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.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail): According to a news report, Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), an Indian Public Sector Undertaking recently supplied 64 trains to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in the launch of the driverless metro which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday. This is being seen as a very vital initiative as the Make In India gains popularity. “BEML supplied 64 trains as MakeInIndia partner, recently inaugurated by Hon’ble PM”, CMD of BEML said through a tweet. “BEML has independently supplied about 140 cars to DMRC using transfer of technology from Hyundai ROTEM. It manufactures a variety of heavy equipment, such as that used for earthmoving, transport, and mining. BEML is Asia’s second-largest manufacturer of earthmoving equipment, and it controls 70% of India’s market in that sector”, a news report added.
CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): The Chennai Metro Rail has successfully performed the diesel locomotive trial run on the 9-kilometre phase-1 extension stretch from Washermenpet to Wimco Nagar. The trial run covered 9 kilometres up and down, stopping at eight metro stations with six elevated and two underground stations according to a statement issued by CMRL. “The installation of various systems including ballast-less track, overhead electrification, signalling, tunnel ventilation, HVAC, platform screen doors and automatic fare collection gates is underway,” a statement read. The Metro is also expected to give a green makeover to the medium lanes by planting various plants which would grow on the shade. buy premarin online medstaff.englewoodhealth.org/wp-content/languages/new/premarin.html no prescription
Once open, the six km elevated stretch of the nine km stretch will give commuters a view of the north Chennai coast while commuting. The Chennai Metro has also floated tenders for Digital Route Display Requirements for setting up LCD TVs and audio systems for announcements in the trains and stations.
MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Aecom India recently won the General Consultant service contract for civil works of Mumbai Metro’s upcoming 9.20 km Line-10 (Gaimukh – Shivaji Chowk in Mira Road) and 20.7 km Line-12 (Kalyan – Taloja) which is being seen as a new development in this field. buy stendra online https://calibudsman.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/en/stendra.html no prescription
The firm got the highest score and emerged as the lowest bidder among the other four consultancy firms after the financial bid results were revealed.
Financial Bid Results
Aecom India: 78.830
AYESA – Korea Rail Network Authority JV: 73.692
SYSTRA MVA: 71.433
SMEC Holdings Limited: 70.793
DB International: 67.328
The selection was made on the Quality-cum-Cost Basis System (QCBS) method in which the winner’s selection is made through a combination of points scored in technical and financial evaluation by the tender committee according to an official.
Line-12 will be a 20.75 km extension of the 24.95 km Line-5 (Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan) with 17 stations at Ganesh Nagar, Pisvali Gaon, Golavali, Dombivli MIDC, Sagaon, Sonarpada, Manpada, Hedutane, Kolegaon, Nilaje Gaon, Vadavali, Bale, Waklan, Turbhe, Pisarve Depot, Pisarve and Taloja. Line-10 will be a 9.2 km extension of the 35.2 km Line-4/4A (Wadala-Kasarwadavali-Gaimukh) with 4 stations at Gaimukh Reti Bundar, Varsova Char Phata, Kashimira and Shivaji Chowk. The line will also form an interchange with Line-9 at Pandurang Wadi, where possibly a fifth station could come up for providing easy transfers.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News):Jindal Steel & power limited (JSPL) has become India’s first private company to get “Regular Supplier” status from Indian Railways to supply 60kg 880 grade (90UTS)Rails. With this, Indian Railways, its subsidiary and track laying contractors can source 60kg 880 grade (90UTS) Rails manufactured by JSPL and utilize them for their ongoing and upcoming projects.
Earlier, Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDS0), which works under the ambit of the Ministry of Railways, had approved field performance of UIC 60 kg, 880 Grade prime (Class- A) rails made by JSPL at its Raigarh Plant. Railway Board has accepted the field performance test report of RDSO and considered UIC 60 kg, 880 Grade prime (Class- A) rails are suitable for use in Indian Railways. It is now established that JSPL is capable of meeting out Indian Railways quality requirements. JSPL is also supplying 1080 grade Head Hardened rails to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited for construction of Kolkata Metro rail tracks. JSPL had also exported more than 2 Lakh tonnes of rails. Earlier RDS0 approved the 1080 grade HH rails of JSPL manufactured at its Raigarh plant in Chattisgarh. 1080 Head Hardened grade was approved by the internationally accredited agency TUV-Nord-Luxembourg (Gr 1080HH). JSPL also bagged an order from Pune Metro to supply Head Hardened Rails. JSPL rails have been used in special freight corridors & High-speed Train projects. Soon, JSPL is planning to supply grade 1175 HT for heavyweight traffic rail tracks conceived by the Indian railways. “We are happy that Indian Railways has awarded regular supplier status to JSPL made 60kg 880 grade (90UTS) Rails, It would be a big push towards an AtmaNirbhar Bharat. And it is a good achievement for our Rail business. We are thankful to RDSO and Ministry of Railways for field performance approval of UIC 60 kg, 880 Grade prime (Class- A) rails of JSPL”, said Mr V R Sharma, MD, JSPL.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the country’s first-ever fully automated ‘Driverless Train’ service by flagging off the first such train stationed at Jasola Vihar-Shaheen Bagh Metro station on Delhi Metro’s 37 km long Magenta Line (Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden) and also the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) on the 23 km long Airport Express Line (New Delhi to Dwarka Sector 21) via video conference in the presence of the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri and the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal.
The inaugural ceremony held through video conferencing was attended by thousands of people from across the globe as history was created with the operationalisation of India’s first-ever driverless train. Apart from senior dignitaries from the Central Government and the Government of the NCT of Delhi, the event was also witnessed online by HE Ambassador of Japan to India, Mr Satoshi SUZUKI. Senior dignitaries from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), from Tokyo and Delhi, also witnessed the event online.
A Passenger shows her NCMC Card.
“With the launch of these fully automated Driverless Train operations (DTO), India enters into the elite league of few countries having this facility in their Metro system. The fully automated trains will reduce human intervention in operations and offer more reliability and safety for the commuters. This system also brings more flexibility in trains in operation. As a result, the number of trains in service can be regulated based on demand dynamically without any dependence on the availability of the crew. Since these trains operate on communication-based train control (signalling) system, they can be run with headway as high as 90 seconds to offer more carrying capacity”, the DMRC said.
A view from the train.
In DTO, initially, the train operator will be present on the train to instil a sense of confidence and assistance. DTO’s higher level of diagnostic features will help move from conventional Time-Based Maintenance to Condition Based Maintenance. This will also reduce maintenance downtime of trains.
The NCMC service enables passengers from any part of the country travelling on the Delhi Metro’s Airport Express Line to use their NCMC compliant RuPay debit card for seamless travel. The same card can also be used for shopping, banking transactions etc. across the country. DMRC’s system will be able to accept transactions from 23 banks through the RuPay debit card issued by them.
“DMRC is planning to similarly upgrade its entire existing network by 2022 to facilitate the travel by this NCMC compliant Rupay Debit card. The existing Delhi Metro smart cards, tokens (currently not in use due to Covid 19 pandemic), QR Codes, etc., will also continue to remain in use. In addition, all upcoming corridors of Phase-IV will also be built with NCMC compliant Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system at the stations”, it said.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to inaugurate India’s first-ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line (Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden) as well as the fully operational National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) services on the Airport Express Line via video-conferencing tomorrow, i.e, 28th December 2020 at 11 am. “These innovations are going to herald a new era of travelling comfort and enhanced mobility for the National Capital Region (NCR)’s residents. With the commencement of driverless trains on the Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line, DMRC will enter the elite league of seven per cent of world’s Metro networks which can operate without drivers”, the DMRC has said. After starting driverless services on the 37 kilometres long Magenta Line (Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden), another major corridor of the Delhi Metro, the 59 kilometres long Pink Line (Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar) will also have driverless operations by the mid of 2021. After this, Delhi Metro will have a driverless network length of about 95 kilometres, which will be approximately nine per cent of the world’s total driverless Metro network. “The driverless trains will be fully automated which will require minimum human intervention and will eliminate the possibilities of human errors. Delhi Metro has been a pioneer in introducing technology-driven solutions for passenger comfort and this is another step in the same direction”, a statement said. The National Common Mobility Card, which will be fully operationalised on the Airport Express Line will also be a major milestone as anyone carrying a RuPay -Debit Card issued recently in the last 18 months by 23 banks (all these are NCMC compliant as per directions of the Department of Financial Services, Government of India) from any part of the country will be able to travel on the Airport Express line using that card. The same facility will become available on the entire Delhi Metro network by 2022. The Delhi Metro currently operates on a network of about 390 kilometres with 285 stations spanning 11 corridors (including NOIDA – Greater NOIDA). Pre Covid, about 60 lakh journeys were being performed every day on the Delhi Metro network making it the mass transportation backbone of the National Capital Region (NCR). The Metro rail scenario in the entire nation has undergone a massive transformation in the last six years. buy desyrel online medstaff.englewoodhealth.org/wp-content/languages/new/desyrel.html no prescription
While in 2014, only 248 kilometres of Metro lines were operational in five cities, presently 702 kilometres of Metro lines are operational in 18 cities in India. In the days to come, over a thousand kilometres of new lines shall be added and about 27 cities in the country will have Metro connectivity. By 2022, when the nation celebrates its 75th Independence Day, India will have a combined Metro network of over a thousand kilometres which will carry more than a crore passengers every day.
LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) Janak Kumar Garg inspected Lucknow Metro Janak Kumar Garg who is looking after the charge of Safety of all the Metro Railway of North India viz. DMRC, NCRTC, Noida Metro, Jaipur Metro, UP Metro, MP Metro, Bihar Metro etc inspected Lucknow Metro.
“He started his inspection from CCS Airport Metro Station. He inspected metro stations for different safety arrangements and facilities for passengers and then proceeded to Transport Nagar Metro depot. He reviewed Lucknow Metro Workshop, Metro Training Centre, Operation Control Centre and safety performance of Lucknow Metro”, a statement said.
“UPMRC’s senior officials including Shri Sushil Kumar, Director (Operations), Shri Atul Kumar Garg, Director (Rolling Stock) and General Managers of Operations, Civil, Rolling Stock, Traction and S&T departments. He expressed his delight over excellent safety performance by Lucknow Metro and complemented efforts of UPMRC in adopting new techniques and systems to improve safety in operations and maintenance”, it added.
“The CMRS then inspected and travelled in the driving cab of Metro Train from Transportnagar Metro station to Hazratganj metro station and inspected track safety including all other safety aspects of metro stations, passenger safety, track safety, track structure, electrical systems etc. He also interacted with Train Operators, Station Controllers and checked their safety awareness and was satisfied with their response”, an official said.
“The inspection was followed by a meeting with Shri Kumar Keshav, MD/UPMRC at UPMRC Administrative Building, Gomtinagar in which various safety aspects in upcoming projects of Kanpur and Agra Metros were discussed. He expressed his happiness on excellent progress of the ongoing metro projects and the approach being taken for passenger safety and facilities in these projects”, the statement added.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The operations on the Delhi Metro network stepped into adulthood yesterday, as DMRC completed 18 years of commencing passenger operations since the year 2002. On the 24th of December, 2002, operations on the 8.4 kilometres long Shahdara – Tis Hazari section was flagged off and passenger services were started from the next day. Since then the Delhi Metro has emerged as one of the fastest-growing metro networks in the world both in terms of ridership as well as network length. In fact, with a network of 390 kilometres spanning 11 lines, today the Delhi Metro is among the largest Metro networks anywhere in the world. The expansion of the network has also been among the fastest in the world, as more than 380 kilometres of new lines have been added since 2002. During the pre-covid times, about 65 lakh journeys were being performed on weekdays on the Delhi Metro making it the mass transportation backbone of the National Capital Region (NCR). Today, about 350 trainsets operate on the Delhi Metro system for 18 hours a day and perform more than 5,000 trips across the 285 stations on the network maintaining consistent punctuality of over 99.9 per cent. The impeccable punctuality rate of the Delhi Metro has remained consistent ever since the commencement of operations and has not been dented by the massive expansion in the scale of operations. buy strattera online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/fonts/en/strattera.html no prescription
Having set high benchmarks in construction as well as operations, DMRC is now working on developing indigenous technologies in line with the Government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ by indigenous development of many systems/ sub-systems of Metro. In March, the services of the Delhi Metro were halted for the first time ever to curb the spread of the Coronavirus virus pandemic. This crisis was turned into an opportunity by DMRC’s Operations and Maintenance team as a number of important maintenance and overhaul activities were taken up and completed, which otherwise would have been difficult to execute when the services were operational. The HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems of the trains were cleaned to ensure consistent cooling. In addition, large scale renovation work was executed on the Dilshad Garden – Rithala Red Line corridor as it is DMRC’s oldest corridor. Subsequently, from 7th September 2020, the services were resumed in a graded manner following all Covid protocols.
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Panamkutty Bridge, being constructed by Kochi Metro Rail Limited is nearing completion. The construction of the main bridge is over and sidewalls of the bridge are currently under construction. Tarring of the road and painting will be carried out in the coming days. KMRL issued the work order in October 2019 and started the construction of the bridge in November 2019. “Even amidst the covid constraints, KMRL has managed to complete the construction on time. Once the tarring and other allied works are completed the bridge will be opened for public.” said Additional Chief Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma IAS, MD KMRL.
The Phase I (A) Extension of Kochi Metro consists of two works, first from Petta to SN Junction including 2 Stations viz Vadakkekotta and SN Junction & Panamkutty Bridge. KMRL is constructing the bridge as part of its preparatory works in the Phase I Extension from Petta to Thrippunithura. KMRL is constructing an additional two-lane Bridge with a footpath which will make the stretch into a Four-lane corridor (two bridges) once completed.
The bridge consists of 5 spans. The total length including approach road is 250m in which around 70m is across Poorna River. Approximate cost of construction is Rs 17.2 Cr.
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CHANDIGARH (Metro Rail News): The Haryana cabinet recently approved the implementation of the Delhi-Panipat Corridor of Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS). It will have a total length of 103.02 km with 17 stations on the corridor. “The construction and commissioning of the RRTS will be undertaken in two stages Sarai Kale Khan to Murthal, including Murthal depot (58.28 km), and Murthal to Panipat, including Panipat depot (44.74 km)” read a Statement. “The project will enable efficient and effective movement of a large number of people into vastly congested places and provide important links for residents of urban/sub-urban nodes in Haryana to access services and facilities in towns and cities of the region while bringing and accelerating economic development of these urban nodes”, it further added. The cabinet also approved to permit purchasable FAR of up to 1.25 within the project influence zone in Haryana. Since the sale of purchasable FAR is directly attributed to the development of the RRTS, it has been decided that 80 per cent of the revenue to be realised from the sale of additional FAR for the designated mixed-use areas will be shared with the RRTS project according to a news report.
