accordingly Kisan Rails were started,” he said.

Politics on Bangalore’s ORR-KIA Metro line

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22/09/2020

Politics on Bangalore’s ORR-KIA Metro line

BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): After the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor , a group has started talking about the Bengaluru suburban rail project alleging that the Centre is not giving due weighatage to Outer Ring Road-Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) Metro corridor. Some have started taking the matter to social media.

The 37-year-old suburban rail proposal, which was also announced in the 2018-19 Union budget, is awaiting CCEA clearance since November 2019. While BMRCL invited tenders for ORRKIA Metro line, it is yet to be finalised and it is waiting for a nod from Central Government.

Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri in Parliament said approval for ORR-airport Metro depends on the feasibility of the project and availability of resources and no time limit can be specified for its sanction.

The other group is saying that the Centre has cleared Metro projects in smaller cities like Kanpur, Agra and Nagpur without delay but it is not taking the same way for Bangalore. After the Pandemic came which has hit the economy badly, the government seems in no mood to expend much.

Works to be faster on the upcoming corridors of Kanpur Metro says Kumar Keshav, UPMRC Chief

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22/09/2020