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L&T construction bags order to construct Sabarmati Depot for MAHSR

06/12/2022

L&T bags order to construct Sabarmati Depot for MAHSR — Image for representation purpose only

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The construction division of Larsen and Toubro has obtained a contract from the National High-Speed Rail Corp. Ltd. (NHSRCL) to build the Sabarmati Depot (MAHSR – D-2) in Gujarat for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) project through a consortium led by the Japanese company Sojitz Corporation.

“The scope of the MAHSR -D-2 package project involves design, supply, construction and testing. It also involves commissioning the depot spread over approximately 82 hectares, including various specialized equipment required to inspect and maintain the rolling stock based on the proven Shinkansen technology. Upon completion, this will be the biggest depot in India for this purpose,” L&T said in a press release.

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR), often known as the Bullet Train Project, is a high-speed rail line that runs from Mumbai to Ahmedabad. In May 2022, NHSRCL awarded the railways division of L&T Construction the contract to build 116 route kilometres of high-speed ballastless track works (Package No: T3).

L&T is the industry leader in India for the ballastless track, with competence in a variety of ballastless track forms, including plinth track, slab track, low vibration track, floating slab track, PORR type precast slab track, and, as of recently, the Shinkansen type precast slab track system.

Currently, the company is working on many ballastless track projects for metro systems in India and elsewhere, including those in Mauritius, Dhaka, Mumbai, Kanpur, Agra, Ahmedabad, and the semi-high-speed (180 KMPH) rapid rail transit system project between Delhi and Meerut. In addition, Ballastless Track Projects were previously completed by it in Riyadh, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Chennai.

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Mumbai’s 1st underground Metro line to commission in December 2023

Staff Reporter

05/12/2022

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The longest underground Metro line in Mumbai, one of the city’s most expensive transportation infrastructure projects, will finally be ready for commissioning in December 2023 after overcoming significant obstacles and a two-year delay.
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) completed all the tunnelling work on 30th November. The Supreme Court cleared the way around the same time for the construction of the metro car shed at Aarey, which has been the subject of a heated political debate in the state for more than five years.

“As of now, the overall project is 77 per cent completed. We recently got the clearance for the depot and now the first phase will be commissioned by December 2023 and second phase will be functional after a lag of six months, i.e in June 2024,” said S.K. Gupta, Project Director, MMRC.

The 33.5 km Metro-3 line connects Colaba, Bandra, and Seepz. Additionally, it is the city’s first underground corridor for the new metro system. 26 of the line’s 27 stops will be subterranean. It aims to unite Mumbai’s northern and southern economic sectors, including the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). Additionally, connecting to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport will be the Metro line.

The route would also be convenient for commuters because it will connect with the trains, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), and other metro lines still being developed at eight locations.

The trains running underground will have to coordinate with the signalling systems, and all technologies must communicate with every other part, which will be a challenge, said Gupta.

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Nagpur Metro creates Guinness World record for constructing longest double-decker viaduct

Staff Reporter

05/12/2022

NAGPUR (Metro Rail News): Nagpur Metro has constructed the longest double-decker viaduct (metro), measuring 3,140 metres, on the Wardha Road in Nagpur, setting a new Guinness World Record in the process.

Three metro stations on the 3.14 km double-decker viaduct on Wardha Road are Chhatrapati Nagar, Jai Prakash Nagar, and Ujjwal Nagar. To meet the functional requirements of the metro, these stations need unique planning that is station-specific and considers site-specific restrictions and requirements for double-decker viaducts. As a result, these stations’ engineering thought processes, ideas, design, and implementation are complicated.

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, applauded the effort of Nagpur Metro and tweeted, “Another feather in the cap ! Heartiest Congratulations to Team NHAI and Maha Metro on achieving the Guinness Book of World Record in Nagpur by constructing thelongest Double Decker Viaduct (3.14 KM) with Highway Flyover & Metro Rail Supported on single column.”

“The project has already bagged records from Asia Book and India Book. Now receiving this eminent award is indeed a proud moment for us. I heartily thank & salute the incredible Engineers, Officers & Workers who persevered round the clock to make this happen,” Nitin Gadkari said in another tweet.

Another feather in the cap !
Heartiest Congratulations to Team NHAI and Maha Metro on achieving the Guinness Book of World Record in Nagpur by constructing longest Double Decker Viaduct (3.14 KM) with Highway Flyover & Metro Rail Supported on single column. #GatiShakti @GWR pic.twitter.com/G2D26c7EKn
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) December 4, 2022

“The double-decker viaduct of 3.14 km on the Wardha Road in Nagpur, Maharashtra was commissioned by Metro Rail traffic on 5 March 2019 and for Highway traffic on 13 November 2020, is the Longest Double Decker Viaduct on any Metro Rail system,” according to a statement by the Guinness World Records, London.

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Dilip Buildcon wins a contract for Surat Metro Rail Project Phase 1 in Gujarat

Staff Reporter

05/12/2022

GUJARAT (Metro Rail News): Dilip Buildcon will carry out a contract deal with Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Ltd for the Surat Metro Rail Project Phase 1 in Gujarat, according to a corporate filing with the stock exchanges.

The company signed a contract with the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation on 2nd December in continuation of the statement from October 15 and by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

For the Surat Metro Rail Project Phase – 1, Dilip Buildcon would build an 8.702 km elevated viaduct, seven stops, and corridor 2 from Majura Gate to Saroli Dead End. The project will cost Rs 702.02 crore.

The project has a 26-month completion window for the company.

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Rajeev Kumar Gupta appoints as director by PESB of BEML

Staff Reporter

05/12/2022

Rajeev Kumar Gupta appoints as director by PESB of BEML

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Rajeev Kumar Gupta (GM, BHEL) was chosen by the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) for the position of Director (Rail & Metro Business), a position that has been open since Amit Banerjee assumed control of BEML as CMD in August 2021.

After the necessary clearances and ACC approval, he will succeed Amit Banerjee as the Director (Rail & Metro Business).

BEML Limited, formerly Bharat Earth Movers Limited, is a public sector organisation in India with its headquarters in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It produces a range of heavy machinery, including mining, railways, transportation, and earthmoving.

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Hon’ble Guardian Minister Shri. Chandrakant Dada Patil visits Pune Metro

Staff Reporter

05/12/2022

Hon'ble Guardian Minister Shri. Chandrakant Dada Patil visits Pune Metro

PUNE (Metro Rail News): On 2nd December 2022, the Hon’ble Guardian Minister Shri. Chandrakant Dada Patil visited the Pune metro‘s Shivaji Nagar underground metro station, Operation Control Centre (OCC) of Maha-Metro at Range Hill Car depot and took a train ride from Garware College metro station to Vanaz metro station. Pune Metro’s officials briefed him about the project’s progress.
Overall, 85 % of the Pune Metro work has been completed. 12 km of the total 33.2 km stretch is commercially operational from PCMC to Phugewadi in Corridor 1 and Garware College to Vanaz in Corridor 2.

(A) Shivaji Nagar Underground Metro Station

The Shivaji Nagar metro station is the first underground metro station to be completed.
The overall 85% has been completed.

The station is planned with Multi-Modal Integration. The station’s entry/exit is integrated with Shivaji Nagar Railway station, PMPL & MSRTC bus depots, and the Hinjewadi metro line.

The Façade of the station will depict the prestigious heritage of Shri. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj era- fort, which will align with the station’s name, Shivaji Nagar Metro Station.

The Pedestrian subway network connects the old Mumbai-Pune Highway at Akashwani (AIR) Pune & Shivaji Nagar railway station. The two subways are proposed to increase the reach of the metro station. One subway leads towards Shivaji Nagar Railway station and another to interchange entry/egress at Dr Kapote Junction.

The Shivaji Nagar metro station will have 5 lifts, of which 3 lifts have been installed and
12 escalators, of which 6 have been installed.

The road and traffic junctions will be redesigned at Shivaji Nagar with a modern look.

The underground stretch is part of Corridor-1 and starts from Range Hill Depot towards
Swargate. There are a total of Five Underground Stations planned, namely Shivaji Nagar,
Civil Court, Budhwar Peth, Mandai, and Swargate.

( B ) Civil Court Entry Gate

The Civil Court gate is designed as a focal point to direct commuters to the stations.
Conceptually it is a grand entry, and architecturally it is a modern contextual design depicting the grandness of the station. The design element has been taken from the station, i.e., using Basalt stone and GRC Jali for the gate design.

The Gate is designed as a focal point for future property development. The design is a
contemporary modern with space above.

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DMRC floats bid to provide consulting, verification, and issuance of carbon credit services

Staff Reporter

03/12/2022

Central govt approves Delhi metro red line extension — Delhi Metro Phase IV /Representational Image

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) is seeking proposals from qualified consultants and agencies to provide consulting, verification, and issuance of carbon credit services on a fixed-price model basis.

The agency will be in charge of consulting. For the projects listed below, verification, issuance of carbon credits (VERS), and sale of those credits

Monitoring Period: January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2021 (GS 1246)

Monitoring Period for GS 4634: From June 1 2019, to May 31 2022, and

Monitoring Period: January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2021, GS 5204

The scope of work includes

The transition of DMRC’s GS Projects to GS4GG requirements

Preparation of monitoring report as per GS4GG requirements

Appointment of DOE, Submission of Draft Verification Report, Closure of CL. DOE raised CAR and FAR on the monitoring report and Submission of the Final Verification Report.

Issuance of VERS from DMRC’s GS Projects and Selling of VERS to interested buyers at a mutually agreed price per VER.

The consultant will pay the total cost of the projects above and submit a net price per VER for each project. In addition, the consultant must finish the previous work within a year of issuing the Letter of Acceptance (LOA).
The consultant chosen as a finalist for the three Delhi Metro GS Projects will receive 66,000 VERS. After the projects have been verified, the VERS may rise or fall.

On or before December 16, 2022, interested and qualified organisations may send their proposals to Executive Director/Environment, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited, Regional Office, Mayur Vihar Phase-1, New Delhi-110091, in a single sealed envelope.

The quotations and offers will be presented at 15:30 that same day.

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a project-based greenhouse gas offset mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol, allows the public and private sectors in high-income countries to buy carbon credits from greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in low- or middle-income countries as part of their efforts to meet international environmental standards. In 2007, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation became the first metro railway project registered under the CDM by the United Nations (UN).

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HMAL floats tender for selecting General Consultant for Airport Express Metro Line

Staff Reporter

03/12/2022

HYDERABAD (Metro Rail News): Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HMAL) has invited Expressions of Interest for the Design and Build (DB) Airport Express Metro Line from Raidurg to Shamshabad International Airport in Hyderabad. The Pre-Application Conference will be held in Hyderabad on December 6, 2022, at 11:00 AM, at Marigold Hotel, Green Lands, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500016. The assignment will be three years (36 months) from issuing the letter of acceptance (LOA).

Developed as a joint venture with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, and Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation with equal equity, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited is an SPV of the Telangana government that will construct 31 km for the proposed Airport Express Metro project.

The Airport Express Line will connect Mindspace junction to Shamshabad (Hyderabad International Airport) and cost approximately Rs 6,250 crore.

Scope of Work includes selecting a General Consultant (GC) for Airport Express Metro Line from Raidurg to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport with an extension of Corridor-3 from Mind Space to Raidurg, Hyderabad, Telangana.

Pre-Application Conference on EOI: December 6 2022, at 11:00 AM at Marigold Hotel, Green Lands, Begumpet, Hyderabad.

Last Date for Submission of EOI: December 13, 2022, till 05:00 PM

Declaration Pre-Qualified Applicants December 20 2022, at 03.00 PM

Issue of RFP Document: December 23 2022

The last date for seeking clarifications on RFP: is January 2 2023

Last Date for Bid Submission January 13 2023, up to 03.00 PM

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Delhi Metro to start service from 4 a.m on poll day

Staff Reporter

03/12/2022

NEW DELHI (Metro rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced on December 2 that, in anticipation of the national capital’s Municipal Corporation elections on December 4, all rail services on all Lines would begin at terminal stations at 4 am.

The sale of alcohol in the nation’s capital will be prohibited for three days making it the “dry days”—before the MCD elections.

An official statement from the Delhi metro said: “On the day of voting, the Delhi Metro train services on all Lines will start from 4 am from all terminal stations with a frequency of 30 minutes on all lines till 6 am. After that, the metro will run as per the regular Sunday timetable throughout the day.”

The prohibition will be in effect from 5.30 pm, when the civic election campaign concludes, until election day. Then, the ban will be reinstated on December 7, when the counting will occur.

“On account of the MCD Election in the NCT of Delhi from 17:30 Hours of December 2 2022 (Friday) to December 4 2022 upto 17:30 Hours (Sunday) and From 00:00 Hours to 24:00 Hours on December 7, 2022 (Wednesday) shall be observed as dry days,” an official statement from the Excise department read.

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Delhi Metro signs Contract For Train Procurement for upcoming Phase– 4 corridor

Staff Reporter

02/12/2022

Delhi Metro signs Contract For Train Procurement for upcoming Phase– 4 corridor

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on 2nd December took a significant step towards operationalizing its Phase 4 corridors for passenger operations by signing the contract for procuring 312 Metro coaches (52 trains) for Phase 4’s priority corridors, i.e., Majlis Park to Maujpur, Janakpuri West to R K Ashram Marg and Tughlakabad to Delhi Aerocity.

The contract was signed on 2nd December by Sh. Om Hari Pande, Director (Electrical), DMRC, and Mr Olivier Loison, MD, ALSTOM Transport India Limited at Metro Bhawan in the presence of Sh. Vikas Kumar, Managing Director, DMRC, and other senior officials from DMRC and Alstom Transport India.

Out of the 312 coaches, DMRC will procure 234 standard gauge coaches for the extended sections of Line 7 (Pink Line) & Line 8 (Magenta Line), i.e., Majlis Park to Maujpur and Janakpuri West to R K Ashram Marg. In addition, 78 standard gauge coaches will be procured for the Tughlakabad to Delhi Aerocity corridor.

All these trains will be compatible with driverless operations, in line with the Delhi Metro’s efforts to provide world-class services to commuters. Moreover, they will provide a fillip to the Make in India initiative of the Government of India. These coaches will be manufactured in Alstom India’s facility at SriCity near Chennai.

While the Janakpuri West – RK Ashram Marg extension of the Magenta Line will get 144 new coaches (24 trains), the Mukundpur – Maujpur extension of the Pink Line will get 90 new coaches (15 trains). Furthermore, as mentioned above, the new silver line corridor from Aerocity to Tughlakabad will provide 78 new coaches (13 trains).

As part of the Phase 4 expansion of the Delhi Metro, DMRC is constructing 65.20 kilometres of new lines across three corridors in the national capital with 46 Metro stations. All the corridors under this phase of Metro expansion will be completed by September 2025.

The Delhi Metro currently operates on a network of 391 kilometres with 286 Metro stations (including the NOIDA – Greater NOIDA corridor and the Rapid Metro, Gurugram).

The Delhi Metro currently operates a fleet of about 350 Metro trains with four, six, and eight coaches on both broad gauge and standard gauge. The Delhi Metro’s trains are among the most advanced worldwide in the mass urban transit sector. Driverless operations were commenced on the Delhi Metro network on Magenta Line in December 2020. Ever since, driverless services have also been started on the Pink Line.

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