India’s First Bullet Train Project To Be Completed By 2023

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India’s First Bullet Train Project To Be Completed By 2023

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR), popularly known as the country’s first Bullet Train Project, has been sanctioned with a target to be completed by 2023, said the railway minister Piyush Goyal on Friday.

 In a written reply to Dr. Vikas Mahatme in the Rajya Sabha, the Railway Minister Piyush Goyal informed that the MAHSR project of 508-kilometer length has been sanctioned by the Government.

“This project is being executed by a special purpose vehicle namely National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), with the financial and technical assistance from the Government of Japan.

The total estimated cost of the project is Rs 1,08,000 crore,” he said. He also mentioned in its statement that the total expenditure of Rs 3,226.8 crore has been incurred on the project up to June 2019.

 In response to the question of when the Government plans to expand the bullet train network all over the country, Goyal said: “Bullet Train or High-Speed Rail Projects are highly capital and technology-intensive, and therefore, their proposals for other sections are subject to technical feasibility, financial and economic viability and availability of funding”.

Arbitrator for Monorail dispute over cost, delays

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Arbitrator for Monorail dispute over cost, delays

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Bombay High Court on Friday ordered the appointment of an arbitrator to decide upon on the dispute between Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) and the consortium comprising L&T and Scomi Engineering over the issue of cost escalation of the 20-km Monorail project between Chembur and Jacob Circle or Sat Rasta.

Since the project’s inception in 2007, its cost has gone up from the original estimate of around Rs 1,800 crore to Rs 3,000 crore. The L&T-Scomi are demanding an additional compensation of Rs 1,707 crore for cost overruns arising out of delays related to the right of way, environmental and other permissions, and rehabilitation of project affected persons (PAPs). However, MMRDA has been rejecting the claim, citing the inability of the contractor to complete the project on time despite repeated extensions.

The Bombay High Court Justice GS Kulkarni accepted L&T-Scomi’s application for appointment of the arbitrator and rejected MMRDA’s contention that L&T Scomi has not followed the proper process while demanding an appointment of the arbitrator.

The retired chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, S J Vazifdar, will be the arbitrator from L&T-Scomi side, former Bombay High Court Justice VC Daga will be arbitrator from MMRDA and the HC will appoint the presiding arbitrator in due course.

The Monorail project has faced issues of cost overruns and delays since inception. It was awarded in 2007 and was to be started by 2010. In February 2014, a truncated 8.8-km service between Chembur and Wadala route was started. However, service on this stretch was also marred by constant breakdowns.

After a fire gutted an empty coach of monorail one morning in November 2017, the service was closed for around nine months. Earlier, at least five incidences were reported where services were disrupted for a period of one day to a week.

The second phase of the project was to start in 2017 but even after seven extensions, L&T-Scomi were not able to commission the entire line. In December 2018, MMRDA scrapped the contract with L&TScomi and took over the operations. The entire stretch between Chembur and Jacob Circle was finally thrown open to the public in March this year.

Bengaluru suburban rail to be linked with Metro

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Bengaluru suburban rail to be linked with Metro

BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): The proposed suburban rail project for Bengaluru, currently at the design stage, is likely to be integrated with at least 10 Metro stations. In the revised detailed project report (DPR), the length and number of suburban stations have been reduced to avoid overlap of the two rapid transit systems.

The yet-to-be-approved DPR, prepared by the state-owned consultancy firm RITES, proposes 57 suburban railway stations covering a distance of 148 km. Besides dropping at least 24 stations from the original report, the revised DPR has also cut down the number of elevated stations from 31 to 22. “The DPR requires approval from the state and the Railway Board.

It will also be submitted to the NITI Aayog. The proposal will then go before the Cabinet for funding,” said Amit Garg, who is heading the special purpose vehicle B-RIDE that will execute the suburban rail project for Bengaluru. While the process of approvals does not follow specific timelines as much depends on political support and administrative clearances, the DPR has set a six-year period for the construction of the project. Land acquisition alone is likely to take about two years. “Operations may not start anytime before 2026,” a senior Railways official said.

Existing and proposed Metro stations at Majestic, Yeshwanthpur, Kengeri, Cantonment, Whitefield, KR Puram, Baiyappanahalli, Jnanabharathi, and Nayandahalli may be integrated with suburban rail stations.

Acquiring land is likely to be a major constraint. The project requires about 100 acres for the construction of additional tracks. “There are a number of private buildings at the edge of the railway boundary on Kengeri — KSR Bengaluru City, also on certain parts between KSR Bengaluru CityCantonment corridor. At some of the places, temples are constructed either within the railway boundary or adjacent to railway boundaries on Kengeri-KSR Bengaluru City section and HebbalBanaswadi section corridors,” the DPR states.

India’s first underwater metro tunnel to have Europe-style tunnel under Hooghly river

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India’s first underwater metro tunnel to have Europe-style tunnel under Hooghly river

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): India’s first underwater metro rail tunnel by 2021! Kolkata Metro, which is also the country’s first metro rail network, will proudly have a European-style underwater tunnel as part of its East-West Metro project. The project is being overseen by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd a government of India entity. Once the project is completed, two iconic Indian Railways stations – Howrah Junction railway station (HWH) and Sealdah railway station (SDAH) – will be connected through the Kolkata Metro network.

Kolkata Metro East-West line, underwater tunnel facts:-

1. Kolkata East-West Metro line is 16.6-km long. The project will be completed by 2021. A senior Railway official told PTI it would ferry 10 lakh (1 million) passengers per day by 2035.

2. The prime attraction of the Kolkata East-West Metro line is the underwater tunnel that will go beneath the Hooghly river, a distributary of the Ganga river. The twin tunnel will be 520 meters long. One tunnel would be East-bound and the other would be West-bound. The twin tunnels are being built 30 meters below the riverbed.

3. The Kolkata Metro East-West line will connect Howrah metro station and Mahakaran (iconic Writers’ Building) metro stations. Commuters traveling between these two stations will spend around one minute under the river. The metro train will run at a speed of 80 km per hour.

4. Out of the total 16.6 km long Kolkata Metro East-west corridor, 5.
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8 km section will be elevated and 10.8 km will be part of the underground corridor.

5. Kolkata Metro East-west corridor stations: The elevated stations of Kolkata Metro East-west corridor are Sector-V station, Karunamoyee station, Central Park station, City center station, Bengal Chemical station, Saltlake stadium station.

The underground stations of Kolkata Metro East-west corridor are Phoolbagan station, Sealdah station, Esplanade, Mahakaran station, Howrah station, Howrah Maidan.

6. Kolkata Metro East-west corridor project will cut down travel cost, time of passengers traveling across most populous areas of Kolkata, according to Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

7. The underwater tunnel of Kolkata Metro will provide a unique traveling experience for commuters. It will be like traveling more than a 10 storied building below the water surface for almost half-kilometer across the Hooghly. According to Kolkata Metro officials, the tunnel is a “marvel of modern technology” – a “resounding first in India” as well as a “rare venture worldwide”.

8. The underwater line tunnel beneath the Hooghly river is a state-of-the-art metro line. The Eurostar, that connects the famous Paris-London undersea tunnel, offers an apt analogy for the level of technology harnessed by KMRCL.

9. The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. adopted a cutting-edge latest boring process which causes no traffic snarls. The authority has procured “Earth Pressure Balance” Tunnel Boring Machines which ensures “life goes on as usual on the surface”.

Hyderabad to soon get mobile app-based parking facility at 24 metro rail stations

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Hyderabad to soon get mobile app-based parking facility at 24 metro rail stations

HYDERABAD (Metro Rail News): Hyderabad is set to add another jewel to its crown as metro commuters in the city will soon be able to book parking spots with a mobile app. The new project will let commuters book parking spots using the cloud-based parking management system, and it integrates features like digital payments via a mobile app for parking. Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMRL) launched ‘Park Hyderabad’ project, which is a paid parking facility with digital systems and mobile app at 24 Metro Rail stations across the city.

Under the new project, Hyderabad commuters can park at metro stations using digitization of parking ticketing and other operations on the ground level. It’s worth mentioning that the technology for digital parking is powered by the smart parking platform of Get My Parking, an IoT (Internet of Things‎) startup. 

For Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMRL) commuters, there will be a free mobile app available on Android and iOS where they can search, and book parking space at select metro stations. 

The best part about the mobile app will be that it will also provide additional information about parking lots like timings, tariff, rules, and reallocation photos.

The company will also make sure that all the transactional operations done by parking attendants will be digitally assisted using handheld based parking management system by Get My Parking, which will decrease foul play.

The announcement stated this initiative will empower citizens and parking attendants with new-age digital parking tools and contribute to the smart city ecosystem of Hyderabad. So that soon enough parking won’t be a hassle for HMRL metro commuters.

Talking about the Get My Parking parking startup, it was founded in 2015 to digitize the parking industry. According to the company data, the team at Get My Parking has digitized over 800 parking locations, which cumulatively process about 2 million parking transactions every month. 

Adding the statement “An example of ‘Make in India’ success, Get My Parking has expanded globally with digital parking projects across 17 countries, including most of Europe. The learnings of working on diverse geographies and requirements have made their core parking platform robust and agile. That indirectly adds value to their new projects like the one of Hyderabad metro parking.

Talking about the project, Rasik Pansare, co-founder of Get My Parking, said, “This is an exciting opportunity for us as it is a first of its kind smart parking system for on-street parking. We are grateful to HMRL for huge encouragement to startups and ‘Digital India’ initiatives. This is an ambitious project, and our cross-domain expertise has come together in a complementary manner to deliver on the responsibility of making Hyderabad metro parking a seamless experience”.

Kolkata to get India’s first underwater Metro soon as tunnel work in final stages

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Kolkata to get India’s first underwater Metro soon as tunnel work in final stages

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Kolkata metro commuters will soon be able to travel through India’s first underwater metro tunnel. The work on India’s first metro rail line under the river is almost complete and the service is expected to start soon. The East-West Metro corridor will pass through under Hooghly river and it will become the first such river crossing in the country. 

It may be noted that the East-West metro corridor project of Kolkata metro was conceptualized in 1971. The sanction of the East-West corridor connecting Howrah Railway Station and Bidhannagar through an order dated in July 2008. This line will connect Howrah and Sealdah Railway Stations which are two of the busiest railway stations in the world.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted about the development on Thursday saying, “Operating under Indian Railways, Kolkata Metro has constructed the first-ever transport tunnel in the country which will pass through underwater.” 

“This tunnel has been constructed using world’s finest technology, soon rail travel will be introduced for rail passengers on this route”, he added.

The inquiry of Railway Safety Commissioner on Salt Lake Sector-5 from the Salt Lake Stadium i.e. around 5 kilometers of this metro line was completed on Tuesday and it is expected to get approval soon. Once it is approved, services of the metro will be started for the common people on this section.

It is worth mentioning that the East-West corridor of Kolkata metro is 15 Km-long which spans from Salt Lake Stadium to Howrah. This metro line between Salt Lake Sector-5 to Salt Lake Stadium has Karunamayi, Central Park, City Center, and Bengal Chemical metro stations. Kolkata metro is spending Rs 8,572 crore on this entire project.

For the first time in India, a transport tunnel is being built inside the river. Two tunnels are being constructed on the up and down line, which is about 1.4 kilometers long. The width of the Hooghly river here is about 520 meters and this tunnel passes through the bottom of the river bottom.

As per Kolkata metro website, the tunnel will enable the metro to travel more than a 10 storied building below the water surface for almost half a kilometer across the Hooghly river.

The reinforced concrete segmental tunnel linings have a thickness of more than a quarter of a meter and are caulked with a gasket of neoprene and hydrophilic rubber to seal the tunnel from ingress of water. This marvel of modern technology is India’s first rare venture.     

This project has been in progress since2009. It is expected that this line will be fully functional in 2021. On this line, Howrah and Sealdah stations of Indian Railways will be present. Railways are expecting about 10 lakh people to use this line of Kolkata Metro by the end of 2035. 
 

Delhi Metro Recruitment 2019: Apply for GM and Chief Engineer posts

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Delhi Metro Recruitment 2019: Apply for GM and Chief Engineer posts

Delhi Metro recruitment 2019: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) invites applications from the eligible and experienced professionals for the following engineering positions to meet with the immediate requirement for the DMRC Projects and other consultancy projects.

Delhi Metro Vacancy details

1. General Manager (Electrical) – 3 posts

  • Pay Scale: Rs. 37400-67000/- (Grade pay Rs.10, 000/-) – PB4 (Pre-revised)
  • Qualification & Eligibility Criteria: Officer should be working or empanelled in SAG level (officers working in Non-Functional SAG may also apply). The officer should have varied experience of working in Railway Electrical department and should be conversant with functioning in computerized environment. Hands on knowledge on various computer applications, relating to the job is desirable.
  • Age Limit: Not more than 55 years.
  • Job Location: New Delhi
  • Advt. Notice No.: DMRC/PERS/22/HR/2019 (Deputation-17) dated: 09/07/2019

2. General Manager (Signal & Telecom) – 2 posts

  • Pay Scale: Rs. 37400-67000/- (Grade pay Rs.10, 000/-) – PB4 (Pre-revised)
  • Qualification & Eligibility Criteria: Officer should be working or empanelled in SAG level (officers working in Non-Functional SAG may also apply). The officer should have varied experience of working in Railway Signal & Telecom department and should be conversant with functioning in computerized environment. Hands on knowledge on various computer applications, relating to the job is desirable.
  • Age Limit: Not more than 55 years.
  • Job Location: New Delhi
  • Advt. Notice No.: DMRC/PERS/22/HR/2019 (Deputation-16) dated: 09/07/2019 3.

Chief Architect – 1 post

  • Pay Scale: Rs. 37400-67000/- (Grade pay Rs.10, 000/-) – PB4 (Pre-revised)
  • Qualification & Eligibility Criteria: Officer should be working or empanelled in SAG level (Officers working in Non-Functional SAG may also apply). The officer should have varied experience of working in CPWD Architect department and should be conversant with functioning in computerized environment. Hands on knowledge on various computer applications, relating to the job is desirable.
  • Age Limit: Not more than 55 years.
  • Job Location: New Delhi
  • Advt. Notice No.: DMRC/PERS/22/HR/2019 (Deputation-18) dated: 11/07/2019 4.

Chief Engineer (Planning) – 1 post

  • Pay Scale: Rs.Scale of Pay: Rs. 37400-67000/- (Grade pay Rs.10, 000/-) – PB4 (Pre-revised)
  • Qualification & Eligibility Criteria: Officer should be working or empanelled in SAG level (Officers working in Non-Functional SAG may also apply). The officer should have varied experience of working in Civil/Construction department and should be conversant with functioning in computerized environment. The post is for Planning Department of DMRC. The incumbent shall be posted in Planning Cell and job assignment shall include Planning activities. Hands on knowledge on various computer applications, relating to the job is desirable. Age Limit: Not more than 55 years.
  • Job Location: New Delhi
  • Advt. Notice No.: DMRC/PERS/22/HR/2019 (Deputation-19) dated: 12/07/2019

5. Deputy Chief Engineer (Civil) – 4 posts

  • Pay Scale: Rs. 15600-39100/- (Grade pay Rs.7600/-) – PB3 (Pre-revised)
  • Qualification & Eligibility Criteria: Officer should be working or empanelled in JAG level. The officer should have varied experience of working in Railway Civil/Construction department and should be conversant with functioning in computerized environment. Hands on knowledge on various computer applications, relating to the job is desirable. Age Limit: Not more than 55 years.
  • Job Location: Mumbai
  • Advt. Notice No.: DMRC/PERS/22/HR/2019 (Deputation-19) dated: 12/07/2019

6. Deputy Chief Engineer (Track) – 4 posts

  • Pay Scale: Rs. 15600-39100/- (Grade pay Rs.7600/-) – PB3 (Pre-revised)
  • Qualification & Eligibility Criteria: Officer should be working or empanelled in JAG level. The officer should have varied experience of working in Railway Civil/Construction department and should be conversant with functioning in computerized environment. Hands on knowledge on various computer applications, relating to the job is desirable. Age Limit: Not more than 55 years.
  • Job Location: New Delhi and Mumbai
  • Advt. Notice No.: DMRC/PERS/22/HR/2019 (Deputation-19) dated: 12/07/2019 d, New Delhi 110001

Selection Process

The candidate/s/will/would be screened by a Screening Committee consisting of three Directors/HoDs of DMRC. The candidate’s suitability will/would be decided, keeping in view the job requirement. The selection process would comprise of appraisal of different facets of knowledge, skills, comprehension, aptitude, physical fitness, etc. All related information shall be available only on website and candidates must remain in constant touch with it.

How to Apply

Eligible and interested Railway Officers may apply in prescribed application format. The candidates must enclose all relevant proof/documents in support of qualification, experience & pay scales/gross salary. The duly filled in application form should be sent in an envelope superscribing on the cover prominently- Name of the post, latest by the closing date i.e. 30 days from date of issue by speed post at the following address.

The CGM (HR)

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

Metro Bhawan Fire Brigade Lane, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi – 110001

All about Train 18, 2nd Vande Bharat Express

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All about Train 18, 2nd Vande Bharat Express

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The second Vande Bharat Express train will run from Delhi to Katra route three days a week. It is a high-speed train which will bring down the travel time between Delhi-Katra from 12 hours to 8 hours.

Second Vande Bharat Express train is proposed to run three days in a week that is every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. But, it might be extended by two more days according to the demand.

Second Vande Bharat Express is a semi high-speed train which will run with a speed of 130 km/h and save around 4 hours of the devotees

The train will leave from Delhi in the morning at 6 am and reach Katra at 2:00 pm. On the same day in its return journey, it will leave Katra at 3:00 pm and will reach Delhi at 11 pm. There will be two minutes halt at Ambala, Ludhiana and Jammu Tawai before reaching Katra via Delhi.

Currently, a Superfast train takes about 12 hours to reach Katra from Delhi by covering a distance of about 655 km. But the second Vande Bharat Express will take only 8 hours to reach Katra from Delhi.

The earlier version of the train lack adequate space for the pantry but the upgraded train that is second Vande Bharat Express has more space to store meals for passengers.

The Integral Coach Factory has manufactured train 18 and has made some changes in the existing design of the train. That is to avoid damage due to stray cattle the train has been equipped with a sturdy aluminum-clad nose cover.

One of the amazing features of the train is to guard the window shields against stone-pelting, a special film on windows has been provided.

There will be adjustable seats, improved washbasins, Wifi, and infotainment system.

The train has fully air-conditioned chair cars coaches with two seating options Economy and Executive class.

Doors of the train are automatic like a metro train. Until and unless door will not close properly train will not start and vice versa.

The cabin of the drivers in the second Vande Bharat Express is aerodynamic at each end.
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The cabin of the drivers is fully computerized and easy to operate.

In the train, there will be reading lights with touch control. As it will give the feel of a world-class train.

Bio-vacuum toilets are installed in the train to maintain hygiene and cleanliness. And consists of both Indian and western cultured toilets for each coach. There will be a charging socket for each seat.

It also has an information screen with GPS. So, now passengers don’t have to ask or check for the upcoming station or no need to check the live status again and again. All the coaches have two information screens fixed on both sides. Through it, passengers can read the speed of the train, current station, upcoming station, etc.

In order to ensure the safety of the passengers, CCTV cameras are installed in every coach.

So, second Vande Bharat Express is no doubt a gift for the devotees who visit Vaishno Devi temple. It will take less time as compared to other express trains. Trial of the train has been started on July 2019 and soon it will be operational from Delhi to Katra route.

Jangpura to hold reins of high-speed rail service

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Jangpura to hold reins of high-speed rail service

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The rather quiet south Delhi neighborhood of Jangpura is on its way to becoming the nerve center of the high-speed Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) connecting the capital with Meerut, Panipat, and Alwar.

While the hub of the system will be located in Sarai Kale Khan, where all the three corridors will originate, Jangpura is being chosen for operational reasons.

“Since our first services will start at 6 am, we need trains available near Sarai Kale Khan,” explained Sudhir Kumar Sharma, spokesperson of National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), which is executing the project.

He said that creating a depot would have required a lot of costly lands and that is why NCRTC plans to create stabling lines at Jangpura, where there was government land available. Some trains could be stationed there at night for the first morning services, though the maintenance depots for the Delhi-Meerut corridor would be in Duhai and Modipuram.

NCRTC has chosen Jangpura not only for the stabling lines but also as the master OCC. “Our emergency response teams will be stationed at Jangpura and all emergency equipment will be located there,” said Sharma.

“We also needed a centralized control center from where all the lines could be seen at one point. Jangpura fitted this bill.” At present work is underway for the 82-km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor.

A 17-km section between Duhai and Sahibabad will be the first to become operational in 2023. A preliminary OCC will be set up at the Duhai Depot area for monitoring train movements. However, by 2025, when the entire corridor is expected to become operational, a master OCC will have come up at Jangpura. It will not only control trains on the Delhi-Meerut corridor, but also on the Delhi-Panipat and Delhi-Alwar corridors to follow.

Since RRTS is a high-speed rail-based system, at any point in time, there will be a number of trains running on the track. Coordination of the train runnings, therefore, is crucial.

OCC will help keep track of train speed, movement and other related systems like the timetable, traction, train position, ATP (automatic train protection), ATO (automatic train operation), ATS (automatic train supervision) and auxiliary equipment like air-conditioning and ventilation systems.

The project will be the first in India adopt the ETCS (European Train Control System) Level 2 signaling system, which has among the most advanced train control features. “The system continuously calculates a safe maximum speed for each train,” an NCRTC official disclosed.
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“The Level 2 system is radio-based and displays signaling and movement authorities in the train cab. The train sends data on its position constantly.”

The official added, “The OCC room will have a large electronic display showing critical information related to the movement of the trains. Since all the data come in real-time, every minute movement of the train is monitored at OCC. In case of lags, he said, the engineers would be able to first investigate from OCC itself.

IIT Madras students win SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s heart with HyperLoop Pod

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IIT Madras students win SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s heart with HyperLoop Pod

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): They may not have won the competition, but they definitely won the hearts of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Virgin Hyperloop One Co-founder Josh Geigel with their project that can help build an autonomous Hyperloop Pod in India.

Avishkar Hyperloop, the student team from the Centre for Innovation (CFI) at IIT Madras, was the only Asian team to enter the final of the “SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition 2019” held in Los Angeles on July 21.

Led by Suyash Singh, a second-year M.Tech student at the department of mechanical engineering, Avishkar Hyperloop is working on an indigenous design and development for building the first-ever self-propelled, completely autonomous Hyperloop Pod in India.

Although the competition was won by Team TUM (Technical University of Munich), who set a new speed record of 463 km per hour, Avishkar Hyperloop met Musk, who was all praise for their stupendous work.

“Pleasure to have met and interacted with @elonmusk at the @SpaceX @Hyperloop Pod Competition 2019! Also, a wonderful experience for Team @avishkar_loop, the only Asian Finalist there!” tweeted Pranit Mehta, an engineering student and part of the Avishkar team.

The team works with a vision to develop technologies for a future mode of high-speed transportation with applications in various fields, including defense, logistics, and aerospace industry, among others.

IANS told “The team has taken strenuous technical efforts at every stage and has been quite professional about executing the project. This is an important milestone for the future transportation technology in our country,” S.R. Chakravarthy, Faculty Advisor, Avishkar Hyperloop, and Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras.

Avishkar was one of the top 21 teams to be selected out of over 1,600 teams globally.

Earlier, the Indian team visited Virgin Hyperloop One’s facility in Los Angeles and took a tour.

Virgin Hyperloop One Co-founder and CTO Geigel met the team and discussed the company’s plans to create a Hyperloop network in India and shared the progress on the Pune-Mumbai Hyperloop project.

“I want to congratulate Avishkar Hyperloop for coming this far in the competition,” Geigel told the students.

Virgin Hyperloop One tweeted: “The student hyperloop team stopped by our Los Angeles headquarters to learn more about our progress in India. Always encouraging to see the next generation of thinkers embracing this transformative technology!”

Virgin Hyperloop One has proposed a plan that will help people to travel from Mumbai to Pune under 30 minutes. The work on the project is likely to begin by December this year and completed by 2023. The first phase will be opened as a trial run which will initially cover 15 km.

Musk proposed the idea of Hyperloop to the world in 2013. His company SpaceX organizes the Hyperloop Pod Competition every year to accelerate the development of functional prototypes and encourage student innovation.

Select teams build a subscale prototype transport vehicle to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the various aspects of the Hyperloop concept. The primary factor to decide the winner is the top speed achieved by the Hyperloop Pod in the run in the one-mile long vacuum tube, installed at the SpaceX headquarters. The Pod developed by the Avishkar team spanned about three meters in length and weighed around 120 kg.

The first step was to select powerful motors that could provide the required traction and a source to power it. The students searched through numerous motors and controllers and a vacuum compatible battery pack, which would best suit the design and constraints.

Simultaneously came the challenge of analyzing every change in the other subsystems so that it could accommodate the change in speed, mass, forces, etc. Avishkar had to perform a number of iterations and simulations, looking through every available resource that could make their Pod better, keeping in mind the timeline.

Once they reach a level to commercialize the project, the students plan to set up a start-up as commercializing such a heavy infrastructure project would not be possible.

Nashik Metro funds: Centre & state to split 40% – 60% to be borrowed

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Nashik Metro funds: Centre & state to split 40% – 60% to be borrowed

NASHIK (Metro Rail News): Officials from the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited said on Monday that the total cost of Nashik Metro project, which would be known as ‘Metro Neo’, has been pegged between Rs 1,800 crore and Rs 2,000 crore. Of the total cost, 60% would be raised through borrowings and the remaining 40% would be equally borne by the Centre and the state government.

Managing director of Maha Metro Brijesh Dixit said that the preparation of the detailed project report (DPR) was in the final stages and it would be submitted to the state government by the end of July. After getting a nod from the state cabinet, it would be sent to the Centre for approval.

“We are expecting the Metro project works to kickstart in the next few months. The project will take around four years to complete,” said Dixit.

The Nashik Municipal Corporation would not have to bear any financial cost, except for leasing out its land for the bus depots on a long-term basis, he added.

The three depots, which are to be developed for bus operation and maintenance, will be located at the starting and endpoints of the routes. Two bus depots – one of around 4.25 acres and another of 5.68 acres – will be developed near the Nashik Road railway station on a plot belonging to the municipal corporation.

The third bus depot will come upon 4.
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80 acres in Gangapur. The rubber-tired AC electric coaches with a capacity to carry around 300 passengers will ply on two elevated corridors, stretching 32km. Apart from the two elevated corridors, there will be two feeder routes with a total length of 24km.

Battery-powered feeder buses will run on the feeder routes and also on the elevated wires. The two elevated corridors and feeder routes will run in almost 90% of the city. “Initially, there will be two feeder routes. We will add two more feeder routes in the future,” said Dixit.

The total cost of the rubber-tired AC electric coaches is around Rs 1.5 crore each. The cost of these buses is more due to the higher cost of the battery. “As busses will run on overhead tractions on the elevated corridors, there will be charging stations on the routes. There is no need for large batteries, which will reduce the cost of each bus from Rs 1.5 crore to Rs 50 lakh. The project will be cost-effective,” said Dixit. Talking about the fare, Dixit said it would be kept reasonable for the convenience of the citizens.

Delhi Metro maintenance work to continue on the Magenta Line

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Delhi Metro maintenance work to continue on the Magenta Line

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Office-goers and commuters taking the Delhi Metro Magenta Line might face a delay as some civil maintenance work is going on in this route. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today informed that trains between Palam and Sadar Bazar Cantonment stations are running with restricted speed. “Please allow extra time in your commute,” DMRC urged commuters taking the Delhi Metro Magenta Line.

The Magenta Line connects Janakpuri West station in Delhi to Botanical Garden in Noida. It is roughly 25-km long and there are 16 stations on this route, including interchanges at Hauz Khas (with yellow line) and Janakpuri West (with blue line), along with the existing interchange near the eastern suburbs at Kalkaji (with violet line).

With the opening of the Magneta Line, the travel time between Noida and Gurgaon reduced by at least 30 minutes.

Commuters traveling by the Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line had faced a tough time on Tuesday morning as services on a section of the corridor were hit by a technical snag. Even though the DMRC was quick to update the news about the delay on its Twitter handle, commuters had to wait for some time to catch their trains. From 8:18 a.m. onwards, trains on the affected 700 meter stretch between Palam and Sadar Bazar started to run at a restricted speed of 10 km per hour as a precautionary measure. “Services were run on a single line (the up line) between Janakpuri West and Sadar Bazar Cantonment section from 6 a.m. to 8:18 a.m. Services were run in a short loop between Sadar Bazaar Cantonment and the Botanical Garden section during the same period,” the DMRC had said in a statement on Tuesday.

Cabinet approves handover of 54.94 acres govt land to PMRDA

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Cabinet approves handover of 54.94 acres govt land to PMRDA

PUNE (Metro Rail News): The state Cabinet on Tuesday decided to hand over three plots of government land in the city to the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) as its viability gap funding of Rs 812 crore for the proposed metro rail project from Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar.

The state government will be handing over land designated for government polytechnic, dairy development and police department to the PMRDA. In all, the state government will be handing over 53.94 acres in response to PMRDA’s demand, including 26 acres of government polytechnic land on Ganeshkhind Road, 17.64 acres of dairy development department in Shivajinagar and 10.3 acres of Pune Rural Police and wireless department. The estimated cost of the metro route from Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar is Rs 8,312 crore.

“The state government is supposed to provide Rs 812 crore as financial assistance to the metro rail project. So, the decision is to provide land for raising funds instead of direct financial assistance,” said the state government in a press release.

Accordingly, the PMRDA sought 54.14 acres of government land alongside the proposed metro rail route for raising funds through commercial and business use. The development authority said it was necessary and inevitable to get government land to raise funds for the project.

In October 2018, the state government issued a work order for the proposed 23-km metro line 3 from Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar with the contract being granted to a joint venture of Tata and Siemens.
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The project is based on a public-private partnership model to decongest traffic in the city by improving connectivity within the metropolitan region. This line will mainly cater to the information and technology sector.

Patna Metro rail work to begin in three months

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Patna Metro rail work to begin in three months

PATNA (Metro Rail News): Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC) has targeted to commence work on the much-awaited metro rail project in three months.

The first metro rail depot will be developed at Danapur. A senior PMRC official said the bidding process for acquisition of land for the metro rail project has already begun. Sanjay Dayal, special secretary in the urban development and housing department said on Tuesday that the project progress report (PPR) for Patna metro rail has been submitted to the state finance department.

“We are awaiting approval of the PPR and release of funds by the government to start construction work. Five officials, including the project director and general manager (works), have already joined PMRC. We will also hire consultants for technical and legal assistance,” Dayal added.

He said, “The objective is to improve mobility in the city for all socio-economic groups and genders.
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We have even updated metro locations on Google maps via geocoding.” Vijaysheel Kashyap, general manager (works), PMRC, said officials recently visited places to finalize locations for the two metro depots.

“It was decided that the first depot will be constructed at Danapur and another near the proposed Interstate Bus Terminal (ISBT) near Aitwarpur on Patna-Gaya road. We have also identified a government land for building PMRC headquarters,” Kashyap added.

The foundation for Patna metro rail project was laid by PM Narendra Modi through remote control from Mokama on February 17. It will take five years to complete the project in three phases with an estimated expenditure of Rs 13,365.77 crore.

The state government will bear the cost of land acquisition for the project. PMRC sources said work would be first taken up on the 16.94km east-west corridor that will connect Danapur with Mithapur bus stand via Saguna Mor, Bailey Road, and Patna Junction.

The 14.45km north-south corridor, on the other hand, will connect Patna Junction with the proposed bus stand at Bairiya via Ashok Rajpath, Gandhi Maidan, and Rajendra Nagar terminal.

The east-west corridor will mostly be underground (11.20km). The 9.9km stretch of the north-south corridor will also be underground.

“The metro rail project is extremely vital. The problems we face on a daily basis due to heavy traffic needs to stop. Public transports in the city like autorickshaws and buses are extremely unhygienic and unsafe,” said Shruti Prasad, a resident of Bailey Road.

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