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Union Home Minister Lays The Foundation Stone of Chennai Metro Phase 2 Project

21/11/2020

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Union Home Minister today remotely inaugurated the foundation stone for the city’s 118.9 km Phase 2 project which will feature 3 new metro lines, 127 stations and 2 train maintenance depots.
The project was approved by Tamil Nadu state government’s cabinet in 2019 at an estimated cost of Rs. 69,180 crore and the Central Government’s cabinet approval is currently pending. Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) is in advanced discussions with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to fund part of Line-3 & Line-5, with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to fund part of Line-4 & Line-5, and with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to fund part of Line-3 and Line-4.
Preliminary groundwork also started to develop the site for Villivakkam Station on Line-5. This is not the start of civil work for the station’s construction (its tender notice is currently pending), and just involves the relocation of a sewage pumping station and construction of a compound wall, panel room, DG room etc.

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Symbroj Media publishes November 2020 Edition of Metro Rail News Magazine

Metro Rail News

21/11/2020

Symbroj Media has successfully published the November Edition of it’s esteemed publication, Metro Rail News Magazine.
In this Issue of Metro Rail News Magazine, we are featuring the Rails manufactured by JSPL in our Cover Story.
We are bringing to you the Exclusive Interviews of Mr. V.R. Sharma, MD, JSPL. It is also featuring a special interaction with Mr. Ramesh Munot – Director – Mandev Tubes Pvt.Ltd and an interview with Mr Mayank Agarwal, Head of Operations, Rapido.

The magazine is bringing information about two MRTS Projects namely Visakhapatnam Metro and Vijayawada Metro.

Our featured Articles include “Technology and Climate Change in Urban Transport”, “Smart Trains and connected Urban Rail” and “Improved Public Transport and Inclusive Mobility”.

We are bringing detailed information about DTS System, ATO, ATP, ATS and EI Systems through our ‘Focused System’ section.
On this occasion, Mr Narendra Shah, Managing Editor of Metro Rail News Magazine said, “We are delighted to bring out this special edition of the magazine in the auspices month of Diwali. As a Media Firm, we are not only confined to News publication but we are becoming a gateway for the businesses of Rail and Metro Sector”.

“We hope you like the magazine and it gets your love and support like previous ones”, said Mrs Priyanka Sahu, Director of Business Development at Symbroj Media Pvt Ltd.

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Children from Vigyan Foundation Enjoy a Ride in Lucknow Metro

M K Rai

20/11/2020

IMG-20201121-WA0002 — Children inside a Metro Coach.

LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): A group of around 30 children from Vigyan Foundation today took Lucknow Metro’s joy ride along with their teachers and staff of Vigyan Foundation. Enroute their journey, the enthusiastic children couldn’t take their eyes off the bird’s eye view of the city that the metro ride offered.
The children took a two-way metro ride between Sachivalaya and Munshipulia Metro station. It was the first time after the Covid-19 crisis that metro staff had arranged such a joyful event for the children. A drawing competition was also organized for the children of Vigyan Foundation at Sachivalaya Metro station in which 1st, 2nd and 3rd position holders (winners) were awarded special gifts along with consolation prizes for other participants.

IMG 20201121 WA0001 — Children during the visit.

The beaming children were all smiles as they posed for pictures in front of the ‘Art Wall’ at Sachivalaya Metro station and toured the vibrant concourse. Metro staff also provided them some refreshments. Children thanked the metro staff for making their first journey in Lucknow Metro a memorable one.

Shri Sushil Kumar, Director (Operations), UPMRC interacted with students of Vigyan Foundation and said.” Lucknow Metro has always taken by the social responsibility to provide the best passenger service to the people of Lucknow since its inception. On the humanitarian front, we organize special activities for the underprivileged, needy and special factions of society. We also give the opportunity to the kids, children & students to experience the facilities of our world-class Metro system. Today the children actively participated in the competition with full enthusiasm and vigour and we will continue to motivate them to perform even better in upcoming events. The drawings of today’s winners will be showcased and displayed at one of our Metro stations for the public. Lucknow Metro is the safest mode of travel and continues to provide seamless connectivity and convenient commuting experience to the people of Lucknow.”

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New Development Bank (NDB) Signs Loan Agreement for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS

M K Rai

20/11/2020

New Development Bank (NDB) approved USD 500 million (Approx. Rs. 3,700 crores) for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Project.

RRTS will enable a modal shift in favor of public transport leading to a significant reduction in pollution and congestion.

Civil Construction work is in progress on more then 50 km of the 82-km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor.

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): A loan agreement for USD 500 million (Approx. Rs. 3,700 crores) was signed today between Government of India and New Development Bank (NDB) for funding the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor. The project agreement was signed by MoHUA, NCRTC, and NDB. The signatories of the agreement were Shri. Baldeo Purushartha, Joint Secretary (IPF&OMI), Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India, Shri Janardan Prasad, Director/Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, Shri Vinay Kumar Singh, Managing Director, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) and Mr Xian Zhu, VP & Chief Operations Officer, NDB (Mr Zhu, signed the agreement digitally). The proceeds of this loan will be utilized to finance rolling stock, signalling system, operational structures, residences for operational staff, train control & telecommunication system and other miscellaneous works of the corridor.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Vinay Kumar Singh, Managing Director, NCRTC, said, “NCRTC is committed towards Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat. This is a unique multilateral funding arrangement that allows Make in India provision in procurements. This loan agreement with NDB will be a shot in the arm for NCRTC’s efforts of developing the indigenous capacity to create a new age infrastructure for the New India. With features like multi-modal integration and interoperability, RRTS will lead to polycentric development and significantly curb pollution and congestion in NCR by providing fast, reliable, secure, and all-weather connectivity.”

The RRTS project will develop an efficient and sustainable regional passenger transport system and reduce congestion by offering the public the alternative of settling in surrounding cities and being able to commute to Delhi through fast, reliable, safe, and comfortable public transportation system. Implementation of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor will enable a modal shift in favour of public transport. It is expected that the share of public transport will move from 37% to 63% in the region, which ultimately helps in curbing congestion and pollution significantly.

The 82 km Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut RRTS corridor with a project cost of Rs. 30274 crores will be co-financed under the parallel financing arrangement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Earlier in September this year, a loan agreement of USD 500 million was signed with ADB for funding the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor.

The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor will have a total of 24 stations and will be elevated for around 70.5 km and 11.5 km of its stretch will be underground. Civil construction work is in progress on more than 50 km of this 82 km long corridor. The 17-km long priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai of this corridor is scheduled to commence operations in 2023, the entire corridor will be opened to the public by 2025.
RRTS project will have many state-of-the-art technologies suitable for a design speed of 180 kmph such as ETCS Level-2 signalling systems, ballastless tracks, track fastening systems, and 100% made in India rolling stock. These technologies will be used in the country for the first time. The RRTS rolling stock is being designed and manufactured in Savli, Gujarat under Make-in-India initiative of the Government of India. Not only this, all three Phase-I RRTS corridors, Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut, Delhi-Gurugram-SNB-Alwar and Delhi-Panipat, will converge at Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi and will be interoperable. The RRTS stations will be seamlessly integrated with nearby transport modes such as Metro Stations, ISBTs, Railway Stations, and airports. This clean and green rail-based system will set a benchmark for similar future projects.

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Cheaper Metro Neo May Replace MetroLite

M K Rai

18/11/2020

Metrolite Corridor — Image for representation.

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Delhi is likely to become one of the first major cities in the country to have a “Metro Neo” corridor, which is a rail-guided urban transport system with rubber-tyred electric coaches powered by an overhead traction system running on elevated or at-grade sections. The light transit system, which costs about 20-25% of a Metro and also has lower maintenance costs, is likely to come up between Kirti Nagar and Bamnoli near Dwarka, where a MetroLite corridor was proposed last year.
“While MetroLite also has a lower carrying capacity compared with Delhi Metro, it is a rail-based system and costs 40% of a Metro system. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had not only prepared a detailed project report (DPR) but also floated tenders for procuring MetroLite coaches”, a news report said.
“For the Kirti Nagar-Bamnoli corridor, a decision was taken by DMRC’s board of directors to explore the possibility of implementing the Metro Neo technology and get a DPR prepared for it,” Mr Anuj Dayal, executive director (corporate communications), DMRC was stated saying.
“Further modifications may be made to the technical specifications of the rolling stock as well as other allied requirements for this corridor.
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Therefore, the tender for procurement of 29 MetroLite trains has been cancelled. The tender may be floated again based on changes in technical specifications in the future,” he was further stated saying.
While the 19km Kirti Nagar-Bamnoli MetroLite project was pegged at Rs 2,673 crore, the cost of a Metro Neo corridor would be around Rs 2,000 crore. The standalone corridor would connect Kirti Nagar interchange station, where Blue (Dwarka-Noida City Centre) and Green (Inder Lok-Brig Hoshiar Singh) lines of Delhi Metro meet with the high-speed Airport Express Line, which is also being extended from Dwarka Sector 21 to Dwarka ECC near Bamnoli.

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Chennai Metro Issues Tender for Feeder Services Operator

M K Rai

18/11/2020

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): Chennai Metro Rail Limited has floated a tender looking for a firm that can operate a uniform feeder service across its existing 32 phase-1 stations and eight phase-1 extension stations, providing commuters with first and last-mile connectivity.
This comes after CMRL discontinued operations of share auto and feeder cab services in 13 stations following complaints from commuters. The move also comes at a time when CMRL’s 45km phase-1 line is recording only 25% of its pre-Covid average daily patronage, apart from the 9km phase-1 extension line in north Chennai getting ready for commercial operations by early 2021.

The schedule of feeder service operations will be in consonance with the metro train time table. “The feeder vehicles to and fro from the metro stations are to be operated around a 5km radius,” said an official. The selected operator will be given a license to run their vehicle for a period of two years.
Since the resumption of train services on September 7, metro rail’s daily average patronage has grown by 53%. From 14,798 in September, which is now at an average 22,685 in November though it is still 25% of Metrorail pre-covid daily average patronage, which was 1.
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16 lakhs. More people would opt to use metro trains when a uniform feeder service is launched that could take passengers from metro stations to their destination and back.
Before the lockdown, CMRL was operating share-auto and cab services in 13 stations on a trial basis. They also operated an app-based cab service in eight stations, which was later planned to be extended to all stations. But officials said the contract was terminated following poor performance and feedback from commuters.

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IRCTC cancels Tejas trains a month after resuming ops citing low occupancy

M K Rai

18/11/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd on Tuesday announced that it will cancel its fleet of Tejas Express trains from next week, due to low occupancy.
The Lucknow-New Delhi-Lucknow and Ahmedabad-Mumbai Ahmedabad Tejas Express will remain cancelled from 23, 24 November respectively, a senior government official said.
“The trains will be cancelled due to low occupancy. The occupancy rate has been less than 25%. The trains have been cancelled till further notice,” the government official was stated saying.
IRCTC had restarted operation of Tejas Express trains from October 17, after a hiatus of seven months, to cater to the need of the growing passenger demand, ahead of the festive season.
Due to the outbreak of covid-19, operation of Tejas trains were temporarily suspended from 19 March, less than a year after it was launched as India’s first corporate train. Last year, the railway ministry allowed IRCTC to run Tejas Express–touted to be a train run by an entity other than Indian Railways. The operation of the first corporate train–Lucknow-Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express–started on 4 October 2019, while the Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Ahmedabad train hit the rails on 19 January.“The occupancy remained low despite all the safety protocol followed in these trains. Before March, the occupancy was 70% in the case for the Delhi-Lucknow route and around 80% in case of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route,” another government official said.
“On getting approval from the ministry of railways to again start the operation of the two popular corporate trains, IRCTC is making all-round preparations to ensure that the trains once started to match the expectation of the people in terms of levels of services and safety and health protocols amidst the ongoing pandemic. Every alternate seat will be kept vacant following the social distancing norms for the initial period,” IRCTC had said in October.

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Six Firms Submit Bids For Electrification Contract Of Patna Metro

M K Rai

18/11/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Six firms have submitted tenders (bids) for substation and cabling works of Patna Metro’s 30.91 km Phase 1 project after the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) opened tenders yesterday for Package PE-01.
This is Patna Metro’s very first systems-related package of Phase 1 which will feature two mostly-elevated lines with 24 stations including 2 interchanges at Khemni Chak and Patna Junction Railway Station.
It is also the first of multiple electrification-work related packages. The next tender notice for electrification works, which is yet to be published, will be for its 25-kV overhead equipment (OHE), 33-kV auxiliary power supply system, and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. DMRC has set an estimated cost of Rs 116.74 crore with a completion period of 36 months.
The Bidders are Kanohar Electricals Ltd., Kanti Prasad Mittal, KEC International Ltd., Linxon India Pvt. Ltd., Siemens Ltd., Sterling and Wilson Pvt. Ltd.
The Scope of the work includes Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Receiving cum Traction (RSS + TSS) and Auxiliary Main Substation (ASS) including High Voltage Cabling from Grid Substation for Patna Metro Rail Project.

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Travel With Your Cycles Inside Metro: Here is All You Need To Know

M K Rai

17/11/2020

KOCHI (Metro Rail News): Kochi Metro has decided to permit the commuters to carry their cycles inside the metro. The decision came in the wake of the increase in usage of cycles in the city. The service is completely free of charge.
Initially Kochi Metro will permit cycles from six stations. The entry is allowed at Changampuzha Park Metro Station, Palarivattom, Town Hall, Ernakulam South, Maharaja’s College and Elamkulam metro stations. At present, the entry and exit will be limited to these six stations. Kochi Metro will consider the passenger turnout and if there is a huge demand the service will be extended to all stations.
“We have permitted cycles inside the metro to promote End-To-End connectivity with the non-motorised mode of transport and also to encourage a healthy lifestyle. People are aware of the importance of fitness and exercise. This will encourage people to use cycles for their daily commute.” said Additional Chief Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma IAS, MD KMRL.
The cyclists can use elevators at the station. The staff will facilitate the entry to the trains. The commuters can keep their cycles at both ends of the train.
Meanwhile Kochi Metro as part of enhancing last-mile connectivity has started feeder service from Kalamassery to Kakkanad. The service will be available from Kalamassery Metro Station to Collectorate. This will help people to visit Collectorate at Kakkanad for all their works using seamless connectivity of Metro and feeder services. The shuttle service will start from Kalamassery Metro Station at 9:30 am. The service will start at Kakkanad at 5 pm. At present one Tempo Traveller is arranged in association with Chalo, a service provider.
Kochi Metro has started auto-rickshaw service at Vyttila Metro station also. Metro has identified 12 routes from Vyttila for the benefit of Metro passengers.

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Some Bengaluru Metro Stations to Remain Inaccessible from November 17-19

M K Rai

17/11/2020

BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): Bangalore metro will not operate at a few stations from November 17-19. GreenLine services between RV Road and Yelachenahalli will remain suspended. The pre-commissioning works of the line’s southern extension, the Reach 4B project will be done during this period. Trains will run between Nagasandra and RV Road from 7 AM to 9 PM. Reach 4B will have an extended metro line between RV Road and Anjanapura.

According to a statement issued by the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited, train services will resume at 7 AM on November 20. The Commissioner of Railway Safety would inspect the operations of the metro rail for Reach 4B between RV Road and Anjanapura on November 18 and 19, according to BMCRL officials.
According to an official, the construction has been completed and the extended line will soon be ready for operations. The inspection will include analysing the civil, signalling and telecommunication infrastructure, the electrical systems and safety measures.

The Commissioner for Railway Safety will assess whether the safety standards have been met. Ajay Seth, MD, BMCRL was reported saying. “The inspection authority may give feedback and those systems will have to be fixed. It is not necessary that the approvals will be given after the first inspection.”

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