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Symbroj Media publishes October edition of “Metro Rail News” Magazine

12/10/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Symbroj Media Pvt. Ltd. today published October Edition of its esteemed publication of “Metro Rail News” Magazine. The magazine has been published under the guidance of its Managing Editor, Mr Narendra Shah. The Magazine has been progressing very fast even during the pandemic and it has added significant readership to the magazine during the lockdown period.

The magazine is published every month both in print as well as digital mode. The digital version, as well as the print one of October issue, was launched by Mr Narendra Shah, the Managing Editor of the company and Mrs Priyanka Sahu, the Director of Business Development at the company. The October issue of the magazine discusses different aspects of the Metro sector ranging from the problems it is suffering from today along with the possibilities ahead. The magazine discusses the different things like Economy of Metros along with Future of the Metro Corporations in this edition.

Exclusive interviews of Mr Alain Spohr, Managing Director of Alstom India and Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Managing Director of Kochi Metro Rail Limited have been published in this edition of the magazine. On this occasion, the Managing Director of the Magazine, Mr Narendra Shah said, ” We have been progressing very fast with a rapid pace during these challenging times. Our team has been working hard and we are reaching out to our readers with new things every month. We are planning to bring a few more publications soon in the near future”.

The Metro Rail News brings News to you through different channels including a Web Portal and the Magazine which is printed in hard copy & published through online mode as well. The Metro Rail News platform is a venture of New Delhi based company named Symbroj Media Pvt Ltd. The other ventures of Symbroj group include Symbroj Solar, Inno Metro, Metro Rail Association and Smart Cities News.

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New Development Bank approves funds worth USD 741 for Delhi-Meerut rapid rail & Mumbai Metro

M K Rai

12/10/2020

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NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): New Development Bank, also known as BRICS Bank has approved infrastructure projects worth 741 million dollars in India.
In a press statement, the Shanghai-based bank said that its Board of Directors approved a loan of USD 500 million for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Project and a loan of USD 241 million for Mumbai Metro Rail II (Line 6) Project.
The loan for Delhi NCR region would be used by Government of India for on-lending to the National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC) for construction of a rapid rail corridor connecting the National Capital Territory of Delhi with the cities of Ghaziabad and Meerut located in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The RRTS will have a total length of 82.
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15 km (68.03 km elevated and 14.12 km underground) with 25 stations.

It will have a design speed of 180 km per hour, the maximum operating speed of 160 km per hour and high-frequency operations, which will reduce the journey time from Delhi to Meerut to 60 minutes. The Project will develop an efficient and sustainable regional transport system and reduce congestion in Delhi, by offering people the alternative of settling in surrounding cities and being able to commute to Delhi through a fast, reliable, safe and comfortable public transport system.
The loan for Mumbai Metro will be used by the Government of India for on-lending to the Government of the State of Maharashtra for implementing a metro rail Line 6 with a length of about 14.47 km in the city of Mumbai. Line 6 of Mumbai Metro will provide much needed rail-based connectivity between the western and eastern suburbs and will contribute towards an integrated seamless public transport network in Mumbai. The Project will be implemented by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority.
The NDB is also supporting the implementation of metro lines in Mumbai with length totalling to about 58 km (Line 2 and Line 7) by the financing of the Mumbai Metro Rail Project approved by the NDB in November 2018. “NDB is strongly committed to supporting its member countries in the time of COVID-19, including by providing much needed crisis-related emergency assistance, said Mr Marcos Troyjo, President of the NDB.

The NDB was established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to mobilize resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS countries and other emerging economies and developing countries, complementing the existing efforts of multilateral and regional financial institutions for global growth and development. According to NDB’s General Strategy, sustainable infrastructure development is at the core of the Bank’s operational strategy for 2017-2021.

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NHSRCL invites Bids For the development of High-Speed Rail Stations

M K Rai

12/10/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), which is looking after the work of the 508 km-long Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet train project, has said that it has invited bids for the design and construction of Ahmedabad and Sabarmati stations along with 18 km of the viaduct.
“The NHSRCL has invited bids for design and construction of about 18 km of the viaduct between Anand and Sabarmati, including high-speed rail (HSR) stations in Ahmedabad and Sabarmati for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor.
She said that the alignment also has 31 crossing bridges, including six steel truss bridges. Gaur said that in the last few days, the NHSRCL has opened three technical bids covering 64 per cent, about 325 km out of 508 km, of the total Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR), popularly known as Bullet train project, including five HSR stations — Vapi, Billimora, Surat, Bharuch and Anand/Nadiad — out of the 12 stations”, NHSRCL spokesperson Sushma Gaur said.
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor will traverse through Western Railway’s Ahmedabad Junction railway station and shall be integrated with the Saraspur side of the existing Ahmedabad station according to sources.
The Ahmedabad HSR station will be built over the existing railway platform No. 11 and 12. To ensure seamless integration of the Bullet train station with other modes of rail transport, it has designed a user-friendly station layout for Ahmedabad.
“An integrated building for passenger transit is planned on the eastern side of the existing railway station, where passengers will be able to swiftly switch from one mode to another. The integrated building shall provide a connection to Western Railway’s existing foot over bridges to facilitate passenger movement to and from Indian Railways platforms and underground metro station on Saraspur side,” said an official.
The initial deadline to complete the ambitious project was December 2023. The bullet trains are expected to run at 350 km per hour covering the 508-km stretch in about two hours. In comparison, trains currently plying on the route take over seven hours to travel the distance, whereas flights take about an hour.

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Football Fever: Kolkata Metro names a station after IFA

M K Rai

12/10/2020

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): A Kolkata Metro railway station adjoining the iconic Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata has been rebranded as Indian Football Association Salt Lake Stadium station on Thursday. The Indian Football Association (IFA), which is the governing body of football in West Bengal, was handed the naming and branding rights of the station by the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC).

After the unveiling of the new station, IFA general secretary Joydeep Mukherjee said, “IFA is always thinking about new ways of promoting its brand. IFA has a huge legacy and it has a big brand that we need to carry forward and we feel that this is a very nice way of highlighting the brand”. He also said that the association will have a kiosk inside the station to promote the brand of IFA.

“This is a result of many months of planning, follow-ups, discussions and meetings. IFA will also have a kiosk inside the metro station. We would like to thank KMRC for extending their full support towards West Bengal football”, he added.

Other than the IFA secretary, IFA president Ajit Banerjee, chairman Subrata Dutta and former footballers like Krishnendu Roy, Manas Bhattacharya, Prasanta Banerjee and current West Bengal state football team’s head coach Ranjan Bhattacharya were present at the ceremony. Interestingly, IFA becomes the first state football association in the country as well as in the world to have a metro station named after them. In England, Arsenal FC has a station named after the club in Highbury, North London.

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Kolkata Metro to introduce more trains on its network from today

M K Rai

12/10/2020

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): With the rush of passengers increasing during the festive season, the Kolkata Metro has planned to introduce extra trains starting from today.
“Instead of 122 trains, the Metro will now run 146 trains at an interval of eight minutes. The services will start from 8 am and continue till 9:30 pm from Friday to Saturday. The last trains will leave their stations at 8:30 pm instead of 8:00 pm. Services on Sundays will also be extended from October 18. Instead of 58 trains, there would be 64 trains on Sundays from 10:10 am to 9:30 pm”, said one official.

Each train carries around 400 passengers. The Kolkata Metro resumed its services from September 14 after more than five months of suspension of its services due to lockdown. The services were made available on Sundays from October 4 onwards.
While around 50,000 passengers normally take the Metro every day.

On Friday, over 71,000 commuters availed the Metro services according to different sources at the Kolkata Metro.

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High-speed trains of Indian Railways to only have AC coaches

M K Rai

12/10/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Indian railways is working on a plan to upgrade all its trains capable of running at a maximum speed of 130 kmph and beyond with special air-conditioned coaches in a bid to upgrade its high-speed network, the railway ministry said on Sunday. There will be no sleeper coaches in these identified trains.

The ministry recently clarified that the decision will only impact high-speed trains and all existing mail and express trains with a maximum speed of up to 110 kmph will continue to ply with sleeper coaches.

“AC coaches become a technical necessity wherever the speed of the train is going to be above 130 kmph. Indian Railways is working on a massive plan to upgrade the railway network to high-speed potential. Tracks on golden quadrilateral and diagonals are being upgraded to cater to the speed of 130 km – 160 km/hour. Non-AC sleeper coaches would be replaced by AC coaches only for such trains which will be running at a maximum speed of 130/160 kmph. Speed potential of some of the corridors has already been upgraded to 130 kmph. Wind and weather factors demand that only certain type of coaches run on higher speed,” an official was stated saying.

At present, most mail and express trains have a maximum speed of 110 kmph. Premium trains like Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Durontos are allowed to operate at 120 kmph on significant parts of the Golden Quadrilateral and Diagonals. The rakes for such trains are fit to operate at 130 kph or above.
Officials added that these new AC coaches will be “economical coaches” similar to AC-3 chair car coaches in Humsafar Trains that have a rationalised fare structure. “It will be ensured that while the price of tickets of modified AC coaches remains very affordable for the passengers, the comfort and conveniences increase manifold and there is a substantial reduction in travel time,” an official said.
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A prototype of the new AC coach is being made at railways’ production unit at Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, and should be ready in a few weeks according to sources. Compared to 72 berths in a sleeper coach, this new AC coach will have 83 berths, but the number of births in a coupe will remain the same as there will be no middle berths between side-upper and side-lower berths. The coaches are being re-designed by moving the electrical units and removing the space reserved for storing blankets and bedsheets since Railways will stop providing them due to the ongoing pandemic.

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Three bidders submit bids to construct the first stretch of Agra Metro Rail Project

M K Rai

11/10/2020

AGRA (Metro Rail News): The Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRC) recently unveiled the names of three construction firms who have submitted their bids to construct the first 4-km stretch between Taj East Gate and Taj Mahal Ramp of Agra Metro Rail project under the Contract Package AGCC-01.

UPMRC opened the technical bids of Contract Package AGCC-01 to built three elevated metro stations including viaducts. The bidders include Afcons Infrastructure Ltd., URC Construction Pvt. Ltd. and Sam (India) Builtwell Pvt. Ltd.

The tender was invited in August 2020 and its estimated cost is Rs 290 crore. The scope of work includes the construction of an elevated viaduct and 3 nos. elevated metro stations (viz. Taj East Gate, Basai & Fatehabad Road) including civil, architectural finished, water supply, fire fighting, fire detection, E&M works, and PEB structures on Priority Corridor-1 of Agra Metro Rail project.

The 14.25 km corridor-1 of Agra Metro is supposed to connect Sikandra to Taj East Gate. There will be 14 stations on the network. The proposed PAC depot will serve the trains for this corridor.

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Amit Banerjee is appointed as the New Director (Rail and Metro Business) at BEML

M K Rai

11/10/2020

BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): Amit Banerjee on Friday assumed charge as the Director (Rail and Metro Business) and Member on the Board of BEML Limited. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Banerjee had joined BEML as an assistant engineer in 1984, the company said in a statement.
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In his professional career spanning over three decades in BEML, Banerjee has worked in the research and development and manufacturing functions.
His experience involves the design and development of various products like SSEMU, Metro cars, Catenary Maintenance Vehicle, etc.
His team has also received the Raksha Mantri Award for Design Effort towards Design and Development of Austenitic Stainless Steel EMU and Intermediate metro cars for Delhi Metro.

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IRCTC to soon resume services of Tejas Express trains

M K Rai

11/10/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), a PSU of the Ministry of Railways is going to resume the services of Tejas Express trains for catering to the growing passenger demand due to the festive season. The Lucknow-New Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express trains were suspended from 19 March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“IRCTC has conducted an extensive training programme to educate and train its team of employees of Tejas Trains to manage the operations of the trains and provide services according to the ‘new normal’ amidst Covid-19 pandemic. A Standard Operation Procedure observing Covid-19 protocol has been issued to ensure the safety of the passengers”, said an official aware with the development.

The measures in place are as follows:

1) Every alternate seat will be kept vacant following the Social distancing norms for the initial period.

2) Passengers will not be allowed to exchange their seats once seated.

3) Use of face covers/masks will be mandatory for passengers and staff.

4) All travelers will install “Arogya Setu” app and same shall be shown as and when demanded.

5) Detailed instructions will be given to the passengers at the time of booking of tickets.

6) All the passengers will be provided a Covid-19 protection kit which will contain a bottle of hand sanitizers, one mask, one face shield and one pair of gloves.

7) All the passengers will go through thermal screening and hand sanitization process before entering the coach.
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8) The coach including pantry areas and lavatories will be thoroughly disinfected at regular intervals.

9) The luggage and baggage of the passengers will be disinfected by a staff deputed for this purpose.

10) Cleaning and regular disinfection of frequently touched surface inside the coach will be done. The service trays and trolleys will also be disinfected.

“The bookings for the trains will be opened on the e-ticketing website of IRCTC www.irctc.co.in and IRCTC Rail Connect App shortly”, said an official.

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Union Cabinet reportedly approves 148 km long Bengaluru Suburban rail project

M K Rai

11/10/2020

BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): After decades of politics, Bangalore has finally got Sub Urban Railways. The Union Cabinet has recently approved the dedicated suburban railway service for Bengaluru according to different reports.

The Cabinet cleared the long-pending 148km Bengaluru suburban rail project yesterday but no official announcement was made. A ToI report cited sources saying that the rail project was given clearance but no official announcement was made due to the election code of conduct in place for the November 3 Rajarajeshwarinagar by-election. In the press briefing after the Cabinet meeting, Railway minister Piyush Goyal said, “We can’t discuss or give any information (on the project) as the poll code of conduct is in force in Bengaluru.”
The project was mentioned by late Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech for the financial year 2018-2019. The Union government had said that it will cover 20% of the total project cost and the state government will bear 20% of the project cost while the remaining 60% will be raised through external agencies. The cabinet nod comes nearly six months after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had assured that the union government will shortly sanction the funds while addressing reporters in Bengaluru.
Sitharaman had said earlier that the fare of the upcoming suburban transport system would be in sync with the metro rail fare. The Bengaluru suburban rail project will cater to the rising demand of daily commuters putting pressure on the local transport system in the city.
The proposed Bengaluru Suburban Rail corridor will be 148.17 km long and the network will have 57 stations. The rail line will consist of four lines viz. Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna/Bengaluru City-Kempe Gowda International Airport, Baiyappanahalli-Yesvantpur, Kengeri-Whitefield, and Hellalige-Rajanakunte.
According to sources, Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Ltd, an SPV of the railway ministry and Karnataka government, will soon float tenders for civil work.

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