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Madhya Pradesh Government to form a Metropolitan Area

17/09/2020

BHOPAL (Metro Rail News): The State Cabinet of Madhya Pradesh has decided to form a Metropolitan area (Mahanagar Kshetra) for the implementation of the metro rail project in Bhopal and Indore cities. Bhopal Metropolitan Area will include Bhopal Investment Area and Mandideep Investment Area. Mhow Investment Area and Pithampur Investment Area have been added in Indore Metropolitan Area.

The Cabinet approved a project related to developing a new industrial area in the Indore-Pithampur Investment Region. Under the project, the Pithampur Industrial Investment Sector 4 and 5 will be developed in two phases at a cost of Rs 550 crore on 586.70 hectares of land.

The Cabinet has also approved the proposal related to allotment of 7.902 hectare land for the construction of a stadium in Gwalior for disabled boys and girls.

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Around 3 lakh Commuters use DMRC Network on Tuesday

M K Rai

16/09/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Since the resumption of full DMRC services post-169-day hiatus due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, around 2.5 lakh commuters used the Delhi Metro services till late evening on Monday, the first working day. On Saturday, the DMRC had gone back to its schedule as it was before the metro rail operations were suspended on 22 March 2020 to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.

As per different Media Reports, the ridership of Delhi Metro till 7:30 PM stood at 2,49,884.
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The three main corridors – Red Line, Yellow Line, Blue Line and Blue Line branch had a ridership of 29,394 commuters, 76,266 commuters, 67,114 commuters and 7,908 commuters respectively. The Airport Line saw 4,237 riders on the first working day since the resumption of full Delhi Metro services. The Airport Line corridor was reopened on Saturday.

According to an official, the ridership for other lines were 10,370 commuters on Green Line, 21,354 on Violet Line, 15,420 on Pink Line, 16,349 on Magenta Line, 1,472 on Grey Line. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has also been reaching out to Delhi Metro commuters through social media to inform them that the services of peak hours are now available in non-peak hours as well. The peak hours of Delhi Metro are from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM and from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. In order to facilitate passengers, a headway of 2 minutes 45 seconds to 6 minutes will be maintained from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

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In a first, railways announces 40 clone trains

M K Rai

16/09/2020

Indian Railways — Image for representation.

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The ministry of railways on Tuesday announced it will deploy 20 pairs of ‘clone special trains’ from September 21, in addition to the 310 special trains operating currently. This is the first time when clone trains will be deployed on the railway’s network. The reservation for these trains will begin from September 19. This is the first time when clone trains will be deployed on the rail network. Earlier this month, the ministry had announced the deployment of ‘clone trains’ on routes where the occupancy is more depending on the waitlist for the trains.

The clone trains are based on the operation of special trains that are already running but with limited stoppages and faster transit time.

“Considering the huge demand for travel on specific routes, the Ministry of Railways has decided to run 20 pairs of Clone Special trains. These trains will run on notified timings and will be fully reserved trains.
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The stoppages shall be limited to operational halts,” the ministry said in a statement.

“The clone trains will be operationalized on the routes having high patronage and demand. Clone trains have not been operated by the Indian Railways in the past. The clone trains being proposed, are based on the patronization of already operating Special trains with limited stoppages and faster transit time. The clone trains will be primarily 3 AC trains and run ahead of the already operating Special trains,” it further said.

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The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train may reach Delhi

M K Rai

16/09/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The bullet train from Mumbai moved ahead on Tuesday with the National High-Speed Railway Corporation extending the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train all the way to Delhi and also adding seven new corridors, including two from Mumbai – one to Hyderabad and another to Nagpur.

However, the current Maharashtra government has taken a stand that they will review the existing Mumbai-Ahmedabad project as well as a part of the wider audit of infrastructure projects.

The NHSRCL is in the process of preparation of a Detailed Project Report for new high-speed rail corridors and we have let out an assignment for data collection and associated survey work for the Delhi-Jaipur-Udaipur-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor which will be approximately 886 km,” an official said.

“The tracks alignment of the proposed corridor has been planned within and/or along the existing/planned Highway/Expressway and Railways land, keeping in view the speed and constructability requirements. The expected path of the mainline (excluding facilities) will be approximately 17.5 m (± 5 m) depending on the project requirement,” he added.

“The Detailed Project Report (DPR) will basically identify crossings (existing and proposed) along existing rail lines, road and rivers, heritage structures on the way and historical monuments, tombs, ASI sites along with religious structures, etc. It will also be important to collect hydrological data for water bodies, rainfall, and other geotechnical data”, he added.

The plan is also to carry out a ridership study to assess the existing traffic characteristics, assessment on the proposed alignment, station and section loads with Peak Hour Peak Direction Traffic (PHPDT) and demand projection phase-wise to be done for the base year, the first year of operation and 20 years beyond that.

In addition to this, seven new HSR corridors in India, including two new from Mumbai have been planned, which include Delhi-Varanasi (865km), Mumbai-Nagpur (753km), Delhi-Ahmedabad (886km), Chennai-Mysore (435km), Delhi-Amritsar (459km), Mumbai-Hyderabad (711km) and Varanasi-Howrah (760km)

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KMRL’s Water Metro gets a push

M K Rai

16/09/2020

KOCHI (Metro Rail News): Kochi Metro Rail Limited on Wednesday kicked off the construction activities at eight more terminals of Kochi Water Metro by starting the piling work at Eloor.
The Eight terminals in the new package are Eloor, Cheranelloor, South Chittoor, Ferry at Cochin Port Trust, Kumbalam, Kadamakkudy, Mulavukadu North and Paliyamthuruthu. Kochi Metro Rail Limited MD Alkesh Kumar Sharma IAS attended the ground breaking ceremony at Eloor along with senior officials of KMRL.
”The construction of Terminals are progressing at various locations. The new eight terminals will ensure connectivity between rural parts of Kochi and the mainland. The construction of these terminals will be completed in early 2021 in a time-bound manner”, Mr Sharma said.
Approximate size of each terminal is about 2500 sq ft. Terminals are planned with all modern facilities for the passengers. The construction of all these Eight terminals is entrusted with Kool Homes Builders, Kochi after following due tender process. With this total number of terminals under construction will be 16.

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Silver Line is the latest line of Delhi Metro

M K Rai

16/09/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday announced new line numbers and colour codes of three priority corridors of Phase IV of the metro extension.
The metro line from Tughlakabad to Aerocity, Line 10, will be the Silver Line along with Majilis Park to Maujpur, Line 7, will be the Pink Line, and Janakpuri West to Ramakrishna Ashram Marg, Line 8, will be the Magenta Line extension.
“The line number and colour code of the three priority corridors of Phase IV have been assigned. Tughlakabad – Aerocity (line 10) will be Silver Line, Majlis Park – Maujpur (line 7) is Pink Line Extension, and Janakpuri West – RK Ashram (line 8) is Magenta Line Extension,” the DMRC tweeted on Wednesday, with the hashtag ‘#Ontothefourth’.

“Silver has been selected as the colour code for the Tughlakabad – Aerocity Metro corridor of Phase 4. There is no specific rule to decide the colour code of a line. However, easily distinguishable colours which can be remembered by the commuters are generally selected. This section is the 10th line to get a colour code. The Majlis Park – Maujpur corridor is an extension of the Pink Line and will have the same colour code while the Janakpuri West – RK Ashram Marg corridor will be an extension of the Magenta line with the same colour code”, said Mr Anuj Dayal, Executive Director of Corporate Communications at DMRC.

The Delhi Metro, which had suspended its services in March due to the COVID-19 outbreak, reopened in a staggered manner on September 7, putting into place a series of measures such as closed token counters, limited entry and exit points, thermal scanners, and sanitisers among others mesures to make the travel on its network Covid Resistant.

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Survey Bids open for Mumbai – Nagpur High-Speed Rail

M K Rai

16/09/2020

Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod-semi-high-speed-rail-corridor-Train — image is used for representation purpose copyright: Respective Authority

NAGPUR (Metro Rail News): National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) today invited bids for the preparatory survey work to develop the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the upcoming 741 km Mumbai – Nasik – Nagpur High-Speed Rail project in Maharashtra.

This is going to be the third of its kind in India after the 865 km Delhi – Varanasi High-Speed Rail Line and 886 km Delhi – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Line for which basic preliminary work has commenced to start construction on the project.

The Scope of the work includes Survey, Identification of Overhead, Over Ground, Underground Utilities and Identification Of Power Sourcing Options for substations along The Proposed Mumbai- Nasik-Nagpur High-Speed Rail Corridor. The bidding documents can be obtained from the official website. 12 new stations are tentatively planned to be built at Shahapur, Igatputi, Nasik, Shirdi, Aurangabad, Jalna, Mehkar, Malegaon Jahangir, Karanja Lad, Pulgaon, Wardha and Nagpur are going to be there on this corriddor.

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BMRCL Invites PMC Bids for Bangalore Metro’s ORR – Airport Line

M K Rai

16/09/2020

BMRCL’s airport line work to resume in three months. — Image Source: BMRCL

BANGLORE (Metro Rail News): Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on Monday invited tenders (bids) to appoint a Project Management Consultant (PMC) for the civil construction works of Bangalore Metro’s 55 km Line-5 (Blue Line) which is going to connect Silkboard – KR Puram – Bengaluru International Airport through 30 stations on the Outer Ring Road and NH-44. BMRCL has so far utilized their in-house project management team for the 73.92 km Phase 2 project’s construction and has not appointed General Consultants either.

But with this massive new line about to be built as part of the 18.236 km Phase 2Aand 36.511 km Phase 2B projects, they’re now seeking external PMC support through funding backed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which, after their Management Review Meeting on September 10, is expected to approve a $500 million loan soon.

The project with Tender No: BMRCL/Phase-2A & 2B/Via & Stns /PMC/2020/72 has been released for the Civil construction works of Metro Corridor from Central Silk Board Junction to Kempegowda International Airport of Bengaluru Metro Rail Project Phase 2A & 2B.

The details are as follows:

Duration: 48 months
Date & time of submission: 19.10.2020 at 17.30 Hrs
Date & time of tender opening: 20.10.2020 at 15.30 hrs

Financial bids for Phase 2A’s construction are still yet to be opened (technical bids were opened in March to reveal 9 bidders for two packages), while the last date to submit bids for Phase 2B’s construction was recently extended up to October 16.

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Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor gets Centre’s nod

M K Rai

16/09/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News) : The Central Government’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the 121.742 km Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) project from Palwal to Sonipat which will have 17 stations including Sohna, Manesar and Kharkhauda. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 5,617 crore.

Passenger trains on this new broad gauge semi high-speed rail line, with 20 km of additional spur lines, will operate at a high speed of 160 kmph and provide connectivity along the Kundli – Manesar – Palwal (WPE / KMP) Expressway. The line will connect Asaoti village near Palwal to the existing Harsana Kalan station (on the Delhi-Ambala line), with interchanges to the existing Patli Station (on Delhi-Rewari line), Sultanpur Station (on Garhi Harsaru-Farukhnagar line), and Asaudha station (on Delhi – Rohtak line).

The project will be implemented by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HRIDC), a Joint Venture company set up by the Ministry of Railways with Government of Haryana. In June 2020, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) cleared a loan concept to lend $400 million (approx. Rs 2944 crore) for its development.

Trains (rolling stock) and their related services are planned to be provided and operated by the Indian Railways. Freight trains will link major logistic hubs and will adopt the Dedicated Freight Corridor standard for freight movement.

This new rail corridor aims to bypass Delhi and provide interchange connectivity with the Indian Railways’ main radial routes (eg. Delhi – Rohtak, Delhi – Ambala), the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) at Pirthala (near Palwal), major logistic hubs and the 164 km Delhi – SNB – Alwar RRTS Line at Panchgaon.

HRIDC is currently in the middle of appointing a General Consultant for the project and the last date to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) applications has been extended to September 28. I’ll share a list of bidders if and when that list becomes available. The districts of Palwal, Nuh, Gurugram, Jhajjar and Sonipat districts of Haryana will be benefitted through this rail line.
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This will facilitate diversion of traffic not meant for Delhi thus decongesting NCR and will help in developing multimodal logistics hubs in Haryana State sub-region of NCR. It will provide high-speed seamless connectivity of this region to Dedicated Freight Corridor network resulting in reduction of cost and time of transportation for EXIM traffic from NCR to ports of India, making exports of goods more competitive. This efficient transport corridor along with other initiatives will provide enabling infrastructure to attract multinational industries to set up manufacturing units to fulfil the ‘Make in India’ mission. The project will connect unserved areas of the state of Haryana.

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7 new bullet train projects to cost around Rs 10 lakh crore

M K Rai

16/09/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Indian government is mulling up for making an investment of Rs 10 lakh crore into seven new bullet train projects. The report comes days after the Railways had indicated that the first such project on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route may see delay amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

The new projects include – Delhi-Varanasi (865 km), Mumbai-Nagpur (753 km), Delhi-Ahmedabad (886 km), Chennai-Mysore (435 km), Delhi-Amritsar (459 km), Mumbai-Hyderabad (711 km) and Varanasi-Howrah (760 km).

“As of now, the government has asked us to prepare detailed project reports (DPRs) of seven new corridors. Capital costs can be decided only after the DPR is prepared, as a lot of things like terrains and route length are a factor,” Achal Khare, managing director of National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) was reported saying. “All the new corridors may not necessarily be built using Japanese technology. Hence, the cost may differ”, said an official.

Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board V K Yadav had recently said, “real timeframe” for the completion of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train plan has to be “reassessed” as the land acquisition for the project has been delayed due to the coronavirus crisis. It also said that a clear timeline in this regard can only be provided in the next three to six months.

Yadav’s comments came amid reports that the bullet train project may fail to meet its December 2023 deadline. “We are hoping that within the next three to six months, we will be able to get to that point where we have 90-100 per cent of the land. Our designs are ready and we are set to go,” Yadav had also said.

“As the COVID19 situation improves, the Railways will start the bidding process and within the next three to six months, we will be able to get the status of land acquired. It will then be the appropriate time to reassess the project. Once the land status is ascertained, we can provide a real timeframe for the completion of the project,” he had said.

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