THANE(Metro Rail News): NHSRCL has issued a Letter of Acceptance for ‘Design and Construction of Thane Rolling Stock Depot’ in the state of Maharashtra to M/s Dineshchandra- DMRC JV. The package includes Civil works, Inspection sheds, maintenance Depot and installation, Testing and Commissioning of Maintenance facilities.
Design
The Mumbai – Ahmedabad High-Speed Corridor (Bullet Train Project) will be serviced by three Rolling Stock depots located at Sabarmati and Surat in Gujarat and Thane in Maharashtra. The depots are being designed, based on the experience of Shinkansen depots in Japan.
Scope of the Contract
The scope of the contract entails the Design and Construction of Thane Depot including Civil Works, Building Works, Inspection Sheds, Maintenance Depot, and Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Maintenance Facilities, and other Associated works in the State of Maharashtra for MAHSR.
Thane Depot
The Thane depot will spread over an area of about 55 hectares and will have facilities for the upkeep and light maintenance of the trainsets. Initially, 4 inspection lines and 10 stabling lines will be constructed, which will increase to 8 and 31 respectively in future.
About 200 nos. of 40 types of depot machinery, including bogie exchange machines, underfloor wheel re-profiling machines, testers and data readers, ultrasonic flaw detectors, trainset washing plants, etc., will be used for the maintenance of the high-speed train sets as per Shinkansen standard at the depot are being procured from Japan.
Other Depots
Besides, the Thane Rolling Stock depot two more depots at Sabarmati and Surat, are under construction in the state of Gujarat for the corridor. The Sabarmati Rolling Stock depot will be the largest depot with an area of about 83 hectares. It will have state-of-the-art equipment for both light and heavy maintenance of trainsets with inspection bays, washing plants, workshops, sheds, stabling lines, etc. This depot will have 10 stabling lines which will be further increased to 29 lines in future.
Update on Sabarmati Depot
The work for the construction of the Sabarmati Depot, awarded to the M/s Sojiz-L&T consortium commenced on 05.01.2023. The work of excavation for the Administration Building, a large RCC building, has been completed. The design approvals for the steel structures, where the inspection bays, pits, and depot machinery, for trainset maintenance and overhaul shall be located, are under progress. The land preparation works for the depot have already been completed under another contract.
Update on Surat Depot
Another depot is being constructed in Surat with an area of about 40 hectares. This depot will receive the initial trainsets from Japan and will have the basic facilities for the commissioning of these trainsets.
Surat Depot
Surat Depot is situated approximately 2 km from the planned under-construction Surat HSR Station. Daily and regular inspections of Rolling Stock will be carried out on the depot premises. During the start of operation, this depot will be capable of accommodating two trainsets for maintenance purposes (one track for inspection and one track for stabling). The same is planned to increase in future to two tracks for inspection and four tracks for stabling. In addition to inspection, emergency repair and wheel re-profiling facilities are also being provided.
Update on Surat Depot
The works at the Surat Depot awarded to M/s L&T are progressing well. The steel sheds have been erected, and the finishing works are under execution. A few pieces of machinery have been received at the site, including one machine from Japan. The work of track laying shall be commenced soon under the track package contract.
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