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NITI Aayog approves Pune-Nashik Semi High-Speed Rail: Raosaheb Danve

02/05/2022

High-speed Rail corridor — image for representational purpose only copyright: Respective Authority

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Pune-Nashik Semi High-Speed Rail has been approved by the NITI Aayog, Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Danve informed on Friday, 29th April. Now the project has gained speed and will go to the Union Cabinet for final approval.

Land acquisition has also started after the project received approval from the state government as well as the Railway Board. This route will require 1,470 hectares of land in 102 villages. A joint survey for land acquisition and alignment in villages is being completed. Land acquisition has been done in five villages and they have been given proper compensation.

As per the project, as soon as the high-speed train leaves Pune railway station, it will run on the elevated route to Hadapsar. After that, it will run from Hadapsar to Nashik railway station. The train will stop at Chakan, Manchar, Narayangaon, Alephata, Sangamner, Sinnar and Nashik. The train will run at a speed of 200 kmph on this route and can reach a maximum speed of 250 kmph. The total cost of this project is Rs. 16,039 crore.

The inclusion of the railway budget in the central budget has been beneficial. Between 2009 and 2014, Maharashtra received Rs 1,100 crore. But this year, Rs 11,000 crore has been given to Maharashtra, said Danve.

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Vande Bharat train services to start in Thiruvananthapuram soon

Abha Rustagi

02/05/2022

KERALA (Metro Rail News): Kerala is all set to get Vande Bharat Express that will serve from Thiruvananthapuram division. The state will receive two rakes, one unit comprising 16 passenger cars with a seating capacity of 1,128.

The Railway Board has directed authorities to start preparations for the service in Thiruvananthapuram. A facility will be constructed in the division for managing and repairing the two rakes.

Due to existing railway track conditions in Kerala, Vande Bharat Express trains will not be able to run at the anticipated speed, therefore the Ministry of Railways has decided to run trains through Kerala even if the speed is reduced a little.

Construction of specially designed Vande Bharat trains is undergoing at the Chennai Integral Coach Factory. The construction of the first train will be completed by August. The railway is planning to provide 75 trains to various railway zones before August 2023.
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The Thiruvananthapuram division will receive train in the second phase.

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100% contract placed for civil, track work on Gujarat area of MAHSR project: Railway Minister

Abha Rustagi

02/05/2022

Track work on MAHSR corridor/ Image copyrights: twitter/@AshwiniVaishnaw

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): All civil and track work contracts for the 352-km stretch of the bullet train project on the Gujarat side have now been awarded from which Rs 3,141-crore worth track contract has been given to Larsen and Toubro, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday, 30th April.

“BulletTrainProject NHSRCL contracts for track work worth Rs. 3,141 Cr awarded. 100 per cent contract placed for civil and track work in Gujarat area,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tweeted.

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NHSRCL contracts for track work worth Rs. 3,141 Cr awarded.
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— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) April 30, 2022

A statement from the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) said the ballast-less slab track system as used in the Japanese HSR (Shinkansen) will be deployed in India’s first High-Speed Rail project.

Japan Railway Track Consultant Co. Limited (JRTC) has provided the detailed design and drawing of major HSR track components like RC track bed, track slab arrangement, and continuous welded rail (CWR) forces for the contract, the statement said.

This contract to L&T is the second one for the design, supply, and construction of the track and track-related works for the Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor.

“National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited awards second contract (related to track works) for supply and construction of the track and track-related works for Double Line High-Speed Railway between Vadodara and Sabarmati Depot and Workshop in the State of Gujarat (MAHSR T-3 Package) to M/S Larsen & Toubro Limited at a total approximate cost of INR 3141 Cr,” a statement from NHSRCL said.

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Mumbai-Delhi travel time to be reduced by 33% by March 2024

Abha Rustagi

02/05/2022

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The travel time between Mumbai and Delhi will be reduced by more than 33 per cent after March 2024 as the Railway is targeting to complete the up-gradation of Mumbai Delhi routes up to 160 kmph.

Rajdhani is presently the fastest express train for the Mumbai-Delhi route which covers 1,386 km distance in 15 hours 40 minutes at a speed of 89 kmph.

“On Saturday, VK Tripathi, CEO and chairman of Railway board reviewed the progress of the project. During the review, concerned officials assured him that this project will be completed before March 2024,” said a Western railways official.

The project is being done under the ‘Misson Raftar’ which is in full swing. Out of the total 56 tenders, 42 have been finalised, while 14 will be finalised soon,” the official said.
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The scope of the project includes fencing, automatic train protection systems, and automated mechanised diagnostic systems, which will considerably enhance safety and reliability.

“Increasing the speed of the Mumbai-Delhi section to 160 kmph will ensure up to 60% increase in the average speed of passenger trains and doubling of an average speed of freight traffic,” the official added.

Presently, around 90 passenger train services and an equal number of freight trains run on the Delhi-Mumbai corridor daily. “Once this route is upgraded to 160 km per hour speed, there will be scope for launching more passenger trains in the section. This will reduce the waiting list of passengers in some of the popular trains as many more such services with similar facilities will be on the offer,” said an official.

“Increasing the maximum speed on the route will also increase the chance of introduction of semi-high speed trains like the Vande Bharat express and allow such trains to unlock its full to travel at a speed of 160 kmph,” said an official.

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Haiderpur Badli to be highest station of Delhi Metro

Abha Rustagi

02/05/2022

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Delhi Metro‘s under-construction Janakpuri West-RK Ashram Marg corridor is going to get one of the world’s tallest stations at Haiderpur Badli. It is also one of the highest sections of the Delhi Metro. Haiderpur Badli is going to be an interchange point between the existing Yellow Line (Samaypur Badli-Huda City Centre) station and the upcoming station of the Magenta Line extension.

Anuj Dayal, principal executive director (corporate communications), DMRC said that at a height of 24.
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25 metres at the platform level and 23.2 metres at the track level, the Phase-IV Haiderpur Badli station is going to be the highest elevated metro station in the world and will be as tall as a seven-storey building.

“Currently, work is in progress to install the pier caps for the adjacent viaducts after the erection of pillars is completed,” he said. “The work for the interchange facility started in December 2019. The provision for an interchange was made when the station was constructed for Yellow Line expansion in Phase III. The roof slab of the Yellow Line platform will act as the platform for Magenta Line,” he added.

The average height of the pillars of the Janakpuri West-RK Ashram corridor is 10 metres, but it will reach 20 metres at Madhuban Chowk, where the corridor will cross Red Line (Rithala-Shaheed Sthal) and increase above 25 metres at Haiderpur Badli as it crosses over Yellow Line.

The work of this station was challenging for DMRC as the construction of the pillars and launching of spans was to be done without impacting operations on Yellow Line which is one of the busiest corridors. DMRC has installed CCTV cameras and other monitoring equipment to keep a regular check on operations and a team of engineers is deployed 24×7 who monitor the progress.

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Chennai Metro opens recruitment process for 14 posts

Abha Rustagi

30/04/2022

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Limited has released a recruitment notification for 14 contractual and deputation posts for which eligible candidates can apply up to 14th May.

For the recruitment notification, application form and other details, visit the Careers portal on https://chennaimetrorail.org/ Here are more details about the posts.

Contractual:

General Manager (Signalling & Telecom): 1 post

General Manager (Operations): 1 post

General Manager (Electrical): 1 post

General Manager (Human Resources): 1 post

General Manager (Planning & Business Development) 1 post

Additional General Manager (Underground Construction): 2 posts

Additional General Manager (IT & AFC): 1 post

Joint General Manager (Underground Construction): 1 post

Joint General Manager (Architecture): 2

Deputy General Manager (Marketing): 1

Deputy Manager (Transport Planning): 1

Chief Vigilance Officer: 1

The applications for these posts have to be submitted offline. Candidates “should submit the duly filled application form as per attached format in hardcopy along with prescribed application fee (DD/NEFT) supported by Bio-Data and one set of self-attested copies of educational qualification certificate, experience certificate, birth certificate, community certificate and latest passport size photo through proper channel to the following address on or before 14-May-2022,” as per an official statement.

The address to send applications is:

Joint General Manager (HR)

Chennai Metro Rail Limited, CMRL Depot, Admin Building, Poonamallee High Road, Koyambedu, Chennai – 600107.

To check eligibility and other details, click here.

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Southern Railways to set up CCTV cameras at 26 railway stations in Chennai

Abha Rustagi

30/04/2022

CCTV surveillance — Photo copyrights: IRCTChelp.in

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Southern Railways has accelerated the work of setting up CCTV cameras at 26 city railway stations in Chennai and aims to complete the work by November this year. These cameras will be installed at 74 stations in the Chennai division under Nirbhaya fund which will improve security and reduce crime against commuters.

The 14 mass rapid transit system (MRTS) stations include Chintadripet, Chepauk, Light House, Perungudi, and Taramani, Thiruvallikeni, Indira Nagar which are huge buildings that remain largely deserted with little surveillance will come under CCTV surveillance by November this year together with 12 suburban stations on the Beach Tambaram route.

The MRTS stations will have 12 CCTV cameras installed while a majority of the suburban stations on the Beach-Tambaram route will get 24 CCTV cameras. Bigger stations like MMC and Fort will have more than 30 cameras.

“The platform, concourse and entry and exit level will be covered in the MRTS stations. Work is in progress and will be completed by November. Railways has sanctioned Rs 2014crore under Nirbhaya fund for the zone for the cameras,” said Southern Railway, chief public relations officer B Guganesan, TOI reported.

Apart from stations within the city, 30 stations on Chennal-Arakkonam route and 16 stations on Chennai-Gummidipoond route will also get CCTV cameras soon.

Seven stations-Nungambakkam, Arakkonam St Thomas Mount. Pazhavanthangal Jolarpet. Changa bet, Thirumalla are already under CCTV surveillance.

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6 firms bid for MRTS feasibility in Salem, Tiruchirappalli & Tirunelveli

Abha Rustagi

30/04/2022

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) opened technical bids on Thursday after which 6 firms have submitted bids to prepare a Feasibility Study Report for introducing a mass rapid transit system (MRTS) in Salem, Tiruchirappalli & Tirunelveli.

CMRL invited bids for this new contract- ‘2021- DFR for Tier II Cities’ in February 2022 with a deadline of 122 days.

The 6 bidders are as follows:

Aarvee Associates Architects Engineers and Consultants Private Ltd.
Balaji Railroad Systems Private Ltd. (BARSYL)
L&T Infrastructure Engineering Ltd.
Rina Consulting SpA
RITES Ltd.
Urban Mass Transit Company Ltd. (UMTC)

The scope of this contract includes Selection of Consultant for Preparation of Feasibility Study Report for Introducing a Mass Rapid Transit System in Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Salem City.

All the bids have been sent for technical evaluation which can take a couple of months to complete. After the completion, the financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened to reveal the lowest bidder and most likely the consultant.

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Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor to get its first set of trains by May

Abha Rustagi

30/04/2022

Delhi-Meerut RRTS — Representational Image

GHAZIABAD (Metro Rail News): The 17 km-long priority section of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor which has a total of five stations that are Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Vasundhara, Guldhar, Duhai and Duhai depot is going to get its first set of trains by May, said officials. It will arrive from the Savli plant, Gujarat to Duhai depot.

“The launch of the last span of Package 1 (Sahibabad to Ghaziabad) on the 17 km-long priority section was completed on Tuesday. At present, the track laying work near the Duhai depot is also being carried out at pace. This depot is taking shape rapidly, where the first RRTS train set is expected to arrive from Savli, Gujarat next month,” said a senior NCRTC official.

The officials informed that the construction work here is being executed in two packages, first between Sahibabad to Ghaziabad and second between Ghaziabad and Duhai.

“The construction of the entire span in package 1 is now complete. The installation of signalling and telecom systems in both the packages will also speed up. The road ahead for the implementation of the Over Head Electrical (OHE) wires is now clear, and the track laying work is being carried out within its stipulated time frame,” said the official.

“The first train set will have six coaches, including one business coach and a car reserved for female passengers. Once the train set arrives, the trial runs will start. In the beginning, it will start step-by-step, but a proper trial run on the entire priority section will commence by the end of this year,” the official added.

The priority section between Sahibabad to Duhai depot will be operational for public use by March next year.

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NCC casts Patna Metro’s first pier cap

Abha Rustagi

29/04/2022

Patna Metro Pier cap casting — First Pier cap casting of Patna Metro

PATNA (Metro Rail News): NCC Limited has cast Patna Metro‘s first pier cap on Thursday, 28th April. NCC was awarded Package PC-01’s Rs 552.93 crore contract by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in September 2020 with a 30-month deadline.

DMRC invited tenders for this section’s construction on February 28, 2020, with an estimated cost of Rs. 514.924 crore and opened technical bids in June which revealed 5 bidders that are as follows:

Firm	Bid
NCC Limited	Rs. 552.93 crore
Sam (India) Builtwell Pvt. Ltd.	Rs. 561.96 crore
SP Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd.	Rs. 589.84 crore
GR Infraprojects Ltd.	Rs. 667.09 crore

NCC began groundwork for Patna Metro Phase 1 in November 2020, followed by piling for construction in December 2020.

The scope of this contract includes Part Design and Construction of Elevated Viaduct, Viaduct connection to Depot including elevated ramp for Depot, Stabling & Extension of Viaduct for Corridor-1 at Khemni Chak Station, Special Spans, Elevated Ramp at Malai Pakri and Five Elevated Stations viz. Malai Pakri, Khemni Chak (Interchange station), Bhoothnath, Zero Mile & New ISBT (Excluding Architectural Finishing works of stations & PEB works of stations) from Chainage 8020.000 mt. to 14127.726 mt. of Patna Railway station to New ISBT Corridor 2 of Phase-I of Patna MRTS.

This first section of the 30.91 km project will consist of 5 elevated stations in southeast Patna. Among them, the Khemni Chak Station on NH-22 Bypass will serve as one of the two interchange stations for the system.

Patna Metro is a two-line, 24-station urban Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) being built by Patna Metro Rail Corporation Ltd in Patna, Bihar’s capital.

The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the 30.91 km Patna Metro Phase 1 project was created by RITES and authorised by Bihar’s state government on February 9, 2016. The Bihar government approved the formation of Patna Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (PMRCL) as the operator or special purpose vehicle for its execution on September 25, 2018, and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was selected as the General Consultant (GC) to assist with it.

The project is partially funded by a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) official development assistance (ODA) loan.

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