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Second Trial Run Conducted between PCMC and Phugewadi by Maharashtra Metro

04/01/2021

PUNE (Metro Rail News): The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) on Sunday conducted a trial run on a 6-km-long stretch between the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and the Phugewadi stations. The priority stretch falls on the PCMC-Swargate metro corridor.

A year ago in January 2020, the first trial run was held between PCMC and Sant Tukaram Nagar, a stretch spanning one km. The work on the stretch was expected to finish around April-May this year but was delayed by the Covid-induced lockdown. The train for the trial run consisted of three coaches and left the PCMC station at 1.30 pm and reached the Phugewadi station at 2 pm on Sunday.
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The trials are being held by the MMRCL to test various parameters of the project. Metro officials said that work for constructing the viaduct, laying tracks and installing the overhead traction cable network between the two stations has been completed. The trains that will ply in Pune will have three coaches and the capacity to hold between 950 and 970 passengers. One coach will be reserved for women. All coaches of the train are interconnected to facilitate movement from one coach to another. The trains are made of stainless steel and can run at a maximum speed of 90 kmph.

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Elevated Metro Stations of Chennai Metro Phase-2 to Have Platform Screen Doors

M K Rai

04/01/2021

Delhi Metro to HC says Platform Screen Doors Not Possible At all Stations — Image for representation.

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): All elevated stations in the 118.9km phase-2 network will have platform screen doors (PSD) to prevent commuters from crossing or jumping on to the tracks according to official sources at CMRL.
Metro rail will construct 80 elevated stations to link a nearly 76km stretch in three corridors in the phase. In that, construction for a portion of the line on corridor-4 between Power House in Kodambakkam and Poonamallee may begin in 2021.
The detailed project report for the phase-2 project said while underground stations will have full platform screen doors from the platform to the ceiling, elevated stations will have half-height PSDs.

“PSDs are mainly provided at metro stations to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers,” the report said. And one of the major reasons, metro rail, said was, “It prevents accidental falls from the platform onto the lower track area, suicide attempts and homicides by pushing.” Phase-2 will have 48 underground stations covering nearly 43km according to a news report by TOI.

Other advantages of installing PSDs include preventing accidents when service trains pass through stations at high speeds, reduces the wind felt by passengers caused by piston effect which could in some circumstances make people fall over the tracks. The doors cut power consumptions in underground stations by preventing air-conditioned air from escaping and improve the sound quality of platform announcements as background noise from the tunnels and trains are reduced.

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Land acquisition for Patna Metro depot to start soon

M K Rai

03/01/2021

PATNA (Metro Rail News): The process of land acquisition for the Patna Metro depot near Patliputra ISBT at Mauza Pahadi on Patna- Gaya Road would begin soon. The Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC) has identified a 76-acre plot and its social impact assessment would start within a week. District land acquisition officer, Pankaj Patel has said to a news agency.

“The PMRC needed 76 acres in Pahadi and Ranipur area. Once the social impact assessment is done, which will take around 45-days, we will start the process,” Patel said.

The depot will consist of two workshop bays with provision for two in the future, two inspection bays with provision for two in the future, 8 stabling lines which can accommodate 32 three-coach trains, and auto-coach washing plant. The administrative area will consist of an auditorium, training school, canteen and operational control centre.

Senior officials in the urban development and housing department said the construction work of ISBT rail depot would be complete before the priority corridor between New Patliputra ISBT and Malahi Pakri under the Corridor I.

Earlier, two depots were proposed, however, due to some changes in metro alignment, the Aitwarpur depot was dropped.
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Now, both the corridors have one depot near ISBT,” the officials said.

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RRTS Trains to Run On Indigenous Tracks

M K Rai

03/01/2021

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The high-speed Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor will see trains that are designed to move at 180kmph. The tracks required to support such high-speed train movement will not only be state of the art but also indigenous.

The corridor, which will go via Ghaziabad, Duhai and Modi Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, will be India’s first RRTS facility. “The 82km corridor will connect Meerut to Delhi in less than an hour and civil construction has been going at a rapid pace,” said a spokesperson of National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC).
“RRTS will mark many firsts in terms of technology in the country. It will have unique ballastless tracks suitable for the high-speed design of 180kmph.
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The ballastless-track technology is currently not available in the country,” he said.

NCRTC said a track slab factory was being constructed in the Shatabdi Nagar casting yard in Meerut and would be completed in six months. “It will start production to meet the target of operationalising the 17km priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai by 2023 and the full corridor by 2025,” according to a news report.

The construction of all four stations in the priority section — Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar and Duhai — and that of the Duhai depot are on. “The formation of viaduct has gained momentum with six launching gantries working round the clock and another two will be made operational soon,” he said, adding that all system and sub-system contracts were being implemented.

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Shimla Toy Train booked to full capacity, Expected to run till January 31

M K Rai

03/01/2021

SHIMLA (Metro Rail News): Citing favourable tourist season, the Ambala division has extended the Himalayan Queen Kalka-Shimla toy train till January 31. The two toy trains – Himalayan Queen and Vistadome Him Darshan Express are getting an overwhelming response and are being booked till January 10.

“The Himalayan Queen was resumed from October 20 onwards after closure for seven months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Vistadome Him Darshan Express was back on the tracks on December 16,” Kalka station superintendent Gokul Singh was stated saying.

However, the trains did not get good response initially, but as the days passed, Himalayan Queen picked up and by December 31, it was jam-packed. Gokul said the Himalayan Queen has seven bookings in the waiting till January 4.

“The Ambala division has extended the Himalayan Queen operations till January 31, which was earlier till December 31. The train acquired full occupancy in the last week of December and is booked till January 10”, he further added.

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Driverless Operations On Delhi Metro’s Pink Line By Mid 2021

M K Rai

02/01/2021

1609157522254110001_attach_138284503227080180 — The Driverless Metro Train of DMRC

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday announced that Pink Line will also have driverless operations by mid of 2021.”

After starting driverless services on the 37 km long Magenta Line (Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden), another major corridor of the Delhi Metro, the 59 km long Pink Line (Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar) will also have driverless operations by the mid of 2021,” DMRC tweeted.
In December last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first-ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden).
After both lines become driverless, Delhi Metro will have a driverless network length of about 94 kilometres, which will be approximately nine per cent of the world’s total driverless metro network.
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The Delhi Metro currently operates on a network of about 390 kilometres with 285 stations spanning 11 corridors (including Noida-Greater Noida).

–ANI

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New lines between Thane and Diva to help 100 more CSMT-Kalyan locals

M K Rai

02/01/2021

Indian Railways/Representational Image — Representational Image only

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Passengers travelling on the Central Railway’s mainline between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Kalyan station can expect around 100 new local train services.
“This will be made possible as work on the fifth and sixth railway line corridors between Thane and Diva railway stations is expected to be completed this year. Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has completed the work of laying 17 of the 20-km-long tracks for the additional railway lines between Thane and Diva railway stations”, according to a news report.
After the completion of the railway lines along with the segregation of outstation trains at Kalyan yard, 100 new local train services are likely to be introduced between CSMT and Kalyan station.
The girder-placing for a flyover at Mumbra, required for the construction of the railway lines, has been undertaken by MRVC and will be launched by the second week of this month. The work for the flyover is expected to be completed by February.
“The work on the railway lines between Thane and Diva stations is nearing completion and we’re aiming to complete it by June. Work on 31 minor and three major bridges, platforms and foot overbridges are also being completed,” an official was stated saying.

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Singapore and Malaysia Terminate High-Speed Rail Project

M K Rai

02/01/2021

HSR — Image for representation purpose only copyright: respective Authority

SINGAPORE (Metro Rail News): A multi-billion-dollar high-speed rail link between Singapore and Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur has been terminated. The two countries were unable to reach an agreement on the project after Malaysia sought changes because of the pandemic’s economic impact, according to a joint statement Friday. Malaysia will have to compensate Singapore for costs already incurred, the city-state’s transport ministry said in a separate statement.

The announcement came just after a Dec. 31 deadline for the second and final extension of the suspension of the project, which was first mooted a decade ago and given the green light in 2013. In June, the Southeast Asian neighbours had agreed to put the development, which has already incurred multiple suspensions, on hold again amid a discussion around costs.

The on-again, off-again 350-kilometre high-speed rail link would have cut travel time between the centres down to about 90 minutes versus more than four hours by car. Although flying between the two only takes about an hour, that’s a lot longer once airport check-in and security is taken into account.
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The service was due to start in 2026.“In light of the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the Malaysian economy, the Government of Malaysia had proposed several changes to the HSR project,” according to the joint statement by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Malaysia had proposed changes in the project structure, alignment and station design as well as advancing the start of construction by two years to give a boost to the economy battered by the pandemic, Malaysian Economy Minister Mustapa Mohamed said in a separate statement

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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Launches IRCTC’s Upgraded E-Ticketing Website

M K Rai

01/01/2021

OTP Based Refund against Cancelled Ticket or Fully Waitlisted Dropped Ticket Booked by IRCTC Authorised Agents — Image for representation.

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday launched an upgraded version of the e-ticketing website of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which has personalized features.

“The Railways is committed to serving the nation, and constantly working to augment its services to further improve the rail travel experience. This upgraded e-ticketing platform for booking online Railway tickets will enhance passenger convenience”, he said.

He said the IRCTC should continue to work towards constantly improving the website and ensure that is second to none in the world as per the digital India mission and vision of the prime minister. In 2014, the Next Generation E-ticketing (NGeT) system was launched to provide seamless e-ticketing services – higher booking loads and a better user interface, through IRCTC.

The upgraded e-ticketing website and App will provide the next level of services and experience to rail users, a statement said.

“The railway customer has been the focus of the design of this new world-class website for booking of rail tickets. Novel user personalization features linked to the user login have been incorporated for the first time ever, along with customizations for seamless travel experience, one-stop train selection for booking, and integrated booking for meal and accommodation with tickets,” the statement added.

“This will greatly reduce the hassle in searching for stations and also save time in ticket booking. There will be simpler checking of the refund status on the user accounts page.
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Earlier this feature was not easily accessible.’ Regular’ or ‘Favorite’ journeys can be booked easily by automatically entering relevant details,” it added.

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L&T To Get Contract for Rishikesh-Karnaprayag Rail Line’s Package 4

M K Rai

01/01/2021

Rishikesh-Karnaprayag broad gauge Rail line — Image for representation.

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Larsen & Toubro has recently emerged as the lowest bidder for a bigger tunnelling work on the ongoing 125 km long Rishikesh-Karnaprayag railway line with 12 stations on the route. The Railway line will ease up connectivity in the state of Uttarakhand.
“Package 4 connects chainage 47.360 with 63.118 and will be constructed using at least two tunnel boring machines (TBM), with some NATM work involved. Besides a 15.1 km tunnel (number 8), it includes a 240m embankment for Devprayag Station, a 300m embankment at Janasu and one minor bridge”, according to a news report.
The Implementing agency Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) invited bids for the package in February last year. The package has a deadline of 5 years with an estimated cost of Rs. 3853.48 crores.

Financial Bid Values:
Larsen & Toubro – Rs. 3337.60 crores

Gulermak – Rs. 3484.34 crores

Afcons Infrastructure – Rs 3790.80 crores

Megha Engineering and Infrastructure (MEIL) – Rs. 4019.93 crores

The Scope of the work includes Construction of tunnels, formation, construction shaft and other ancillary works from chainage 47 plus 360 to 63 plus 117 km with TBM and NATM under Package-4 in connection with new BG line between and Karanprayag in Uttarakhand.

The contract has not yet been awarded officially to L&T but it is hopeful of getting the contract being the lowest bidder for the project as per sources.

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