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.
EIB team with UPMRC MD Kumar Keshav and Chief Secretary
LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News):The European Investment Bank (EIB) delegation consisting of Zoltan Donath, Angeliki Kopsacheili, Esmeralda Francisco, Alexandre Heimann, Heloise Gornall-Thode, Srabani Sengupta and led by Catherine Ashton, visited chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra on 14th April and discussed the current Metro rail projects which are under construction or planning in the state.
#LucknowMetro के दौरे पर आई यूरोपियन इनवेस्टमेंट बैंक की टीम ने UPMRC के एमडी श्री कुमार केशव के साथ उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्य सचिव श्री दुर्गा शंकर मिश्र से उनके कार्यालय में भेंट की।#UPMetro:साकारहोतेसपने pic.twitter.com/ZN7gnKVTPm
— Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialUPMetro) April 13, 2022
Mishra told the EIB team that the state government is committed in completing all the Metro projects on time. He said a project monitoring system had been put in place to ensure the timely completion of all the projects in the state.
He further said that apart from the extension of Lucknow and Kanpur Metro, work on the metro in Agra was in full swing while the work for light Metro would start very soon in Gorakhpur. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has expressed its interest to partner with the government of Uttar Pradesh to implement the Gorakhpur Metro Light Rail project.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): InnoMetro is a global event to showcase Innovation & Technology for the Metro, Railway, RRTS, High-Speed Rail & Allied Industries being organized by Metro Rail News. The event is going to take place in the LaLit Hotel, New Delhi on 23rd and 24th May 2022.
It aims to bring experts from the industry in line to witness the latest advancements in a three-day insightful conference & expo. With a vision to maximize penetration into the key trends affecting the urban mobility sector, the event serves as a global platform for ideation, discussion and presentation of the most innovative ideas and concepts giving a new dimension to the Rail and Metro Industry.
The event serves as a one-stop destination for leading brands to showcase their products, for experts to speak their minds and for delegates to experience the latest trends and technologies in the industry.
Many delegates from corners of the world will be gracing the event and will be speaking on topics such as:
• Realisation of Atmanirbhar Bharat • Make in India: Make for World • New modes of Transportation: Metro Neo, Metro Lite • Workforce diversity & Technical Skill Gaps in Metro & Railway • Covid Protocol & Difficulties in Rail Transport • Ticketing and Payment Innovations • Automated Train Examination System: ATES • Asset Maintenance and Predictive Analysis • Transport Infra Financing: Public-Private Partnership (PPP) • Indigenous exports of Rolling Stock • Advancements in Artificial Intelligence for Metro & Railway • Increased revenue systems and cost-cutting measures • Sustainable & Green Mobility • Improving Passenger Experience on ‘Moving Wheels’ • Metro railways: Promoting Low carbon Transportation in India • Data-driven Mobility System • MaaS- Increasing the sustainability of Transport System
Speakers
The esteemed speakers from the metro and rail industry who will be speaking on important topics in the event are:
Shri. R A Rajeev: IAS: Ex-Metropolitan Commisioner, MMRDA
Thiruman Archunan: Director (Projects), Chennai Metro Rail Ltd.
Shri. Daljeet Singh: Director (Works), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
Shri. A.K. Singh: Presiding Arbitrator, Indian Railways
Shri. Rajesh Prasad: Director (Operations), RVNL
Shri. Shantanu Roy: Executive Director, BEML
Shri. Jugal Kishore Bhatti: Additional General Manager, RITES Ltd.
Shri. H.K. Raghu: Executive Director, RDSO
Mr. Karan Sethi: Assistant Vice President, Invest India
Shri. Akshay Sharma: Director (Project), Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd.
Shri. Abhijit Malankar: CIM-GIZ RE -Sustainable Solutions & Test Project Lead, ITC – Pune
NEW DELHI(Metro Rail News):Mr. Satish Agnihotri, chairman and managing director, National High Speed Rail Corridor (NHSRCL) on Tuesday said that India’s first bullet train will be operational in 2027 for which trials will begin in 2026. He also said that India’s first bullet train station in Surat will be inaugurated by 2023.
“Though the trial between Surat and Bilimora will be conducted in 2026, we will commence bullet train operations in between these two stations from 2027,” he said. “Surat station is expected to be ready for operations by September 2023”, he added.
NHSRCL officials informed that the civil work is at four stations that are Vapi, Bilimora, Surat and Bharuch of the total 12 stations will be ready by December 2024 as the construction is being carried out at an escalated pace. Officials also said that apart from the construction of these four stations, a viaduct of 237 km will also be constructed.
Japan Ambassador, Satoshi Suzuki told the media, “Our priority is to complete and start the bullet train operations on this route. Maintenance and provision of updated technology is a commitment from Japan,”
“Our latest technology is the E5 Shinkansen however, we are providing an upgraded version of this technology keeping in mind India’s weather conditions and pollution. The coaches of the bullet train will be antiseismic,” he added while talking about the bullet train project.
“For the first bullet train, some train coaches will be shipped as complete coaches while some will be assembled in India and the technology is based on a crash avoidance system which includes the latest signalling and coach designs that make the train accident-free,” Agnihotri said.
He also informed that around one lakh people will be employed when the civil work progresses to its peak, which is expected to reach by June. “The project currently has generated around 20,000 employments,” he added.
The total length of this bullet train route is 508.17km and the maximum operational speed is 320 kmph. The whole route of Ahmedabad- Mumbai bullet train will have 12 stations- eight in Gujarat and four in Maharashtra. Stations in Maharashtra include Mumbai (BKC), Thane, Virar and Boisar.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): In the year 2021 the passengers saved “mammoth 269 million hours of travel time” by using Delhi Metro services, the DMRC stated on Tuesday.
As per a study conducted by The Energy Research Institute (TERI), the annual time saved by passengers would be “more than double to 572.5 million hours in 2031”, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) informed.
In addition, DMRC helped remove over 5 lakh vehicles from the streets of the national capital daily in 2021. This figure has also increased from about 4.74 lakhs in 2019.
These benefits of Delhi Metro are further augmented by the fact that it also helps remove about seven lakh tonnes of pollutants from the atmosphere as a number of passengers use the Metro keeping their private vehicles at home which run on fossil fuels.
CHENNAI (Metro Rail News):Larsen & Toubro has won the construction work for Chennai Metro Line-3’s first 10 km elevated package between Nehru Nagar – Sholinganallur on 12th April after the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) opened financial bids for the package C3-CP08-EV-01/RT-01. The scope of this corridor includes an approximately 10 km viaduct starting from a ramp south of Taramani Link Road Station with 10 stations on Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR).
This tender was issued again for the 118.9 km Chennai Metro Phase 2‘s Package CP08-EV-01 which received 3 bids in July 2021 but it was cancelled in December 2021 due to a major redesign of the line from a double-decker viaduct for vehicles and metro trains to separate parallel structures.
CMRL re-invited bids for the corridor’s construction which is financed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in December 2021. The deadline for this package is 36 month and the estimate is unknown. Technical bids were opened in February to reveal 6 bidders and their bids which are as follows:
The scope for this tender includes the construction of an elevated viaduct (approximate length-10 km) including elevated ramp and ten (10) elevated metro stations at Nehru Nagar, Kandanchavadi Perungudi, Thoraipakkam, Mettukuppam, PTC Colony, Okkiyampet, Karapakkam, Okkiyam Thoraipakkam and Shalinganagallur.
KANPUR (Metro Rail News):Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRC) is executing metro projects in Lucknow, Kanpur, and Agra which are partly funded by European Investment Bank (EIB). A seven-member delegation from the agency visited Kanpur Metro Rail Project on Tuesday (12.04.2022) and reviewed several environmental and economic aspects of the project. They also studied and analyzed several social changes and impact which has been caused by Metro. The team praised the efforts of the Kanpur Metro team and appreciated the measures adopted in the project on every level.
The team reached IIT Metro Station at 12 noon and inspected various parts of the station including the Ticket Counter, Station Control Room, Security Check Point, and AFC Gates. They also inspected and acknowledged the provisions made inside the station for Divyang persons, senior citizens, women, and children. They were told about the provisions and facilities in detail. The team also admired the artworks at the Metro Stations of the Priority Section (IIT-Motijheel). The EIB delegation travelled from IIT Metro Station to Motijheel Metro Station.
The EIB team also inaugurated a Rapido bike service kiosk at Motijheel Metro Station. This will improve the last mile connectivity to and from Metro Stations. buy Bactroban generic andnewonlineblo.com over the counter
These kiosks are available at all the 9 Metro Stations of the Priority Section. Commuters may book their Rapid from Metro Stations and with this they will get a discount of 30% on their bike ride.
After this, the team visited Kanpur Metro Depot at Gurudev Chauraha and inspected the OCC (Operations Control Centre). The team discussed future implications and prospects of the Kanpur Metro Project in detail with Senior Officials of UPMRC. The team also inspected the underground section-I (Chunniganj to Nayaganj) of the first corridor of the Kanpur Metro Project, before heading to Lucknow.
The EIB team is on an inspection visit since April 9, 2022. The team visited Agra Metro Rail Project from 9th April 2022 to 11th April 2022, then to Kanpur Metro on 12th and tomorrow the EIB team will be in Lucknow.
AGRA (Metro Rail News): A six-member team from European Investment Bank (EIB) which is partly funding the Agra Metro Rail Project visited the project site on Monday and inspected various feasibility features of the project. The EIB team reviewed the complete alignment of both corridor 1 and corridor 2 of the Agra Metro Project.
The EIB team inspected the elevated section of the priority corridor which comprises three metro stations namely Taj East Gate, Basai and Fatehabad Road during their 3 day visit and then headed to Agra Metro Depot (15th Battalion PAC) for further inspections.
The team reviewed the project execution and discussed its impact on various other aspects and expressed their satisfaction over the pace of the execution of the project. On Sunday, the team enjoyed the heritage and architecture of this city and visited the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort.
The EIB team got engaged in a detailed discussion with the Kumar Keshav, managing director (MD) Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) as well as the director finance, and other senior officials of the organisation. The team reviewed the complete alignment of both corridor 1 and corridor 2 of the Agra Metro Project on their visit’s last day on April 11.
CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): In Chennai Metro’s phase 2 project, the construction work on the elevated line of the Poonamallee-Lighthouse corridor between Poonamallee and Power House at Kodambakkam has been speeding up with the first pair of U-girders placed on the pillars near Sri Ramachandra Hospital.
A source from CMRL said that the contractor has constructed pillars on the central median of Mount-Poonamallee Road from Porur Lake to Iyyappanthangal for about 3 km. The source added that in the 45-km phase-1 corridor, the CMRL used box girders made of multiple precast segments, which used to take 4-5 days to assemble between two pillars that were 20-25 metres apart. “In case of a U-girder, it can be assembled in a day between two pillars,” an official said.
In the phase-1 extension line, CMRL used the U-girders on the elevated section. As per the DPR for phase-2, the girders have different structural elements. They can hold coaches on the bridge in case of an accident which can cause the metro to come off track. It has a maintenance and evacuation path on both sides of the track with cable support and a sound barrier.
The deadline to complete this line is June 2025. Meanwhile, no traffic rerouting was done for the elevated stretch between Poonamallee and Porur but the police have diverted traffic along Arcot Road for the construction of the line from Porur to Power House.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News):Sarai Kale Khan station is one of the largest stations on 82 Km long Delhi- Ghaziabad- Meerut RRTS corridor. With Multi-Modal Integration (MMI) at its core, this 215 m long, 50 m wide and 15 m high RRTS station is strategically located in close vicinity of Delhi Metro Station, Indian Railway’s Hazrat Nizamuddin station and Vir Haqiqat Rai ISBT. It will provide a seamless Intermodal Integration between these modes of transport. To further ease the transit of passengers, NCRTC is going to provide a 280 m long Foot Over Bridge (FOB) with a travelator installed on it between Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station and RRTS station.
The distance between Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station and Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway station is about 300 meters. Due to the distance, a travelator was considered important on the Foot Over Bridge, so that passengers can seamlessly travel in between the modes. Moreover, it is felt that such a facility will be immensely beneficial to the commuters including women, elderly, children and specially-abled people, travelling to and from Hazrat Nizamuddin Station, especially when they travel with heavy luggage.
This station is also significant as all 3 priority RRTS corridors (Delhi- Panipat and Delhi-SNB-Alwar and Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut) of the first phase will converge here. Interoperability will facilitate the commuters to travel from one corridor to another without the hassle to change the train.
Multi-modal integration is central to NCRTC’s planning of the Regional Rapid Transit System. The RRTS stations will be seamlessly integrated with the airport, railway stations, metro stations, and inter-state bus terminals. RRTS stations are planned & designed in a way that commuters need not exit the station and on the road, to move between different modes of transportation or between different corridors. This not only helps commuters travel seamlessly and stress-free but also helps prevent the overcrowding and traffic congestion caused by it, around the major transport hubs like Sarai Kale Khan.
To manage traffic and for smooth and orderly vehicular movement in and around the station, traffic integration is being designed to create additional drive-in space for all types of vehicles. Dedicated pick-up/drop-off zones are also being created at RRTS station to ensure congestion-free traffic movement. It will have pedestrian-friendly paths, lifts/escalators, sitting areas, and other commuter-centric amenities facilitating universal access.
The RRTS station will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, which will include Passenger Information Display Board (Audio-Video) for real-time information and system maps showing key nearby locations. The safety & security of the passengers is paramount in RRTS implementation for NCRTC. All RRTS stations will have platform screen doors for enhanced commuter safety for semi high-speed operations of RRTS. There will also be round-the-clock CCTV surveillance for security.
The construction of Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station is in full swing with piers of this elevated station being erected. The station will have three levels ground, concourse, and platform level. Security, ticketing, and other commuter-centric facilities will be provided at the concourse level. The 17 km Priority Section, between Sahibabad to Duhai, is targeted to be commissioned by 2023 and the full corridor will be operational by 2025.
CHENNAI (Metro Rail News):Larsen & Toubro has won the Chennai Metro Phase 2’s trackwork contract to supply and install standard gauge tracks for Chennai Metro’s Line-3 and Line-5 (Package BC-3,5/TRK-02) after Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) opened financial bids.
These new lines of Chennai Metro’s 118.9 km Phase 2 project will run in a north-south orientation to connect Madhavaram – SIPCOT (45.813 km Line-3) and Madhavaram – Sholinganallur (47 km Line-5) which include both elevated & underground stations.
CMRL invited tenders for this systems contract which is financed by JICA, in October 2021 with a 850 day deadline and 730 day (DLP) and an unknown estimate. Technical bids were opened in February to reveal 6 bidders.
The financial bid values of the bidder are as follows:
Firm
Bid (Rs. Crore)
L&T
342.13
Vijay Nirman Company (VNC)
382.09
Texmaco Rail and Engineering
395.21
Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL)
399.44
ITD Cementation India
404.28
IRCON International
414.79
The brief scope ofthis package includessupply, installation, testing and commissioning of track works of standard gauge including all associated works in (a) elevated section between CMBT (excluding) and ELCOT (including) in corridor 5 – upto circular connection to corridor-3 and (b) elevated section between Sholinganallur (excluding) to SICPOT (including) in Corridor 3 and pocket tracks & stabling lines of Chennai Metro rail Project Phase-2.
