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Texas high-speed rail Contract signed for US$ 14 billion

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Texas high-speed rail Contract signed for US$ 14 billion

TEXAS (Metro Rail News): For a high-speed train connecting Houston and Dallas in Texas, US Texas Central has announced that a design-build contract has been signed with the joint venture of Salini Impregilo, and its US subsidiary, Lane Construction Corporation.

The project’s total investment is expected to be approximately US$20 billion with the civil works estimated at US$14 billion.

The high-speed rail is expected to be operational in 2026 work is scheduled to begin in 2020 – following the conclusion of the approval process for the project.

The project is expected to lead to the creation of 10,000 jobs per year during peak construction and 1,500 permanent jobs when fully operational.

Salini‐Lane is to supply the civil and infrastructure scope for the new high‐speed train service between Houston and Dallas. This includes the design and construction of the viaduct and embankment sections along the entire route, the installation of the track system and the alignment and construction of all buildings and services.

This design‐build agreement authorizes a set of early works for the joint venture to continue advancing engineering design, detailed planning, interface definition and other key prerequisites necessary to start construction. This agreement is the result of their previous work providing front‐end engineering and design for the train’s civil infrastructure.

Carlos F said, “This agreement brings us one step closer to beginning construction of the civil infrastructure segments of the project,”.
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Aguilar, CEO, Texas Central. “Salini‐Lane’s unmatched track record with rail infrastructure, and very specifically its world-class high‐speed rail expertise across the globe, will be central to the completion of America’s first end to end high‐speed rail system.”

The Texas train will be based on Central Japan Railway’s Tokaido Shinkansen train system.

Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat starts services soon

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Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat starts services soon

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Piyush Goyal chaired Railway Ministry is all set to start the operations of the second ‘Make in India’ Vande Bharat Express on the Delhi-Katra route soon.

The Railway Board has announced that the train operations of the second Train 18 on Delhi-Katra route will begin before the upcoming festival season.

Considering the fact that getting reserved train tickets during the festive period is often challenging, the introduction of the new Vande Bharat Express train service is expected to benefit a lot of passengers who are planning to travel during that time.

According to Railway Board Chairman, Vinod Yadav, the Delhi-Katra route was chosen by the board in a bid to capitalize on the high traffic volume owing to the holy pilgrimage of Mata Vaishno Devi temple.

The upcoming semi-high speed train on Delhi-Katra route is likely to bring down the travel time between both the cities to 8 hours from the current 12 hours.

This is going to be the second such engineless semi-high speed train, offering world-class train facilities to passengers. At present, only one Vande Bharat Express is operational on Indian Railways network, connecting Delhi to Varanasi.

The new Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express will depart from the national capital at 6:00 AM and reach Katra at 2:00 PM. On its return journey, the train will depart from Katra the same day at 3:00 PM and reach Delhi at 11:00 PM.

En route, the Vande Bharat Express train will halt at Ludhiana, Ambala Cantt, and Jammu Tawi railway stations. Manufactured under ‘Make in India’ initiative, the train has been equipped with a slew of modern features including automatic doors, bio-vacuum type toilets, comfortable seating, onboard hotspot WiFi for entertainment purposes, GPS based audio-visual passenger information system, LED lighting, etc.

ETA-Tricolite JV bags Rs. 101 Cr Contract of Delhi Metro

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ETA-Tricolite JV bags Rs. 101 Cr Contract of Delhi Metro

New Delhi (Metro Rail News):  ETA Engineering and Tricolite Electrical Industries Limited (ETA-Tricolite JV) got the Letter of Acceptance (LoA) from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on September 13, 2019, as The ETA-Tricolite JV has emerged as the lowest bidder.

Scope of work

The total value of the contract is Rs.100.91 crore. The scope of work includes design verification, detail engineering, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of electrical and mechanical (E&M) system including fire, hydraulic system and DG sets, environment control system (ECS) and tunnel ventilation system (TVS) for the Dwarka Sector 21-Dwarka Sector 25 Metro Rail Project (Extension of Delhi Airport Express Link) and Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand corridor (Delhi Metro Line 9 extension).

The section from Najafgarh to Dhansa Bus Stand station shall be financed by Japanese Bank Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) whereas Dwarka Sector 21 to Dwarka Section 25 (ICC) shall be self-financed.

The tender was notified in February this and technical bids were opened on March 14, 2019.

The first trial runs on 4.29 km long Dwarka – Najafgarh corridor (Line 9) was commenced on July 16, 2019. This section has a total of three stations. Najafgarh station is underground. Out of Dwarka and Nangli are elevated ones, while N

Commencement

This section is expected to be commissioned in December 2019.

ETA Engineering Private Ltd. is working in India since 1994. The company is part of the ETA ASCON – STAR GROUP of Companies based out in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Tricolite Electrical Industries Limited – is a leading Exporter, Manufacturer, Supplier of Electric Switchboards, 33 KV Panels, 11 KV VCB Panel from Gurugram, Haryana, India.

This information is exclusively shared by Gurgaon based consultancy firm Subinfra Project Management.

Chief Secretary prepare a plan to increase Lucknow Metro ridership

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Chief Secretary prepare a plan to increase Lucknow Metro ridership

UTTAR PRADESH (Metro Rail News): On September 16, Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari directed officers to prepare an action plan to increase ridership of the Lucknow metro.

He also asked the officials to implement the one-city-one card scheme for the Lucknow Metro and the city’s bus services.

Tiwari said while presiding over a meeting here said that for providing better transport facilities to the common people an effective action plan should be prepared to increase ridership for the metro from ChaudhariCharan Singh airport to Munshipulia.

The CS said, at every station, the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation should ensure and develop necessary facilities like bus and auto stops, and footpaths.

He also directed the Lucknow municipal corporation, the Lucknow Development Authority, the housing board, and the public works department to provide adequate support to develop parking facilities near metro stations.
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East-West Metro soil test in yield zone

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East-West Metro soil test in yield zone

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): Samples of soil are being collected from the Bowbazar area that has been affected after a machine boring an East-West Metro tunnel hit a sand aquifer containing a large amount of water, leading to subsidence.

Engineers said an analysis of the samples would reveal how soft the soil had become after the accident and whether it would be able to bear further stress once the tunneling work resumed and collapsed buildings rebuilt.

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation, the implementing agency of East-West Metro that aims to connect Salt Lake Sector V with Howrah Maidan, started the exercise on Monday, the first of its kind since the collapse on August 31.

A KMRC engineer said samples of the soil from this region in Bowbazar would be analyzed by our soil experts. The idea is to understand the degree of disturbance on the soil because of the accident underground and then calculate its stress-bearing capacity.

A team of workers led by engineers set up conical structures in Gaur De Lane on Monday and used it to bore a pit underground with the help of a steel shaft. The shaft was thrust inside the pit using an iron pulley. An engineer said, “After subsidence, we want to check the exact character of the soil on the surface and below”.

As workers went about boring, several residents who have been evacuated but who still keep returning to have a look at their houses, stood and watched the lane where they have been living for decades suddenly lose its character.

The mid-afternoon calm was replaced by the buzz of generator sets as engineers poured into their tabulation sheets with every sample of soil that was pulled out. Engineers said that during tunnelling the impact on the surrounding soil was not limited to those near the tunnel alone but also in the adjoining areas.

Settlement of soil gradually decreases with the increase in the distance from the center of the tunnel underground. Over the last week, a team of engineers has been checking the structural stability of some of the buildings across Durga Pituri Lane, Gour De Lane, and Shakrapara Lane.

A separate team has been working on strengthening the foundation of some of the buildings by injecting a solution of sodium silicate and cement underneath a process known as grouting. After the soil test is completed, engineers said they would sit down and analyze the results to understand if more buildings were at risk in this cave-in zone.

Andhra government suggests Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation to ‘level down’ rail project

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Andhra government suggests Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation to ‘level down’ rail project

VIJAYAWADA (Metro Rail News): In a bid to promote sustainable transportation between Vijayawada-Amaravati-Guntur-Tenali, the State government has decided to shelve the earlier designed elevated corridor, Semi-High Speed Circular Rail project and instead take it as an ‘at grade section’ project (at the same level of the road), if the plans materialize.

The project, when conceived by the previous TDP government, was an elevated one but the new government wants to change the project design to bring down the cost.

On Monday, Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation Limited (AMRCL) managing director NP Ramakrishna Reddy said the government has proposed the project to provide quick mode of transportation to the capital Amaravati from nearby cities and towns, to reduce undue population pressure on the road network and to help in the economic growth of the satellite cities and towns.

Gurugram-based Urban Mass Transit Company (UMTC) was entrusted with the task of preparing a feasibility report and detailed project report in coordination with the AP Capital Region Development Area (APCRDA), he said. In its preliminary feasibility report submitted earlier, the agency had estimated the project length to be 104 km at an estimated cost of Rs 10,000 to Rs 12,000 crore.

In a recent review meeting with the AMRCL officials, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to materialize the project as ‘at grade section’ to reduce the cost of expenditure following the Suburban Rail Policy-2017. He also suggested to take up the project according to top priority on developing modern facilities and greenery alongside the existing railway lines and through utilizing the lands on a lease basis.

Elaborating further, the AMRCL chief said that the Ministry of Railways will take up about 19-km-railway line works between Amaravati-Namburu section, following the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act- 2014. The remaining 85 km length of the railway line will be developed under joint venture model with 20 percent equity from the State government and the Ministry of Railways funding for 60 percent of the balance can be availed in form of soft loan from banks and financial institutions, according to the provisions stated in the Suburban Rail Policy.

Metroman says DMRC ready with design to rebuild flyover

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Metroman says DMRC ready with design to rebuild flyover

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Metroman E. Sreedharan has said that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has readied the design to reconstruct an expansion-joint-less, four-lane flyover at Palarivattom on the lines of the one at Edappally to replace the one whose cracked girders will be pulled down.

He added, while 100 of the 102 girders and the deck above will be pulled down, the piers and pier caps will be wrapped using reinforced concrete. The method is stronger and durable than carbon-fiber-wrapping that had been suggested earlier.

Mr. Sreedharan told that the design was readied in advance on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s suggestion, to save on time. He wants me to recommend someone to supervise the rebuilding work, and I will get back to him in two weeks. The work will be executed by the Kozhikode-based Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society Ltd.

The Metro man said that the estimate and tender documents will be readied in 15 days. DMRC will not be associated with the reconstruction work since our personnel here who are engaged in metro work are being diverted to other work sites. Neither will I supervise it. I will give technical guidance, in my personal capacity.

Elaborating on the scale of damage sustained by the flyover, he said since 97 of the 102 girders had suffered major or minor cracks within less than three years of the flyover being commissioned, casting doubts about the safety and longevity of the structure.

 “The replacement of girders will ensure that the flyover on the Edappally-Aroor NH Bypass has a lifespan of 80 to 100 years.

He said, “The girders, which were built using the deck-continuity method, will be replaced with pre-stressed girders as was done on the Edappally flyover which was built by DMRC. The two special spans at the center of the flyover will not be replaced. Thus, vehicles can continue to go beneath the structure”.

Pre-casting will be done away with at the flyover site, so that the existing girders can be simultaneously pulled down without throwing traffic into disarray.

Mr. Sreedharan said, all bearings must be replaced. Care will have to be taken so that vehicles can proceed without being caught in snarls and by making optimal use of space on service roads.

Chennai metro employees union moves HC to prosecute MD

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Chennai metro employees union moves HC to prosecute MD

CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) Employees Union has filed a written petition in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the State Government and the Commissioner of Labour to initiate criminal action under the Industrial Disputes Act of 1947 against the Managing Director and other top officials of metro rail for taking vindictive action against its members.

On Monday, Justice S.M. Subramaniam ordered notices to the government, Labour Commissioner as well as the MD and other officials of CMRL on the petition filed by the employees union represented by its president A. Soundararajan, 72, of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). Alternatively, the petitioner urged the court to grant permission to the union to launch a criminal prosecution.

In an affidavit, the union stated that a total of 254 employees in the cadre of the technician, train operator, station controller, and junior engineer were recruited by CMRL in 2013 and 2014.
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All these employees were getting 30% of their basic pay towards House Rent Allowance and 35% towards cafeteria allowance which was inclusive of education, transport, washing, and medical allowances.

However, while revising the pay with effect from January 1, 2017, CMRL reduced the HRA from 30 to 24% took away the cafeteria allowance totally. This led to the nonexecutive cadre employees losing Rs.8,960 to Rs. 15,580 a month through the HRA was reduced from 30 to 24% and the cafeteria allowance was reduced from 35 to 20% for those working in the executive cadre.

Further, by a circular dated July 21, 2018, CMRL withdrew benefits such as 15 days paternity leave and 20 days of half pay leave. These measures led to various forms of protest and the formation of the trade union. After CITU began taking up for the cause of the employees, the management first suspended and then eventually dismissed seven office bearers from service.

Even as conciliation proceedings were pending before the Assistant Commissioner of Labour and an appeal having been preferred by the seven office-bearers against their dismissal, the management had suspended nine more workers and issued charge sheets to 15 more workmen in connection with a strike, the union said and sought permission for prosecuting the top brass.

2 Metro stations on track, to be operational in December

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2 Metro stations on track, to be operational in December

PUNE (Metro Rail News): By December this year, the city will have its first two Metro stations. According to the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MahaMetro), which is executing two phases of the project in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, the Sant Tukaramnagar and Phugewadi, says that facilities will be ready for Metro operations by then.
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Work on the foundations of the remainder of the elevated corridor on this line, between Dapodi and Range Hills, has been progressing slowly, mostly because of problems related to land acquisition.

MahaMetro has already started work on the 5km underground stretch, between the Range Hills and Swargate Metro stations. The train will go underground just after Range Hills, near the College of Agriculture, and proceed underground till Swargate.

Enroute, it will have stops at Shivajinagar, Civil Court (also being planned as a multimodal transport hub), Budhwar Peth, and Mandai. “About 38% of the civil work on the Sant Tukaramnagar station and 22% on the Phugewadi station has been completed so far. Each station will have three entry/exit points in the first phase,” a MahaMetro official said.

Across the two lines, MahaMetro has identified a total of 12km as priority sectors. Work on these stretches PCMC-Dapodi (7km) and Vanaz-Civil Court (5km) has been fast-tracked, as MahaMetro aims to make the Metro operational by the end of the year.

Two other stations at Anandnagar and Garware College on the Vanaz-Civil Court stretch will be ready by January, officials said. “The construction of Metro stations on the elevated section is completely different from constructing the viaduct and so, different firms have been appointed,” a MahaMetro official said. “Work on the stations, which was slow off the blocks, has now gained momentum,” the official added.

Each Metro station will comprise two levels a concourse, which will have ticket counters and other amenities, and the platform where commuters will board and get off the Metro trains.

A MahaMetro official said they were in the process of acquiring land private and government-owned to set up the entry-exit points for the stations, each of which will boast of lifts and escalators for commuters to reach to the platforms.

6-coach trains may be delayed in Bengaluru metro

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6-coach trains may be delayed in Bengaluru metro

BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)’s plan to convert all 50 existing three-car trains into 6-coach ones is likely to be delayed.

Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), which manufacturers Metro coaches, on Friday in a release, stated: “Against a BMRCL contract of 192 cars, BEML has so far supplied 105 cars for conversion into 6-car train sets and the rest will be delivered by June 2020, which will help decongest Bengaluru.”

BMRCL had earlier set September 2019 as the deadline for the conversion, which was later extended to March 2020. However, even the March 2020 deadline is unlikely to be met now. Namma Metro’s average daily ridership is 4.5 lakh and each of the six-car trains can carry up to 2,002 passengers compared to the maximum capacity of 975 in three-car trains.

The coach behind the loco pilot’s cabin is reserved for women. Trains on both lines are packed during peak hours and women commuters are the worst hit. Commuters using Green Line services are massively affected due to chaos at stations, especially Majestic.

In March 2017, BEML received a Rs 1,421 crore contract from BMRCL to supply 150 intermediate Metro coaches by December 2019. On September 2, BMRCL had said all Purple Line trains were running with six-car trains and only two six-car trains were deployed on the Green Line.

Bids invited for signaling work BMRCL has invited a tender for design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of signaling and train control and communication systems for Reach 5 of Phase 2. The 18.8km from RV Road to Bommasandra (Reach-5) is fully elevated with 16 stations and is likely to be operational by 2021.
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