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Aarey project to be shifted!

17/09/2020

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): With few recent developments, it can easily be seen that the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government is keen on shifting the Metro 3 car shed out of Aarey forests. The workS for removing construction materials from the site has already begun which gives a clear signal about the move.
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”The car shed site is being closed and secured”, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) project director SK Gupta was stated saying by a media agency. He further said that the construction debris was being cleared out and pits were being filled so that they did not remain a safety hazard.

Soon after being sworn in as chief minister, Thackeray announced a stay on construction of metro carshed in the area. The matter is politically sensitive and no one wants to comment on this as of now. The move will cost a huge loss to the MMRC according to experts.

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20 including GMR show interest in redeveloping the New Delhi railway station

M K Rai

17/09/2020

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): As many as 20 global and domestic companies including France-based Socié té Nationale des Chemins de Fer (SNCF), Arabian Construction Company, Anchorage Infrastructure, GMR, Adani Group, JKB Infrastructure have evinced interest to redevelop and transform the New Delhi railway station. The project is a part of the national transporter’s ambitious asset monetization programme.

The project would be developed on a public private partnership (PPP) model, with a concession period of 60 years.
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The estimated cost of the project is₹6,500 crore and will be completed in around 4 years.

Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), a statutory body under the ministry of railways on Monday said it held a pre-bid meeting on the redevelopment of the railway station, which saw ‘enthusiastic participation’ by 20 national and international firms.

The phased redevelopment will include station redevelopment, development of associated infrastructure, relocation of social infrastructure as well as the refurbishment of railway offices and railway quarters. New Delhi railway station is the largest and second busiest railway station in India. It handles approximately 4.5 lakh passengers daily. The station handles around 400 trains per day.

“Food courts and restrooms, an elevated concourse with segregation of arriving and departing passengers, refurbished platforms with easy access from the concourse level, mezzanine level exclusively for passenger facilities such as lounges, an elevated road network with multiple entry and exit points, a multi-level car parking facility and green building provisions, such as optimum use of natural ventilation and lighting will be some of the key highlights of the redeveloped station,” said a statement.

The project will also include commercial ventures such as office, five-star hotels, budget hotels and serviced apartments on approximately 30 acres of land. There is also a plan to set up a business district on the outer circle of Connaught Place and near Bhavabhuti Marg. The station will be integrated with the Delhi Metro.

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Madhya Pradesh Government to form a Metropolitan Area

M K Rai

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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