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NHSRCL floats Rs 1,800 crore Tender for BKC terminus of bullet train project

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NHSRCL floats Rs 1,800 crore Tender for BKC terminus of bullet train project

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): PM Narendra Modi ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, the National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRC) issued a tender worth Rs 1,800 for construction of the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) terminus, which is estimated to cost.

According to the MMRDA, The contractors will be finalized by May 2020.

We don’t anticipate any major hurdles to the project despite the change in the government in the state.

Official’s Said that the 508km bullet train has several benefits in terms of employment generation and investment opportunities. Maharashtra politics is not vindictive as in other states. We are hopeful of a smooth execution of the project.

the BKC terminus is to be built underground, above it will be erected the IFSC building. The tender for the project had been delayed as the MMRDA had sought relaxation in the height for the buildings in BKC so the centre could have more floors—the height of buildings in BKC had been capped at 61m and the MMRDA wanted the limit increased to 96m.

The idea behind pushing for more floors is to maximize the generation of revenue from the financial services centre. “The issue has been resolved last and the NHSRCL has already floated the tender for the BKC terminus,” said metropolitan commissioner R A Rajeev.

IFSC building will come upon a 50-hectare plot, while the underground terminus will be built on approximately 4.9 hectares.

“The terminus will have three island platforms to accommodate six trains simultaneously. Each platform will be 480m long to accommodate 16-car train,” said a senior MMRDA official.

“The contractor will be finalised by May 2020 and will take at least two years to construct the terminus with cutand cover techninology.”

Initially, only four platforms will be used, but provision has been made for two more in case a high-speed train is run on the Mumbai-Nagpur route. An official said, “The lying time for the train is 20-25 minutes, hence the need for six platforms.”

The terminus will have three basements: The first level will have the ticketing area, passenger amenities and clearance, the second level will have room for all utilities, including AC plants and other train-related systems, and the platforms will be on the third level. The terminus will be integrated with the Metro 2B Dahisar-BKC-Mankhurd corridor, while they plan to also link it with the underground Metro 3 Colaba-Bandra-Seepz network is yet to be worked out.

The foundation stone-laying ceremony for the project was done in September 2017, in Ahmedabad and PM Modi has set August 15, 2022, as the deadline for services to commence. However, there are indications that Phase I may operate only between Billimora and Ahmedabad on this date as the land acquisition poses a serious challenge in Maharashtra.

NCRTC floats tender for Anand Vihar-Vaishali RRTS corridor

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DELHI (Metro Rail News): The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) which is implementing agency RRTS Project in India has issued the civil tender for the underground section Anand Vihar to Vaishali of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor on Monday.

Scope of work

Tender floated are for design and construction of tunnels of Delhi portion by Tunnel Boring Machine from New Ashok Nagar Ramp, New Delhi to Sahibabad Ramp of Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh.

The civil construction for Package I (Vaishali to Ghaziabad) and Package II (Ghaziabad RRTS station to Duhai) have been already started.

NCRTC official Said that this will be the first project and once constructed Delhi will have its first rapid rail services. The project will have an underground station at Anand Vihar. The Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) station will be made by Cut and Cover Method.

According to the source, around 11.53 km stretch of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor will be underground in which 5.8 km long section will start from New Ashok Nagar RRTS station (Elevated) to stretch before BEL, Ghaziabad will be underground. While, the remaining 5.73km long section after Brahmapuri Meerut Metro Station (Elevated) to Begumpul RRTS station (before MES Colony Metro Station -Elevated) will be underground.

The Sarai Kale Khan and New Ashok Nagar will be work on the multi modal integration (MMI) model for the upcoming RRTS corridor and NCRTC have been engaged in Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) for the these two elevated rapid rail station. Delhi’s Jangpura will be the NCRTC’s Master Operation Control Centre for the entire Phase I RRTS project.

According to the official Jungpura will also have the Master Operation Control Centre of the Phase-I RRTS corridors for all the three initial corridors of NCRTC. The works of Utility diversions in the Delhi portion of Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut RRTS Corridor near Sarai Kale Khan, including shifting/diversion of existing water supply pipelines, sewer and stormwater drains, shifting/modification of electric lines and relocation of various telecom utilities are in progress

The total length of the entire Delhi Ghaziabad Meerut corridor is 82 km. However, the NCRTC is currently working on the 17 km priority section between Sahibabad to Duhai Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) including Duhai Depot, which is expected to be operational by March 2023.

While the officials said the full 82km long corridor from Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan to Meerut’s Modipuram will be operational for the public by March 2025.

Besides, the three RRTS station that will be constructed in the city will make travel easy for the commuters as the station will be integrated with all the modes of transport such as Delhi Metro, Anand Vihar Inter State Bus Transit (ISBT), railway station, Kaushabmi Bus Terminal to facilitate seamless travel.

“The opening of this section will seamlessly connect the Ghaziabad RRTS station with New Bus Adda Station metro station, while Sahibabad RRTS station will integrate with proposed Vasundhara Sector 2 Metro station and Bus Terminal,” said the official.

Further all the rapid stations that will become up in Delhi will have an interconnection facility with Delhi metro station.

The speed of rapid rail is 100 kmph per hour and the commuters travelling from Delhi to Meerut will reach in one hour instead of four hours.

The 17 km priority section of will have a total number of 14 RRTS stations at Sarai Kale Khan (Elevated Station),New Ashok Nagar (Elevated Station), Anand Vihar (Underground Station), Sahibabad (Elevated Station), Ghaziabad (Elevated Station), Guldhar (Elevated Station), Duhai (Elevated Station), Muradnagar (Elevated Station), Modi Nagar South (Elevated Station), Modi Nagar North (Elevated Station), Meerut South (Elevated Station), Shatabdi Nagar (Elevated Station), Begumpul (Underground station), and Modipuram (Elevated Station).  The corridor will also have two Depot-cum-Stations at Duhai and Modipuram.

RITES to prepare DPR for Jammu and Srinagar Light Metro Project

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RITES to prepare DPR for Jammu and Srinagar Light Metro Project

Jammu (Metro Rail News): JKERA (J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency) and RITES Limited-a Government of India Enterprise have signed a memorandum of undertaking (MoU) to preparation and updations of Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP), Alternative Analysis Report (AAR) and Detailed Project Report (DPR) as per new Metro Policy 2017 and Metrolite Policy 2019 in cities of Jammu and Srinagar on Monday.

The agreement was signed between Ms. Avny Lavasa, IAS & Chief Executive Officer, JKERA on behalf of the Government of Jammu & Kashmir and Piyush Kansal, Executive Director, RITES Limited.

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to engage RITES Ltd to provide consultancy services for preparation CMP, AAR, and DPR. The updated CMP and AAR, in light of the new metro Policy 2017 is a prerequisite for approval of the final DPR of Metro Rail Project by the Central Government.

In July 2019, Shri Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, said that the first priority is getting the approval of the metro rail project from the Central Government. Options are open for multilateral funding agencies to be part of the project, apart from central assistance. The central government is pushing for such mass rapid transport corridors as part of futuristic vision so funds would not be a problem.

Kumar Rajiv Ranjan, Managing Director of Mass Rapid Transport Corporation Jammu and Srinagar; Sanjay Gupta, Director Land Management, Jammu Development Authority (JDA); Bachan Lal Bhagat, Director ERA Jammu; Anil Raina, Senior Town Planner, Jammu; PP Arora, TO to CEO ERA; Lokesh Gupta, Incharge Deputy Project Manager, ERA; Raman Sharma, Senior Architect, JDA; Tarun Jain, Deputy General Manager RITES Ltd and other officials were also present during the signing of the agreement.

Updated CMP and AAR, in light of new Metro Policy 2017 is a prerequisite for approval of the final DPR of Metro Project by the Government of India.

Kolkata Metro asks for extension of East-West’s November 30 deadline

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Kolkata Metro asks for extension of East-West’s November 30 deadline

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): Metro Railway has written to the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) to extend its November 30 deadline by three months for unveiling East-West Metro’s Salt Lake stretch. Last Thursday, Metro Railway authorities wrote to the chief commissioner of railway safety, Shailesh Kumar Pathak, urging the commission to extend the validation period beyond November 30 since it was clear that the truncated commercial services can’t start by Saturday.

On Friday, Union minister Babul Supriyo had told the media that he had had a word with the Railway Board on the issue and was told: “there won’t be any problem in extending the clearance for a few days.
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” Metro Railway officials said they, too, believed the CRS would extend the validation period to accommodate a December launch.

But another section wondered if this was possible since the CRS functioned under a different ministry. On July 22, Pathak had inspected the 5km elevated Sector V-Salt Lake Stadium stretch and on August 2, he issued the conditional safety nod and wrote, “Public carriage of passengers on this line should be introduced by 30.11.2019, otherwise Metro Railway administration shall have to approach the commission for revalidation of this section.”

Although the East-West Metro project is being implemented by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC), operations will be handled by Metro Railway, which runs the north-south section and which has been conducting a series of pre-commissioning trials for nearly two months. Even on Monday, a one-day preparedness trial was held and senior officials from various operation-related departments of Metro Railway, including principal chief operations manager Satyaki Nath, inspected the section.

On October 31, during the second round of service trials, the officials had conducted similar inspections and expressed satisfaction with the result. However, Suneet Sharma, Eastern Railway’s general manager who is also officiating as GM, Metro Railway, ordered a 10-day “failure drill” from November 8.

“The section has been going through one trial after another and now we will be missing the CRS’ deadline,” said an official. Most new Metro lines are unveiled a fortnight to the CRS deadline. But in East-West Metro’s case, there’s no time for formalities, like compiling a report and intimating the Railway Board and the CRS about the preparedness, following which a notification is issued by the Railway Board.

70% tunneling work for Colaba-Seepz Metro done

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70% tunneling work for Colaba-Seepz Metro done

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The metro rail body, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, has achieved 70% of tunneling work that is required for the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro-3 corridor. The Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro-3 corridor is the first and only fully underground corridor for Mumbai.

Bhide said that a team of about 16,000 people has been working day and night to create this “gigantic engineering marvel” underneath.
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Once complete, this corridor is scheduled to carry 17 lakh passengers by reducing 6.5 lakh vehicle trips each day and will thereby reduce 2.61 lakh MT pollutant gases every year, she claimed.

Of the overall tunneling across Metro line-3, the maximum progress that is 97% has been achieved on the stretch from Marol Naka to Aarey, which is tagged as ‘package 7’ and is expected to completed by December 12.

The metro rail body’s director (projects) S K Gupta said that of the total length of 55 km, a total of 23 stretches of tunneling across 38.25 km has been completed in 24 months. The metro rail line will have 27 stations of which 26 will be underground.

NMRC to introduce theme-based markets in open parking areas

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NMRC to introduce theme-based markets in open parking areas

NOIDA (Metro Rail News): To fully utilize open parking areas under metro stations that see less footfall, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) plans to start theme-based markets, such as winter carnivals, children’s fairs, women’s fairs, and tribal arts and handicrafts shows, in these spaces. Officials said the markets will be organized at several metro stations.

P D Upadhyay, executive director, NMRC said that “There are some stations where parking lots remain vacant most of the time. We had allotted them to a vendor but there weren’t enough vehicles using them. We will soon start theme-based markets on the lines of Raahgiri for non-fare box revenue”.

Meanwhile, to increase the sense of safety among women commuters, who form a large part of the metro ridership, NMRC is developing Pari Chowk and Sector 76, two of the most crowded Aqua-Line stations, as pink stations, officials said.

They are expected to be ready in a month, they added. The station buildings will be color-coded in pink. There will also be selfie points and rooms for baby feeding and makeup. There will be eight to 10 employees at every station, including the station controller, ticket counter staff and customer relations assistant. Barring security officials, the staff at these stations will be comprised of women.
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“Apart from other facilities, we will have kiosks that will help in creating awareness regarding government schemes for women, like Janani Suraksha and Ujjwala,” said Upadhyay. NMRC has a high female workforce, including train operators. Of the 175 train operators who run the Aqua Line metro, 42, or about 25%, are women. Meanwhile, of the total 527 station staff, 121, or 23%, are women.

Last week, the NMRC set up cycle stands at three of its stations on the Aqua Line. These stands will have electric cycles or bikes that can be used by commuters against a fee for last-mile connectivity. The e-cycle stands have been set up at sectors 50, 51 and 76 stations. Such stands will be set up in eight stations in total, including sectors 148, Delta, Alpha, Knowledge Park, and Pari Chowk. The Authority will demarcate areas to park the cycles.

The trial run begins of Hyderabad Metro Rail’s Green Corridor

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The trial run begins of Hyderabad Metro Rail’s Green Corridor

HYDERABAD (Metro Rail News): On Monday, Trial runs for the first phase of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project Corridor II or the Green Corridor from Jubilee Bus Station to Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS, Imliban) commenced with top officials, including HMR Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy, L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad (L&TMRH) MD and CEO K.V.B. Reddy travelling on the first trip.

Accompanied by a team of technical experts and engineers, the top officials observed the various technical and safety parameters and performance of the train during the trial run. With a length of 11 km, the corridor has nine stations JBS-Parade Grounds, Secunderabad West, Gandhi Hospital, Musheerabad, RTC X Road, Chikkadpally, Narayanaguda, Sultan Bazar and MGBS.

Mr. N.V.S. Reddy said, “It would take 16 minutes to cover this corridor from JBS to MGBS, as against 45 minutes by road”.

He further explained that In the next few weeks, engineers would be checking for any technical specifications, performance criteria and safety standards under the different categories like signalling tests and safe train separation tests, brake test by signalling and train control system, overhead electric rolling stock or metro coaches, passenger information announcements and display tests, dummy passenger evacuation tests and degraded mode operation tests, among others.

Data and other inputs in these tests would be sent online to Thales for signaling and train control software to be fine-tuned for the safe operation of metro trains in automatic mode with CBTC technology. After receipt of satisfactory performance and safety certification from Thales, Internal Safety Assessor (ISA) M/s. Halcrow and other related Indian and international organizations, the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) would be invited for final safety clearance of the corridor.

He added, “After CMRS safety certification, the corridor will be thrown open for passenger operations” he added. Both the MDs complimented the dedicated teams of engineers from L&TMR, HMR, and other organizations who worked relentlessly and made the corridor ready for trial runs.

L&TMRHL project director M.P.Naidu, chief operating officer A.K.Saini, HMR chief signaling & telecommunications engineer S.K.Das, chief project manager B.Anand Mohan, SE M.Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, GM (works) B.N.Rajeswar, GM (security) A.Balakrishna and others participated in the trial run and inspection.

ITD Cementation bags Rs 3,400 crore contract from Metro and Railway

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ITD Cementation bags Rs 3,400 crore contract from Metro and Railway

Mumbai (Metro Rail News): ITD Cementation India, a leading construction company has announced through BSE filing on Monday that the company has bagged five contracts worth over Rs 3,400 crores from the major infrastructure projects in India.

According to information shared by the company, it has received a total of 5 letters of acceptance (LoAs) from three major projects.

The big contract worth Rs 1,771 crore has been singed with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) for the Design & Construction of Underground Structures (Tunnels & 4 Stations) of length 4.591 Km (approx.) from South of Tannery Road Station to North Ramp including Allied works in Reach-6 Line of Bangalore Metro Rail Project, Phase-2.

Apart from this, the company has received three LOAs from IRCON International Limited for Tunnelling works on Sivok (West Bengal) to Rangpo (Sikkim) New Single Broad Gauge Railway Line Project comprising of Construction of 6 Tunnels.

One LOA received from Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai – Construction of Sewer Tunnel and allied works along S.V. Road by Segmental Tunnelling Method.

Watch movies, songs on Chennai metros soon

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Watch movies, songs on Chennai metros soon

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): A trip by a metro rail train is about to get a lot more fun and interesting than just a view of the city. Come December, commuters can hop onto a metro train and watch their favorite movie, song or TV show on the go for free at the click of a button.

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) will launch an onboard entertainment system in December wherein commuters can log on to a smartphone app and choose from a wide range of content available in five languages free of cost. Installation and testing of the routers procured from France and servers are underway, officials said.

“The WiFi speed will be such that passengers can download a movie in about five seconds. The systems will be similar to in-flight entertainment but here you can download content,” an official said. “We will perhaps be the first metro service in the country to have such a facility.” However, the WiFi network can’t be used for browsing the internet or making calls.

The new system will have servers with entertainment content installed in all stations, trains and the depot. To view the content, commuters have to download and install an app developed specifically for the purpose. Once they enter a metro train, they can connect to the station WiFi and start viewing the content. They can also download the content and view it offline within a specific period. Officials said entertainment content will be available in English, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu.

Only a few mobile networks have now extended their connectivity in underground stations while many commuters travel without any mobile service in underground stations even after more than two years since the first underground line opened between Nehru Park and Thirumangalam. “A trip between Washermenpet to Airport could take an hour and if there is no phone reception, commuters could get bored.

Our new system would help keep them entertained,” an official said. Officials said new content will be available every day, as the servers in the trains will be synced to those in the depots, which will be updated regularly. “If the train is not brought to the depot, the content will get updated when the trains stop in stations, where we will have servers,” an official said.

From November 29th Hitec City Raidurg stretch of Hyderabad to be open for commuters

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From November 29th Hitec City Raidurg stretch of Hyderabad to be open for commuters

HYDERABAD (Metro Rail News): The stretch of the Hyderabad Metro Rail between Hitec City and Raidurg is all set to be thrown open to commuters, as authorities have finished conducting all test runs and are ready for safety clearance.

Taking to Twitter, Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) Managing Director NVS Reddy said, “Hitec city-Raidurg metro stretch (1.5 km) is ready and Commission of Railway Safety (CMRS) inspection will be done soon. After this safety clearance, the stretch will be inaugurated by Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development (MA&UD) KT Rama Rao and Transport Minister P Ajay Kumar on the morning of November 29.”

“Inauguration of Hitec city- Raidurg metro stretch will give major relief to a large number of employees working in this dense Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) area,” he added.

The stretch covers a crucial part in the heart of the city’s IT corridor, where several multinational corporations (MNCs) are located.

In March this year, the much-awaited metro service on the Ameerpet-Hitec City route was inaugurated, to cater to thousands of techies who travel to the IT cluster.    

The inauguration also completed the 27 km Nagole-Hitec City corridor, one of three in the project. The 16-km Ameerpet-LB Nagar line was inaugurated in September last year, while the 30-km stretch between Uppal and Miyapur has been operational since November 2017.

Earlier this week, the metro authorities said that they would soon begin trial runs on Corridor II on the 10-km stretch between Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) to Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) via Parade Grounds. Once completed, the entire metro project would be thrown open to the public.

Billed as the largest metro project in the world in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, the Rs 14,132 crore project is being built by infrastructure giant L&T.

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