New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged-off the Delhi-Faridabad Metro Line that would allow hassle free travel for around two lakh daily commuters between the national capital and the industrial hub in Haryana.
The extension of the Delhi Metro connects Badarpur to Escorts Mujesar in Faridabad.
The total cost of the project from Badarpur to Escorts Mujesar is nearly Rs. 2,500 crore. Out of this, Rs. 1,557 crore was borne by the Haryana Government, the Centre contributed Rs. 537 crore, while the Delhi Metro provided Rs. 400 crore.
All these are elevated and located on either side of the Delhi-Mathura Road (NH-2).
“The nine-station metro corridor which was 95 per cent indigenously built will provide people a safe, affordable, quick, comfortable, reliable, environment-friendly and sustainable transport facility,” a Haryana government spokesperson said.
Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar, addressing a press conference on Saturday, had thanked the Prime Minister for “gifting” the Metro service which would take the city to “another level of progress” with better connectivity with other NCR towns.
He had also said that the Prime Minister would be announcing the go-ahead for connecting Gurgaon with Faridabad by Metro.
Newly inaugurated Sir. M Visvesvaraya Railway Terminal Bengaluru (SMVT)
BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): Indian Railways renovate numerous railway stations to make them more contemporary and modern. Bengaluru’s Sir M. Visvesvaraya Railway Terminal has been added to the list of such stations. The railway station boasts one of the most modern stations in the nation. The Ministry of Railways has just revealed images of a new station that will provide passengers with more convenient and modern amenities.
The official Twitter account of the Ministry of Railways posted a video of the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Railway Terminal with the tagline “Modern, World-Class.” The video also refers it the “Airport like station”. The video opens with the national flag flying outside the station and moves on to demonstrate the station’s specifics and characteristics.
Modern, World-Class, Airport-Like: Sir M. Visvesvaraya Railway Terminal, Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/trhGjGVguL
Indian Railways spent Rs 314 crore to create the 4,200 square metre terminal. Seven platforms, a fully air-conditioned lobby, parking for 900 two-wheelers and 250 four-wheelers, and other prominent features and services have led to comparisons to Kempegowda International Airport.
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Railway Terminal is proud to have the title of India’s first station with a centralised air conditioning system. Furthermore, the station also has luxury lounges for the use of the passengers.
CHENNAI(Metro Rail News): The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has resumed piling work at numerous locations, including the Adyar river, and commuters of the metro rail eagerly awaiting the completion of the 47-km length connecting Madhavaram with Sholinganallur.
The proposed corridor, which runs through the major IT parks, including WIPRO, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Infosys, as well as industrial estates, including Small Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) and Nehru Nagar Industrial Estate, is likely to provide commuters with much-needed relief whose only mode of transportation is the bus.
According to a Metro Rail official, piling work has begun for the elevated section of CMRL’s Corridor-5 near Nandambakkam along the Adyar river. They said that the contract for the elevated stretch which has been divided into three packages has been awarded. It has been learned that the elevated portion of Corridor-5 will be 40.07 km long and 5 km underground.
“Across all of the elevated lengths, the foundation and pier works have begun, for which a tender has been awarded. The tender has been called for the underground length, official sources stated. 48 stations will be on the railway, including six subterranean, one at grade, and 41 elevated. The State government recently announced a feasibility study to expand the metro rail’s corridor-5 from Thirumangalam to Avadi through Mogappair and Ambattur, though details are not yet available.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Delhi Metro is prepared to go internationally and is looking for consulting and building projects abroad, notably in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria. Last month, the first and largest metro rail company in India submitted bid documents to hire consultants for an Alexandria metro rail project. Earlier this week, Delhi Metro also submitted a bid to build an entire metro line in Mauritius. In addition to these, Delhi Metro is also interested in three other metro systems: those are Tel Aviv in Israel; Manama inBahrain; and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Since 2013, Delhi Metro has served Dhaka as a consultant on three routes, and it is getting ready to submit a bid for a new line. The metro network’s earnings have been severely impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak, thus it is aiming to enhance its non-ticketing revenue streams. The Delhi Metro’s expansion plan won’t be simple. In Bahrain, the metro line may fight with Chinese rivals, whereas in Mauritius, private construction behemoths like L&T may be its main rivals.
According to Vikas Kumar, MD of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the urban transporter has been competing for new metro projects in five nations and that the pandemic has played a role in its new approach of investigating projects abroad. “We want to grow our revenue share, particularly from consulting business. Therefore, we made the decision that we must use our core competency to grow our company outside of India. That’ll bring in some more money, he said. According to a senior Delhi Metro official, the metro, which is jointly controlled by the Centre and the Delhi government, is also trying to increase its part of the consultancy sector to 30% of overall revenue.
Yogi Adityanath digitally unveils Agra Metro Train at Agra Metro Rail Depot
UTTAR PRADESH (Metro Rail News): Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath, visited the Agra Metro Rail Project on 8th August and digitally unveiled the first sight of the Agra Metro train in the Agra Metro Depot Premises .
The honourable chief minister also presented the digital metro train for Kanpur Metro last year.
The CM also strongly advocated for environmental protection and planted a tree inside the Agra Metro Rail Depot, which is located within the grounds of the 15th battalion PAC premises.
The Metro coaches for the Agra Metro are being produced in Savli, Gujarat, according to Managing Director UPMRC Shri Sushil Kumar, who spoke about this momentous event for the Agra Metro Rail Project.
It is a significant accomplishment for the Indian government’s “Make in India” initiative. The Agra Metro Rail Project will receive 87 coaches, or 29 rolling stock (metro trains) with three coaches each. The intended speed for these trains is 90 kmph. For the Kanpur and Agra Metro Rail Project, UPMRC completed an integrated contract for rolling stock and signalling with the aim of saving time and assuring timely delivery of rolling stock.
Characteristics of the ultra modern rolling stock to be utilised in the Agra Metro Rail Project
The train is a “intelligent means of transportation” since it is outfitted with the ultra modern ATP/ATO (Automatic Train Protection and Automatic Train Operation) form of train operation.
Inside the cars, there are fire-retardant materials with low fire loads, low heat release rates, low smoke, and low toxicity. Crashworthiness features: The rolling stock has inter car couplers with crashworthiness features, which lessen the severity of injury to the passengers in case of accidents. Emergency doors: The rolling stock has emergency evacuation facilities at several vehicles to ensure well-directed evacuation of passengers in case of any emergency, including fire in the train. Project for the Agra Metro Rail System’s Third Rail DC Traction
Agra Metro Trains The third rail that runs parallel to the trains will provide power for Metro. There won’t be any conventional OHE (Overhead Equipment), which is frequently disturbed by bird activity, kite flying, etc.
These issues won’t arise with the Third Rail System, and train operations will be more effective.
Use of Regenerative Braking in the Agra Metro: The trains in the Agra Metro will use their own braking mechanism to generate electricity. After applying breaks, the deceleration will be converted to energy. In metro trains, electric motors are employed to apply brakes, which might result in energy regeneration and subsequent use of that energy for train operation.
City’s Inconspicuous Metro Rail System: The metro rail project will be unobtrusive and easily integrate with the city’s beauty. Wires and duct pipes used in the utilities will all be hidden. This would significantly improve the metro train system’s aesthetic value.
KOCHI (Metro Rail News): Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) will introduce a system of passenger profiling with artificial intelligence (AI) support as part of a project to enhance the transport experience in Kochi Metro.
Every Metro commuter will be profiled based on their gender and age using AI cameras that will be installed in the stations. In addition to being utilised for general monitoring, the Al cameras would also be used to identify lost bags and assessment of the inflow of travellers.
The project, which is being carried out by Kochi Metro and Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology jointly, is in its second phase of developing a data analytics platform.
Specialized AI cameras would be placed at the Automatic Fare Collection gates. The facial recognition technology in the cameras allows them to identify the gender, age, and uniforms of the passengers. They can even identify commuter students by identifying their school or college uniforms.
According to Jaison Paul, the project’s chief investigator and vice-principal of Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, “the initiative is an industry-academic collaboration seeking to provide improved services to the commuters.”
We are using sophisticated and open-source technology for assistance. We will provide commuter data on an hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly basis using Al cameras, he said.
GHAZIABAD (Metro Rail News): The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) had conducted the test run of the RRTS train set on its depot tracks at Duhai in Ghaziabad.
NCRTC is building India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), a rail-based, high-speed regional passenger transit system from Delhi to Meerut via Ghaziabad.
The first RRTS train set from its manufacturing unit in Savli, Gujarat, had arrived at Duhai depot in June.
On Saturday 6th August night, the test run was carried out at the Duhai depot.
“RRTS trainset performed its first test run on its depot tracks, marking an important milestone toward bringing in India’s first regional rail for the NCRTC. The trainset was fueled by the NCRTC’s 25 kV Traction system, which had just been charged, the NCRTC stated in a tweet on Sunday.
According to the report, NCRTC MD Vinay Kumar Singh and senior management staff were riding in the train during the test run.
The NCRTC is gearing up to open Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor’s Priority Section to the public.
— National Capital Region Transport Corporation Ltd. (@officialncrtc) August 7, 2022
A newly commissioned LTE communication network was also successfully tested during this testing. Singh praised directors and heads of divisions for doing this, according to the tweets from the transportation agency.
The 82 km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS line will comprise a 12 km underground portion and 70 km elevated section.
According to NCRTC officials, the trial runs of the RRTS train will first be conducted on the priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai and is likely to start by the end of this year.
The 17-km long priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai is targeted to be commissioned by 2023 and the full corridor by 2025, they said.
The priority segment between Sahibabad and Duhai will serve as the site for the first RRTS train trials, which are expected to begin by the end of this year and by 2023 the 17-km long priority portion between Sahibabad and Duhai should be operational, and by 2025, the entire corridor.
HYDERABAD(Metro Rail News):Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) has been operating three extra trips between Ameerpet and Raidurg, two extra trips between Mettuguda and Raidurg, in the morning rush hour and four additional trips between Ameerpet and Nagole during the evening rush hour each day on the Blue Line or Corridor Three of Nagole to Raidurg.
Managing director N.V.S. Reddy stated that with these extra journeys, we are running trains for every 2.45 minutes during the morning office rush hours between Ameerpet and Raidurg. The Red Line or Corridor One between L.B. Nagar and Miyapur tops the records with 2.12 lakh riders a day, although the daily cumulative ridership is currently about 3.78 lakh, which is still less than the pre-COVID high patronage of almost four lakh.
This is followed by the Blue Line with 1.63 lakh riders a day and the Green Line or Corridor Two between Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) and MGBS – Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, Imlibun at 20,834 riders.
MD stated that the Blue Line’s frequency is 5.30 minutes in the morning peak hours and 4.30 minutes in the evening peak hours, while the Red Line’s frequency is 4.10 minutes from peak to non-peak hours going from 6/7/10 minutes. It is between 6.45 and 9.30 minutes between off-peak hours. The frequency on the Green Line is every 7-9 minutes. There are trains available in every 10 to 15 minutes in the early morning timetable depending on the passengers demand.
Raidurg is the busiest station with 20,188 passengers per hour, , followed by Miyapur (16,890) and KPHB (16,843). Other stations with more than 10,000 passengers passing through them include Ameerpet (12,968 from the Blue Line and 10,551 from the Red Line), Uppal (11,455), JNTU (11,327), Parade Grounds (10,560), Secunderabad (9,611), and Hi-Tec City (9,363).
MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited(MMRCL) on 5th August, Friday told the Supreme Court that no trees have been cut in the city’s Aarey forest area, and only some weeds and bushes were cleared for vehicles to pass through.
“Only weeds and bushes on the ground were cleared. There is an approach road. There were branches that required trimming for vehicles to pass through, No trees were cut. They have shown photographs of some other areas,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for the MMRCL, maintained before a Bench led by Justice U.U. Lalit.
Mehta said, “If public interest litigations are filed with misleading allegations, it will leave a bad taste.” The bench replied that there are benefits of having PILs. During the hearing, justice Lalit pointed out that he was an amicus curiae in the TN Godavarman Thirumalpad case and asked if there was any conflict of interest in his hearing of the matter. Mehta said he does not see any conflict.
“Mumbai authorities continue to kill the lungs of Mumbai i.e Aarey forest by clearing of trees near the Mithi river bank and according to news reports 1,500 trees have already been cleared by authorities,” the letter to the apex court had said in 2019.
The Aarey forest is located adjacent to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and has five lakh trees.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The goal of “Mission Raftaar,” is to double the average speed of freight trains and raise it by 25 kmph for superfast, mail, and express trains. The Railway Minister asserted that the CAG report, which was presented during the 2022 budget session, reviewed the overall timeliness and travel time of Indian Railways’ operations. Mission Raftaar was one of the documents used as audit criteria for the report’s preparation.
“Mission Raftaar is not a standalone project, and the overall allocation and utilisation of funds under Mission Raftaar cannot be calculated,” Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated in a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
On Indian Railways, increasing train speed is a continuous process that depends on constant optimization of the investments made in technology modernization, high-powered locos, contemporary coaches, and better tracks.
According to Vaishnaw, Indian Railways is changing passenger trains using conventional coaches into MEMU services (which have higher acceleration/deceleration owing to distrusted power) and issuing more Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches, which have a higher potential speed. As a part of “Mission Raftaar” and during the period 2015-16 and 2021-22, 414 passenger train services have been converted into MEMU services.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) will push the centre to give its approval for the corridor that will penetrate Greater Noida West. Ritu Maheshwari, managing director of NMRC, stated during a board meeting on Friday 7th August, “We are accelerating the process to receive the approval fast.”
Corporation sources stated that the approval from the central government will probably come within a week. Once that is done, NMRC will float a tender to select a developer for the project. Two phases will be used to construct the Greater Noida West corridor. Greater Noida Sectors 122, 123, Greater Noida Sector 4, Ecotech 12, and Greater Noida Sector 2 would make up the first phase’s five stations. The first phase will be 9.6 kilometres long. In the second phase, where the line will extend another 5.8 km, there will be four stations-Knowledge Park V , Greater Noida sectors 3,10 and 12. NMRC would construct the Greater Noida West corridor entirely on its own unlike the 29.7km long Aqua Line, which was created by DMRC.
The board also spoke about the construction of a foot overbridge to connect the Sector 52 metro station on the Blue Line with Aqua Line Sector 51 Metro Station.
NMRC board meetings
CEO of the Noida Authority Maheshwari informed the board that the Authority will build the overbridge, and the project was under process.
