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NHSRCL Invites Bids for Delhi-Amritsar High-Speed Rail Corridor

06/12/2020

A New Contract signed for building HSR stations in Sabarmati and Ahmedabad — Image Representation | Photo Copyrighted: NHSRCL

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has invited online open e-tenders from eligible applicants for alignment design including aerial LiDAR survey and other infrastructure-related works for Delhi-Amritsar high-speed rail corridor project. The total length of the high-speed rail corridor will be 459 km.

The development of the high-speed rail corridor will reduce the travel time between New Delhi and Amritsar significantly. The last date for the submission of the bids is 28 December 2020 and the bids will be opened on 29 December 2020. Meanwhile, Seventy-two per cent of contracts of the bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will be undertaken by domestic firms as part of the railways’ efforts to boost ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, Chairman of the Railway Board V K Yadav said on Friday. Of the estimated cost of ₹1.10 lakh crore for the 508-km-long high-speed rail corridor project, ₹88,000 crores will be given to India as a loan by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

“After a very detailed discussion with the Japanese government, we have made 72 per cent of the entire contract value open to Indian contractors which includes all civil engineering work including bridges, under-sea tunnel related contracts, whereas contracts for Japanese contractors are only limited to signal and telecom, initial rolling stock and electrical works,” Mr Yadav said.

“The Railways is going to achieve this objective of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ in a big way and the most important thing is that the Railways is developing infrastructure in an integrated manner in such a way that we will be able to take care of traffic requirements till 2050,” he said. The chairman said that the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is getting delayed due to land acquisition.

In Gujarat, 90 per cent of land has already been acquired and the remaining 10 per cent will be available by December 31.
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. “The Railways is going to achieve this objective of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ in a big way and the most important thing is that the Railways is developing infrastructure in an integrated manner in such a way that we will be able to take care of traffic requirements till 2050,” Mr Yadav said

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Kolkata Metro to run 204 train services from December 7 Onwards

M K Rai

06/12/2020

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): To enhance passenger convenience, the Kolkata Metro has decided to run additional services and extend timings of its services from 7 December. The Metro Railway in the city will now run 204 daily services instead of 190 services from Monday to Saturday starting 7 December.

Taking to Twitter, Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways wrote, “People of Kolkata can rejoice as from 7th December, metro to increase services to 204 from Monday to Saturday.” He also wrote, “Further enhancing passenger convenience, there will also be an extension of timings & easier travel with services being available every 7 minutes during peak hours” in a tweet.

The first service will start from both ends i.e. from Dum Dum and Kavi Subhash at 7 am instead of 8 am and from Noapara at 7.09 am instead of 8.09 am. From Monday onwards, the last train service will leave Kavi Subhash and Dum Dum at 21.30 hours instead of 21.00 hours and from Noapara at 21.25 hours instead of 20.55 hours, according to an official statement. Metro rail services will be available in every 7 minutes during morning and evening peak hours.

Senior citizens, ladies and kids below 15 years will not be required to produce e-passes throughout the day. For all other passengers, e-passes will not be required between 7 am and 8.30 am, and 8 pm onwards. However, tokens will not be issued due to the pandemic, and travellers are required to make use of smart cards.

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Rush increases for Shimla toy train after it resumes services

M K Rai

06/12/2020

SHIMLA (Metro Rail News): Kalka-Shimla toy train has resumed its service after around seven months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, passengers are lining up to reach Shimla through the 90-km-long British-era narrow gauge railway track. The resumption of Kalka Shatabdi Express on December 3 has also boosted the train traffic.

Railway officials hope that the rush of passengers will increase in the coming days. Passengers coming directly from Delhi prefer to go to Shimla on the toy train. Tickets for the toy train are available through online booking and at the Kalka railway station.

“The response to the toy train is not like previous years when the situation was normal. Rush has started increasing. It will increase further once there is snowfall in Shimla, which generally occurs around December 25. Last week, 115 seats out of 180 were occupied. Today, at least 50 passengers out of 79, who boarded the toy train, Kalka-Shimla Himalayan Queen, arrived through Shatabdi at Kalka railway station. We are preventing overcrowding in the train”, Kalka station superintendent Gokul Kumar was stated saying.

The toy train departs from Kalka Railway station at 12.10 pm. It reaches Shimla railway station at 5.20 pm. The arrival time of Kalka Shatabdi from Delhi at Kalka railway station is 11.45 am. Kalka-Shimla Himalayan Queen was resumed on October 21. Though it was resumed till November 31, it was extended till December 31 keeping in view the increasing rush and festival season. The train has seven coaches with carrying capacity of at least 180 passengers. The Railway officials maintained that there are certain days when the number of passengers reaches 115. Initially, the number was very low.

The 96-km-long Kalka-Shimla narrow gauge track is the UNESCO-protected site. There are 102 tunnels on the track between Kalka and Shimla. The toy train halts at 18 small stations en route to Shimla and vice-versa.

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Survey Bids Open For Preparation of DPR for 2365 KM of High-Speed Rail Lines

M K Rai

06/12/2020

Bullet Train Tenders Given To Firms Who Donated To BJP — Image for representation purpose only copyright: respective Authority

The move is going to bring a big revolution in the way of public transit system in India.

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has recently invited bids for conducting a ridership study and carrying out survey work to develop Detailed Project Reports for 2365 km of new High-Speed Rail lines. The tender documents for both are now available for downloads.
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This move is being seen as a very revolutionary step towards the future of High-Speed rails in India. This will also revolutionize the way and design of the entire public transit system of the country. As per the tender document, a study for building 2365 Km of High-Speed Rail tracks are there in the plan.

The scope of the work includes Carrying out Ridership Study (Traffic Study) for DPR of Various HSR Corridors with a deadline of 180 days under the first bid.

Under the second bid, the Scope of the work includes Data Collection and Associated Survey Works for DPR of Various HSR Corridors which are approximately 2365 km long with a deadline of 180 days.

Currently, Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor is under-construction high-speed rail line connecting the cities of Ahmedabad and India’s economic hub Mumbai. A major development in the matter is that the Indian Railways has got all the requisite wildlife, forestry and coastal regulation zone clearances in Gujarat and Maharashtra for the 508-km Ahmedabad-Mumbai High-Speed Rail Corridor, officials said on Tuesday. Addressing a virtual press conference, Railway Board Chairman and CEO, VK Yadav said, “Requisite Wildlife, Forestry and Coastal Regulation Zone clearances in the state of Gujarat and Maharashtra have been obtained.” This will further help in speedy construction of the first-ever bullet train project of the country.

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Railways New Zero-Based Time Table: Complete Details Here

M K Rai

06/12/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Indian Railways may soon introduce ‘Zero-based time table for the smooth operations of both the freight and passengers trains on its network. According to Railway Board Chairman Mr VK Yadav, “The Railways’ new “zero-based timetable” is expected to cut down travel time in long-distance trains between 30 minutes and six hours on an average”.
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“Zero-based time-table will see a dedicated corridor for freight trains and passenger trains. It will bring a paradigm shift in running the freight trains as it would improve the ease of doing business,” he said. It may be noted that improvements in freight movements will be institutionalized and incorporated in the upcoming zero-based time table,” the Railways said.

The zero-based time table initiative, which, inter-alia, includes scheduling of trains based on scientific principles, ensuring adequate corridor blocks for maintenance, increasing throughput by providing freight corridors, improving punctuality, improving utilization of Rolling Stock and providing convenient and efficient services to the passengers. It also includes rationalization of stoppages and trains taking into account the demand, utility for the passengers and commercial viability. One of the aspects of the initiative will be the gradual introduction of the hub and spoke concept with a view to facilitating easy transfers between “hubs” and “spoke” and inter-modal connectivity.

The concept also entails provision of integrated ticketing, access for persons with a disability, leisure facilities, check-in facilities, transfer/transit facilities, and amenities such as travelators, escalators, elevators etc., at identified stations designated as “hubs”.Indian Railways’ idea behind the zero-based time table”The idea is to increase the occupancy of poorly patronised trains and to reduce waitlisting in those trains which are in high demand. Once the timetable is operational, the journey time of long-distance trains will be reduced between half-an-hour and six hours on an average. Under this timetable, the speeds of trains will also increase,” VK Yadav said.

He said that no stoppages or halts will be done away with but that they will merely be rationalised. At present, Indian Railways is running 908 mail express trains as compared to 1,800 trains in the pre-covid era. As many as 20 special trains started from 21 September as clones of trains on high-demand route for waitlisted passengers, and 2,773 suburban services in Mumbai and 843 in Kolkata were introduced last month. In addition, 566 train services were operated from 20 October to 30 November as festival specials.

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DMRC Signs Consultancy Agreement For NMRC’s Phase – II Project

M K Rai

05/12/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporate Limited (DMRC) today signed an agreement with Noida Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRC), under which DMRC will provide services to NMRC as General Consultants (GC)/Project Management Consultants (PMC) for its Phase – II project from Noida Sector – 51 to Greater Noida Sector -2.

The General Consultancy Agreement was signed by Sh. PK Garg, Director, Business Development, DMRC and Sh. Praveen Mishra, Executive Director, NMRC & ACEO, Noida Authority in the presence of senior officials of both DMRC and NMRC. The period of agreement will be for five (05) years.

“As per this agreement, DMRC will assist and guide NMRC in preparation of complete bid documents for various System Packages (RS, Signalling, Telecom, OHE, Track, SCADA, etc.), contract award process, management of system contracts and proper integration of all new line systems with the existing Aqua-Line (N-GN) Metro systems”, the DMRC said in a statement.

“DMRC will also give suggestions to NMRC in Value Engineering and cost optimization for all work contracts along with proof checking and approval of Designs submitted by NMRC’s appointed DDC for Civil and E&M contracts works”, the statement added.

As per the terms in the Contract, DMRC will also be responsible for construction supervision and independent Quality and Safety Monitoring (IQSM) of all Contract Packages (Civil, E&M, and System Contracts), besides Testing and commissioning of the entire systems works and equipment and guiding for regulatory clearances for systems contracts.

DMRC will help NMRC in preparation of Construction, Operation and Maintenance Manuals for the proposed Phase – II corridors. DMRC will also assist NMRC in preparation of all documents needed for CMRS clearance, CMRS inspection and sanction process.

DMRC will also be responsible for planning and arranging training to the personnel of NMRC in Operation, Maintenance and Repair of various equipments and the system as a whole.

The role of NMRC will be to provide all reasonable assistance to DMRC to ensure effective discharge of its responsibilities under this agreement.

NMRC will be responsible for arranging funds for the project and payment to system contractors/consultants upon certification by GC. NMRC will also provide suitable office space in Noida area for GC team.

The Phase – II project of NMRC will be an extension of the Aqua Line from Sector 51 to Greater Noida Sector 2. This corridor is 9.605 km long consisting of five (05) elevated stations namely Noida Sector 122, Noida Sector 123, Greater Noida Sector 4, Ecotech 12 and Greater Noida Sector 2.

NMRC is currently operating the 29.07 km long Aqua-Line from Noida Sector 51 to Greater Noida Depot which consists of 21 elevated stations. The Aqua Line began its passenger services from 26th January 2019.

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PM Modi to Inaugurate Agra Metro Rail Project Virtually on December 7

M K Rai

04/12/2020

NEW DELHI/AGRA (Metro Rail News): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the Agra Metro Rail project on December 7, reports stated on Wednesday. The inauguration ceremony will be attended by the state’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. “The Prime Minister will be virtually inaugurating the project in the presence of the Chief Minister and other dignitaries on December 7. The required arrangements are being made,” Agra District Magistrate Prabhu N Singh was stated saying.

The UP Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRC) has begun preparations in this regard. Ahead of the programme, barricading for the construction of the first corridor is being done on Fatehabad road. The foundation of the first metro rail station will be laid opposite TDI Mall on Fatehabad road. On February 28, 2019, the Union Cabinet had approved the Agra Metro Rail project with two corridors that would connect major public nodes, tourist places, and city cluster areas in Agra.

According to the UPMRC, the Rs 8,379.62 crore Agra Metro Rail project will be a major boost to the urban public transport connectivity in the city. A total of 27 stations will be developed along the 29.4 km rail corridor in the city.

According to the detailed project report (DRP) approved by the Union Cabinet, the Agra Metro Rail project will have two corridors passing through the heart of the city and connecting prominent tourist places, including the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Etmaddulah and Sikandra, as well as major government offices, hospitals and market places. A total of 27 stations will be developed along the 29.4 km rail corridor in the city.

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Chennai metro sees commuter upsurge after Covid-19 Relaxations, Metro Corporation Asks Public to Maintain Social Distancing

M K Rai

03/12/2020

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): The Chennai metro has seen a massive increase in the passenger turnout since the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions have been relaxed. According to a media report, around 8.58 lakh people have used the Chennai Metro Rail.

In September, according to the data from CMRL, more than 3,60,000 people have commuted from via the Chennai metro. The number rose to more than seven lakh in October. Reports suggest that there has been a 65% increase in the commuter turnout since the restrictions were relaxed.
Since September, till today, more than 19 lakh people have travelled by the metro rails.
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In November, over 21,500 people resorted to the newly-launched QR code system for ticketing purposes. This system offers a 20% discount for single and return journeys.

A statement from the Chennai Metro Rail Corporation said that owing to the benefit of the public, all gates of the metro stations have now been opened and the facilities like lifts, subways and escalators have also been made functional inside the metro station.

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“72% of bullet train contracts for Indian companies,” Says Indian Railways

M K Rai

03/12/2020

Most of the high-value technical work like laying of bridges and tunnels will be handled by Indian contractors.

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Seventy-two per cent of contracts of the bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will be undertaken by domestic firms as part of the railways’ efforts to boost ”Aatmanirbhar Bharat”, Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board Mr VK Yadav has recently said.
Most of the high-value technical work like laying of bridges and tunnels will be handled by Indian contractors, while Japanese firms will handle works related to signalling, telecom and rolling stock, he said at a webinar organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (Assocham).
Of the estimated cost of Rs 1.10 lakh crore for the 508-km-long high-speed rail corridor project, Rs 88,000 crore will be given to India as a loan by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
“After a very detailed discussion with the Japanese government, we have made 72% of the entire contract value open to Indian contractors which includes all civil engineering work including bridges, under-sea tunnel related contracts, whereas contracts for Japanese contractors are only limited to signal and telecom, initial rolling stock and electrical works,” Yadav said.
“The Railways is going to achieve this objective of ”Aatmanirbhar Bharat” in a big way and the most important thing is that the Railways is developing infrastructure in an integrated manner in such a way that we will be able to take care of traffic requirements till 2050,” he said.
The chairman said that the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is getting delayed due to land acquisition. In Gujarat, 90 per cent of the required land has already been acquired and the remaining 10% will be available by December 31.

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NMRC Invites Bids Again for Aqua-Line Extension Of Noida Metro

M K Rai

03/12/2020

Relaxation in the COVID restraints increases footfall on the Noida Metro — Image Source: NMRC

NOIDA (Metro Rail News): The Noida Metro Rail Limited (NMRC) has recently invited bids again for the construction of a 9.605 km elevated extension of Noida Metro’s Aqua Line from Noida Sector-51 to Greater Noida Sector-2 through 5 elevated stations.
NMRC had invited tenders for this civil package for first time in May with an estimate of Rs. 430.69 crore, received bids from 3 firms (1 of which was not a construction firm), cancelled the tender in July to seek a better response, re-invited tenders again in September, and then received two bids from Sam India and GR Infraprojects in mid-November.
The Scope of work includes Part Design and Construction of Elevated Viaduct and 5 elevated stations viz NOIDA SEC -122, NOIDA SEC-123 GR. NOIDA SEC-4 ECOTECH-12 GR NOIDA SEC-2 (excluding Architectural finishing Works and PEB works of stations) from Chainage 0.00 m to Chainage 9605 m of Noida -Greater Noida Metro Rail Project.
The estimate Rs. 491.99 crores with a completion period of 24 months. The Pre-bid Meeting will be held on December 3 while the last date for submission of the Tender is December 18.
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This is a new development of the Noida Metro.

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