Delhi Metro | DMRC notifies vacancy for Director (Operations) post

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Delhi Metro | DMRC notifies vacancy for Director (Operations) post

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), a joint venture of Govt. of India and Govt. of NCT of Delhi, has been set up for implementation and operation of rail-based Mass Rapid Transit System in Delhi & NCR. DMRC intends to appoint the following official:-

Post Name: Director (Operations)
Vacancy: 01 (One)
Pay Scale: Rs.75000-100000 (IDA)

Duration of Appointment: The appointment to this post will be on contract basis, presently for a period of 5 years or the date of superannuation, whichever is earlier.

How to apply: Application in the prescribed format (Annexure-I) giving the details about qualification, experience and career achievements should reach to GM/HR (DMRC) positively by 05/03/2018.

Click here to read complete recruitment notification.
Click here to download application form.

Chennai Metro | IGBC gives platinum rating to CMRL’s four under ground stations

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Chennai Metro | IGBC gives platinum rating to CMRL’s four under ground stations

Chennai: Indian Green Building Council (IGNC) has given platinum rating to Chennai Metro’s four underground stations operational in Phase-1 for adopting green concepts in design, construction and operation.

The four underground stations are Thirumangalam, Anna Nagar Tower, Anna Nagar East and Shenoy Nagar which have received platinum rating and global leadership recognition from IGBC.

According to a metro official, “We have submitted documents for three other stations and they are under process. The ratings and recognition are given on the eco-friendly features in the stations”.

In last year, thirteen elevated stations — including Little Mount, Guindy, Nanganallur Road, Meenambakkam, Airport, Koyambedu, CMBT, Vadapalani, Alandur and St Thomas Mount — had received the certification. IGBC has a rating system and to achieve it a metro rail project must satisfy certain requirements and achieve maximum number of credit points.

Kochi Metro | KMRL signs power purchase agreement for 2.3 MWp solar plant

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Kochi Metro | KMRL signs power purchase agreement for 2.3 MWp solar plant

Kochi: The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) on Monday signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with AMP Solar India Private Ltd. The power generated by the plant will be connected to the power distribution system of KMRL.

According to the agreement, AMP Solar India will set up a ground-mounted solar plant on the land available in KMRL’s Muttom depot. The agreement is on condition that KMRL will purchase solar power at the lowest rate quoted by the successful bidder for the next 25 years. The PPA was signed by KMRL Director (Projects) Thiruman Archunan and AMP Solar Director (Distributed Generation) Shriprakash Rai, in the presence of KMRL MD A P M Mohammed Hanish.

“KMRL has always taken the effort to make Kochi metro the most environment-friendly, green metro in the country, and we are committed to taking up all possible measures towards this goal. Today, we are very happy to add 2.3 MWp more by erecting solar panels in the vacant space at our Muttom yard.

We are on the lookout for opportunities to generate more solar power and become more energy efficient,” said Mohammed Hanish.

The power generated by the plant will be connected to the power distribution system of KMRL, which will utilise the energy generated by the plant. The plant is capable of producing 34.3 lakh units (KWH) of electric energy per year. With this green initiative, KMRL will be able to save about Rs 63 lakh per year of energy cost directly, in addition to the indirect benefit of saving in fossil fuels and reduction in pollution. The plant will be commissioned in nine months.

This would raise the total solar power generated by the Kochi metro rail project to 6.3 MWp. KMRL has adopted the renewable energy service company model for both their solar projects, where the vendor will undertake the complete investment as well as the operation and maintenance, and KMRL will purchase power from the vendor. At present, the Kochi metro rail project has placed solar panels on the rooftop of 16 stations and buildings in the metro yard. The installed capacity of the rooftop project is 4 MWp.

Lucknow Metro | LMRC to run a special drive for metro commuters

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Lucknow Metro | LMRC to run a special drive for metro commuters

Lucknow: To promote the usage of the automatic Recharge Card Terminal Machine (RCTM) and the automatic Token Vending Machine (TVM) installed at Metro stations, the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) shall be undertaking a three day “special drive” from 8th February to 10th February 2018 at all the eight operational Metro stations between the Transport Nagar and the Charbagh.

According to press release, during this special drive LMRC shall be selling the single journey travel tokens and recharging the ‘GoSmart’ travel cards for passengers through the automatic Recharge Card Terminal Machine (RCTM) and the automatic Token Vending Machine (TVM) only. All Metro commuters shall be encouraged to purchase the tokens and recharge their smart cards through these terminals during this period.

The Ticket Operating Machine (TOM) meant for manual sale of tokens/smart cards at all Metro stations will be closed throughout the commercial revenue hours during the three day period. As such, there will be no manual sell of tickets through these counters and the Metro commuters will have to purchase the single journey token and recharge their smart card through these automatic machines installed at Metro stations.

LMRC has deputed sufficient Metro staff and the Customer Relation Assistant (CRA) at the RCTM/TVM at all Metro stations. They will facilitate, guide, educate and help all Metro commuters in getting token or recharging their ‘GoSmart’ card through these terminals.

This drive is being carried out by Lucknow Metro in order to educate and aware the Metro users for inculcating a habit among themselves for using the automatic services for a smarter way of travel in the capital city of Uttar Pradesh.

Delhi Metro | DMRC starts test runs on Pink Line between I.P. Extension and Maujpur

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Delhi Metro | DMRC starts test runs on Pink Line between I.P. Extension and Maujpur

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today started test runs on the 10.47 kms stretch between the I.P. Extension and Maujpur elevated section of the upcoming 59 kms long Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar corridor (Line 7) of Phase-III, also known as the Pink Line. The Test Runs were flagged off by DMRC Chief Mangu Singh.

According to press release, during these test runs, the interface of the Metro train will be checked to ensure that there is no physical infringement with civil infrastructure during the movement of the train on the track and also testing of various subsystems of coaches shall be done.

The new signaling technology known as Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) will be implemented on this corridor and will undergo rigorous testing in stages. The response of the train at different speeds, braking of the train and the interconnection with the Operations Control Centre (OCC) will also be monitored during the trials. The behavior of the track system and the Over Head Electrification (OHE) will be checked repeatedly.

This section from I.P. Extension to Maujpur consists of 09 elevated stations viz. I.P. Extension, Anand Vihar, Karkardooma, Karkardooma Court, Krishna Nagar, East Azad Nagar, Welcome, Jaffrabad and Maujpur Station.

The trains for this section have already arrived and are stabled at Vinod Nagar Depot. This depot is equipped with 4 inspection bay lines, 2 workshop lines. Total 32 trains can be stabled in this depot. To minimize the occupation of land, this depot is constructed with a double deck system, in which the stabling yard has been created on both decks.

This section has three interchange stations at Anand Vihar, Karkardooma and Welcome. The facility of interchange of Metro trains between line7 & line 3/4 is available at Anand Vihar and at Karkarduma Station and between line 7 & line 1 at Welcome Station. The Maujpur Station is a four (4) track station having provision of connection from Maujpur to Mukundpur, a corridor proposed in Phase-IV of Delhi Metro project.

Special Spans and Sharp Curves

This section between I.P Extension and Maujpur consists of 5 Special Spans including 2 Steel Spans over existing DMRC Red line(Line 1) and Northern Railway track between Welcome & Shahdara.

Cantilever Construction (CLC) Spans of lengths total 255 mtr over Anand Vihar Railway Yard and Main line tracks were constructed over running track with 25 KVA OHE System.

Due to uneven twist and turns in this alignment, Delhi Metro had to construct as many as 10 curves on this stretch that passes through very congested areas like  I.P. Extension, Anand Vihar, Welcome, Seelampur, Jaffrabad and Maujpur.

Curves of less than 300 meters of radius are considered “Sharp Curves” in Urban Rail Construction. The work of building sharp curves requires great deal of engineering skills and several factors have to be kept in mind while designing special segments/spans at the concerned turn/juncture. DMRC had to form especially dedicated beds in its casting yard for casting of special segments. The segments were constructed according to the already defined ”radius of curvature” and then put on the viaduct.

Cantilever piers and portals were constructed at appropriate places to provide smooth transition for the curves, wherever required to take care of the shifted alignment due to curvature.

Earlier DMRC had constructed sharpest broad gauge curve on its elevated section in Gurgaon near IFFCO Chowk with at radius of 282.05 meters in Phase II and 242 meters curve on standard gauge between Okhla and Jamia in Phase III.

As part of Delhi Metro’s one of the most challenging corridors of Phase 3, the construction of this section had to be completed by managing heavy traffic at various points on the Patparganj, Anand Vihar, Welcome, Jaffrabad and Maujpur.

The construction in running drain, land acquisition at Patparganj, Anand Vihar, Welcome, Jaffrabad and Maujpur also posed a bottleneck during construction.

Major utility diversions like shifting of water pipelines at Jaffrabad were avoided by re-aligning of station foundations. Electrical installations were shifted for the construction of Anand Vihar ISBT station.

Union Budget 2018: Center allocates Rs 7,000 crore for high speed bullet train project

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Union Budget 2018: Center allocates Rs 7,000 crore for high speed bullet train project

New Delhi: The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project has got a Rs 7000-crore boost, showed Budget documents released on Tuesday. The Finance ministry has set aside the amount for the high-speed corridor, which until now had remained only on paper. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 1 lakh crore.

The 508-km-long corridor being implemented by the High Speed Rail Corporation Limited. Last year there was no allocation made in the budget. The Bullet train is expected to cut travel time between the two cities from seven hours to close to three hours. It will run at speeds of 350 kmph with an average speed of 320 kmph. It will stop at 12 railway stations on the route.

In September last year, India and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding for this big-ticket project for which Japan will lend nearly nearly Rs 88,000 crore at 0.1 per cent interest.

The train will begin from Bandra Kurla Complex where it is expected to be closely connected with the metro rail having its route there. It will have a 21-km-long tunnel between Boisar and BKC, of which seven km will be underwater.

The railways will require around 825 hectares of land for the project as 92 percent of the route will be elevated, six percent would go through tunnels and only the remaining two percent would be on the ground.

The railways would run about around 35 bullet trains when it starts operation with about 70 trips per day. Initially, the train would have 10 coaches with a total seating capacity of 750 passengers. The train would require a cleaning time of four hours, after running for 20 hours. The government wants to start the services of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Network by August 15, 2022 to mark India’s 75th year of Independence.

Noida Metro | NMRC extends train trial run to Alpha-II metro station

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Noida Metro | NMRC extends train trial run to Alpha-II metro station

Noida: The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) extended metro train trial run from depot station to Alpha-II station from Friday.

One month after the first test run of the Aqua metro line on the Noida-Greater Noida corridor, another test was held on Friday, this time the train travelling till Alpha-II station from the depot metro station.

Noida Metro Train

The four-coach test train covered nearly 2.5km at a speed of 35 km per hour during the ‘internal’ trial. It was the first time that the train has been tested outside the depot yard, where trials were being conducted since January 2.

“On Friday afternoon, the train travelled from the depot (yard) and crossed three stations including depot station, Delta-I station and Alpha-II station before it returned to the depot. All went well with the extended trial. In the next few days, we will be ready to take the train further along the track,” said P. D Upadhyay, General Manager (Finance).

According to NMRC official, once they receive complete power supply for the trial run, they will take the trial up to Sector 149 in Noida. Presently they are using an alternative source of power supply from the depot. This temporary 30 megawatt power is being provided by discom, RC Green. Once they have full power from the sub-station located at Sector 148, “oscillation trial” will be undertaken from February 15.

Middle East Rail returns for the 12th edition with a boom in repeat exhibitors

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Middle East Rail returns for the 12th edition with a boom in repeat exhibitors

Dubai, UAE – Middle East Rail, the largest railway industry event across the Middle East, North Africa, South and Central Asian region, will take place on March 12th and 13th at Dubai International Convention Centre.

The show will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, UAE and in partnership with the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and the Federal Transport Authority – Land & Maritime.

Middle East Rail recorded 64% repeat exhibitor bookings for 2018 edition, bringing over 290 regional and international railway operators, suppliers and contractors to present their services to potential buyers and nurture professional networks.

Etihad Rail, X Rail, Greenbrier, Virgin Hyperloop, CAF, AECOM, Progress Rail, Department for International Trade, UK, are back in full force to showcase their plans for future railway systems.

Commenting, H.E. Dr. Abdulla Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Chairman, Federal Transport Authority – Land & Maritime, UAE said: “Middle East Rail continues to attract global innovators, decision makers and industry influencers, which clearly demonstrates the show is an unmissable annual gathering to analyse the visions, technologies and partnerships needed to develop efficient railway operations. We are proud to play a leading role in providing a platform to the industry to identify problems, propose solutions, promote collaboration, develop and harness innovative technology in transportation infrastructure. This will also help us build regional railway networks on a par with the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficiency.”

Keeping up with the industry trends and to accommodate increased interest, the show has expanded in scope for the 2018 edition. The organising committee has introduced two new streams that will feature Passenger Information Systems and Transport Ticketing Systems that cater for the needs of modern passengers.

A series of interactive sessions have been designed to introduce technological disruptions and provide updates on rail contracts worth $16 billion planned to be awarded in 2018 in the MENA region – according to MEED Rail Report 2018.

Jamie Hosie, General Manager, Terrapinn Middle East, organiser of the show, said: “The railway supply market in the Middle East and North Africa region is expected to grow at over 3% annually for the next four years on the back of several big-ticket projects in pipeline. The UAE has the second largest transport pipeline in the Middle East, with 15 ongoing and upcoming railway projects worth $13.9 billion as of November 2017.The regional governments are pressing ahead with their domestic rail projects and stalled projects are going to regain momentum. Middle East Rail is the place to be to learn, network and discover new business opportunities.”

Industry experts from Europe, India, Middle East and Asia will share insights on privatisation, digitalization, modernisation and pioneering the future of Mobility 4.0. throughout two days of keynotes, open discussions and research sharing sessions.

An august roster of informative keynote speakers include: H.E. Dr. Abdulla Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development, Chairman, Federal Transport Authority – Land & Maritime, UAE; H.E. Julio Gomez-Pomar, Secretary of State, Ministry or Infrastructure, Transport and Housing, Spain; Rolf Hardi, Chief Technology Officer, Deutsche Bahn, Germany, Henrik Holoei, Director General, European Commission, Belgium; AlWalid AlEkrish, VP – Programs & Projects, Arriyadh Development Authority, Saudi Arabia & Ahmed Jasem al Mansoori, Acting CEO at Etihad Rail, UAE.

Chennai Metro | State Industries Minister M. C. Sampath visits underground construction sites

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Chennai Metro | State Industries Minister M. C. Sampath visits underground construction sites

Chennai: The government of Tamil Nadu has urged the management of Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) to streamline its work in the city and complete it as soon as possible, and thus ensure that commuting is easy for the public.

The Minister of State Industries, M. C. Sampath, asked the managing director of CMRL, Pankaj Kumar Bansal, to complete the works from Nehru Park to Central and from Saidapet to AG-DMS shortly. The minister, who recently visited the underground sites of the CMRL and inspected the work, expressed his satisfaction with the progress of the work and wanted the passenger services on the routes to begin soon.

The stations between AG-DMK and Saidapet are receiving final touches particularly at the point of entry or exit, said the official.

CMRL is planning to start the test on the Anna Salai line this week, the sources said.

It is likely that the Metro Rail Safety commissioner will be invited for inspection in March.

Currently, Chennai Metro Rail Limited is operating services on two routes in the city: Nehru Park to the airport and Little Mount to the airport. The first test between Nehru Park and Central Chennai covering a distance of 2.7 km was carried out on January 26. The first train was canceled in 2015 by then chief Minister J. Jayalaltihaa.

According to sources, Chennai Metro Rail Limited is likely to sign a loan agreement with JICA for the phase II project and the sum is likely to be greater than the financing of the first project.

JICA had financed the phase I project for approximately Rs 14,600 crore. It is likely that the CMRL will sign an agreement with JICA once the Center agrees.

Bangalore Metro | BEML to deliver 3 more metro coaches to BMRC on this Valentine day

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Bangalore Metro | BEML to deliver 3 more metro coaches to BMRC on this Valentine day

Bengaluru: It is good news for Namma Metro commuters that the much-awaited additional coaches for Bangalore Metro trains have almost arrived. The Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) is likely to deliver the first set (three coaches) to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) on February 14.

“BEML will hand over the first three coaches to BMRCL on 14 February in the presence of Bengaluru development minister K J George. We will have to integrate the new coaches into an existing train and conduct test runs. The first six-car train will commence operations after clearance from railway safety authorities.

We are expecting these procedures will be completed at the earliest and be ready for commercial operations by March,” BMRC MD Mahendra Jain said.

Namma Metro’s East-West corridor (Purple Line) will get the first Metro train with six coaches, with the first compartment reserved for women. The trial run of metro train is expected to take place at night and scheduled to be completed in a month.

BMRC is also likely to operate six-car trains during peak hours. Last June, the state government and BMRCL promised three additional coaches, with one coach reserved for women for at least one or two trains, by December 2017, but the deadline was missed.

Metro ridership recently touched 4.11 lakh, including 2.37 lakh on the Purple Line and 1.72 lakh on the Green Line.

Indian Railways to set up metro and rail coach factory in Maharashtra

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Indian Railways to set up metro and rail coach factory in Maharashtra

New Delhi: Indian Railways will set up a metro and rail coach manufacturing facility in Latur in Maharashtra on public-private partnership basis. The project is likely it entail investment of more than Rs 1,500 crore, a top rail ministry official said. The official said the investment and the number of coaches the facility will make is yet to be decided.

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and railway minister Piyush Goyal met on Wednesday and, in-principle, approved setting up a rail coach factory in Latur, the official said. The facility will cater to the demands of metro coaches in cities across India along with the captive demand from coming from Indian Railways.

This plant would manufacture Electric Multiple Units for suburban trains and coaches for metros. Work on this project will be done on high priority with fast track processing of all approvals. Maharashtra government has offered several concessions, including in land and taxes.

Lucknow Metro | LMRC gets around Rs 2,000 crore in this fiscal year

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Lucknow Metro | LMRC gets around Rs 2,000 crore in this fiscal year

Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) approaches its March 2019 completion date, it is expecting a large amount of money to flow from the budget this year.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that the Center will help Metro projects in the state. According to last year’s Budget, it is expected that Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation will obtain around Rs 2,000 crore in this fiscal year. This could be the biggest delivery so far. The funds are crucial to make imminent payments for the ongoing civil construction of the first phase of the 23km Metro corridor from the Chaudhary Charan Singh airport to the Munshipulia junction. The deadline for this broker is March 2019.

The project was approved by the Center in early 2016 and has received two sums so far- Rs.

1,140 crore in FY2017 and Rs. 1,150 crore in FY2018.

The corridor has also begun construction of the high-cost airport stretch this year. The underground construction of Charbagh to the KD Singh Babu stadium, extends over the Gomti and at the TI junction, it will also need immediate funds.

Vijayawada Metro | The Union budget did not mention Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam metro rail projects

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Vijayawada Metro | The Union budget did not mention Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam metro rail projects

Vijayawada: Even when Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, in his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month, called for more quickly completing the Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam metro rail projects, the Union budget did not mention the projects, to great disappointment. of the state government. With this, Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation (AMRC) is contemplating opting for Public Private Partnership (PPP), to execute the Vijayawada subway project.

“Given that there has been no guarantee regarding the funding of the projects, we will examine whether we can move forward with the PPP model for the Vijayawada metro,” said NPIE MD NP Ramakrishna Reddy. The PPP model is being used for the implementation of the Visakhapatnam metro. The association with private players will help a faster execution of the project, since the officials do not need to wait for the funds of the government of the Union.

While the Union government had provisionally allocated Rs 100 crore in the two previous budgets, it did not make allocations in the 2018-19 disbursement since the projects have not yet received a green signal from the Union Ministry of Finance. For the record, the state government had sent the detailed report of the project of a metro project in Vijayawada, with an estimated cost of Rs 7,200 crore, about two years ago. However, the project was rejected in March 2017 by the Public Investment Board, which said that the project was not viable from a financial point of view. He asked the state government to send a new proposal according to the metro’s new rail policy.

CM Naidu, in the last quarter of 2017, decided to move forward with a light rail project. Consequently, the AMRC, in January, selected the French company Systra Group for the preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR). An agreement between Systra Group and AMRC will be signed next week and the DPR will be ready within six months.

However, what most disappointed state officials was the fact that the budget proposed the allocation of Rs 17,000 crore for a suburban transport system in Bangalore and Rs 40,000 crore for another in Mumbai. “The government of the Union can say that we do not send any proposal now, but even when we did it before everything we got was an insignificant Rs 100 crore,” noted a senior official.

What they got, but we did not do it for others-

The budget proposes a disbursement of J15,000 million for several works related to the extension of the metro rail project in Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Greater Noida.

Approximately 190 km of the metro rail network is proposed to the public during 2018-1919.

Delhi metro- 114 km, Chennai metro: 15.5 km, Bangalore metro: 12.80 km, Ahmedabad metro: 6.3 km, Nagpur metro: 11.7 km and Gran Noida: 29.70 km.

Despite the State’s call to the Union government to complete the Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam metro rail projects more quickly, the Union Budget made no mention of these.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said: The Mumbai transportation system will be expanded to add 90 km of double-lane roads at a cost of more than J11,000 crore
150 kms of additional suburban network are planned in Mumbai at a cost of more than J40,000 crore. A suburban network is being planned at a cost of J17,000 for Bangalore.

Union Budget 2018: Finance Minister announces Rs 1.48 lakh crore as railway capital expenditure

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Union Budget 2018: Finance Minister announces Rs 1.48 lakh crore as railway capital expenditure

New Delhi: Despite the larger belief being that the main focus of the Union Budget 2018-19 was on the agricultural economy, the infrastructure sector remained the single largest target area for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who termed it the “growth driver of economy” while announcing an “all-time high allocation to rail and road sectors”. Here are the highlights of the Union Budget 2018 in view of railway projects in India:-

  • ₹1.48 lakh crore has been allocated to as railway capital expenditure for Financial Year 2018-19. Most of this money will be spent on capacity expansion, since it is a priority for the national transporter.
  • About 18,000 km of rail lines will be doubled and gauge conversion is underway to eliminate capacity constraints.
  • 36,000 km of rail track renewal has been targeted in the coming year while 4,267 unmanned railway crossings on broad gauge routes are to be eliminated in the next two years.
  • A new institute will be set up at Vadodara to train manpower for high-speed rail networks.
  • Escalators are to come up at all railway stations with footfalls exceeding 25,000, while all trains are to be progressively provided with WiFi, CCTV and other state-of-the-art amenities.
  • 600 railway stations are to be redeveloped.

While noting that almost the entire network would be shifted to broad gauge, he said electrification work was also being expanded and 4,000 km are targeted for commissioning.

Rapid Rail
Proposed High Speed Rail Transit System in India

The finance minister said work on the eastern and western dedicated freight corridors was also progressing and Railways would be procuring 12,000 wagons, 5,160 coaches and approximately 700 locomotives during 2018-19.

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