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CM to inaugurate Kochi Metro service extended to Thaikkudam on 3rd September

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CM to inaugurate Kochi Metro service extended to Thaikkudam on 3rd September

KOCHI (Metro Rail News): Inauguration of Kochi Metro extension to Thaikkudam is decided to be held on September 3.

Services for the public will commence from 4th September. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the extended service on Tuesday at about 11 am in an indoor stadium, Kadavanthra. Hardeep Singh Puri, union minister for Housing and Urban Affairs will preside over the function.

Security inspections by the commissioner of Metro Rail Safety will begin on Friday. Services can commence only with the approval of the safety certificate.

Along with the event, the inauguration of construction of water metro terminal will take place on Tuesday. Piling works for the metro extension from Petta to Thrippunithura SN Junction will also begin on the same day.

As part of the inauguration, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has announced free parking for passengers at all metro stations from Friday till September 25, 2019.


Gorakhpur Metro to have two corridors, 27 stations

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Gorakhpur Metro to have two corridors, 27 stations

GORAKHPUR (Metro Rail News): ) On Thursday, the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) surveyed metro routes in the city and took note of the difficulties being faced in metro construction, officials said.

Its commissioner and the Gorakhpur Development Authority (GDA) vice-chairman also held a meeting on the issues.

LMRC Director Kumar Keshav and Chief Engineer Ravi Jain visited the metro route with PWD engineers. The Housing and Urban Planning Department chief secretary will inspect the metro route in Gorakhpur on Friday.

The officials inspected the routes from Mohaddipur to the railway station, Gorakhnath temple gate to Bargadwa and Shyam Nagar, Gulriha to Transport Nagar via Asurn.

Keshav told reporters “It is proposed that the metro will run in Gorakhpur on pillars with 2 meters width and the proposed distance between the pillars is 27 meters. It will be difficult to construct pillars on a four-lane road.” Engineers will try to find an alternative so that metro pillars can be made without any hindrance along with the four-lane road’s construction.

A four-lane road is under construction on the metro route between Shyam Nagar and Divyanagar and construction have been completed between Mohaddipur and Gurung Tiraha. Construction for the road is underway between Gurung Tiraha and Suba Bazar.

The construction of the proposed ₹4,100 crore metro project will begin in the city after the Centre’s approval and there will be two corridors and 27 stations on metro route.

Maha-Metro likely to recommend the underground route

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Maha-Metro likely to recommend the underground route

MAHARASHTRA (Metro Rail News): The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (Maha-Metro) is likely to recommend an underground route for the stretch between Swargate and Katraj.

 “The detailed project report is nearing completion of the Metro route from Swargate to Katraj. It will be submitted to the Pune Municipal Corporation for approval,” said Brijesh Dixit, managing director of Maha-Metro.

Maha-Metro is the agency in charge of implementing the Pune Metro project and it has already started work on the Pimpri-Swargate and Ramwadi-Vanaz routes. The PMC had urged Maha-Metro to extend the route from Swargate to Katraj.

However, there was a lot of discussion over the route as the construction of an elevated track was not possible due to the number of flyovers on the Satara Road stretch.

While the Maha-Metro considered constructing an underground route, financial feasibility of the project was a source of concern since each km of the route would involve an expenditure of Rs 500 crore. Now, Maha-Metro has decided that even if the cost of building a 6-km underground route is at least Rs 3,000 crore, it would be feasible given the number of passengers on the route, which passes through crowded localities.

The PMC will now have to ensure funding for the rail route and the civic body will discuss the proposal before it gets the final go-ahead.

Tree Authority Allows Cutting Of 2700 Trees For Mumbai Metro Car Shed

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Tree Authority Allows Cutting Of 2700 Trees For Mumbai Metro Car Shed

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Tree Authority of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday gave its nod to cut over 2,700 trees for a Metro car shed in the leafy Aarey Colony area in Mumbai.

The proposal was cleared at the authority’s meeting, chaired by municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi, though members from the Shiv Sena opposed it.

A senior civic official said Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL), which is constructing the Metro, put up the proposal to cut 2,232 trees and promised to compensate by planting three times as many trees elsewhere in the city.

“MMRCL also sought permission to remove and re-transplant another 469 trees,” the official said, adding that before giving the approval, the members of the authority had inspected the site.

BJP member Manoj Kotak, also the group leader in the civic house, backed the proposal.

“Metro is extremely essential for the city and it is everybody’s duty to support infrastructure-related work. In fact, Metro will not only save fuel but will also protect the environment,” Mr.
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Tree authority member and NCP corporator Kaptan Malik said he supported the decision to facilitate infrastructure development.

Shiv Sena youth wing leader Aaditya Thackeray, however, alleged that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had been “misled” on the issue.

“The metro is a good thing, I use the existing one and will use the new one too. However, whoever planned this green chopping in Mumbai, obviously has no love for our future generations or our city. Has misled the chief minister on its environmental assessment report for Aarey,” Mr. Thackeray tweeted.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said it was a “betrayal” of the trust reposed by Mumbai citizens in the civic authorities.

“We urge Mumbaikars to vote out the parties which are responsible for this decision in assembly elections. We will take this up in the polls,” said Ruben Mascarenhas, national Joint Secretary of AAP.

“Both the chief minister and civic chief have admitted that the flooding of Mumbai is a result of climate change. Sadly, government authorities don’t understand the relation between trees and global warming. 33 hectors of the crashed area in Aarey has thousands of indigenous trees, species and also the floodplain of Mithi River,” said Amrita Bhattacharjee, who has launched campaign to save the trees in Aarey colony area.

‘Aqua, purple lines proposed names for Pune Metro routes’

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‘Aqua, purple lines proposed names for Pune Metro routes’

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha-Metro) has proposed the names ‘Aqua line’ for the Vanaz-Ramwadi metro corridor and ‘Purple line’ for the Pimpri-Chincwad to Swargate corridor.

Brijesh Dixit, managing director, Maha-Metro, said, “We have proposed these two names for the metro corridors. As Vanaz to Ramwadi metro corridor is passing through the Mula-Mutha riverbed, we have suggested the name ‘aqua line’. Purple color represents happiness. So considering this, the name ‘Purple line’ has been proposed for Pimpri-Chincwad to Swargate corridor.

“It is a norm that various metro lines have to be given names on the basis of color. This will help the commuters identify their metro trains. We hope to complete the work of the priority sections by December,” added Dixit.

Voltas receives orders for Mumbai Metro Line 3

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Voltas receives orders for Mumbai Metro Line 3

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Voltas has received an order for tunnel ventilation systems for the Mumbai Metro 3 project post winning the bid.

HVAC solutions include tunnel ventilation for metros and underground stations. Under this business segment, the company has received Letter of Award (LOA) from Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) for Environmental Control System (ECS) and Tunnel Ventilation System (TVS) works for Phase 2, Lot 2 Package of 8 out of total 27 stations, i.e. from Cuffe Parade to Grant Road station and tunnel up to Mumbai Central station.

The total value of the packages being over Rs. 800 crores are divided into 3 packages and Voltas has received LOA for 1 package with an approximate value of Rs. 233 crore. Being a long duration project, the revenues and profits from this project will be delivered at a slow pace.

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Delhi metro’s Yellow Line metro services hit

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Delhi metro’s Yellow Line metro services hit

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): In the morning today several commuters faced inconvenience after services were briefly affected on a section of Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) tweeted about the slow movement of trains between Rajiv Chowk and Qutub Minar. However, after a few hours, normal services were resumed on the route.

DMRC tweeted “Normal services have resumed. We regret the inconvenience,”.

The Yellow Line is one of the busiest lines in the Delhi Metro network, ferrying thousands of passengers from Delhi to neighboring Gurgaon in Haryana.

The route measures almost 49 km and has a total of 37 stations. It connects Samaypur Badli in North Delhi to HUDA City Centre in Gurugram. The stretch connects prominent areas such as Delhi University, New Delhi and Old Delhi railway stations, Connaught Place, INA Market, AIIMS and Hauz Khas to name a few.

Maharashtra Govt. approve Nashik’s Metro Neo Project

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Maharashtra Govt. approve Nashik’s Metro Neo Project

Nashik (Metro Rail News): Maharashtra cabinet on August 28, 2019, has approved Nashik’s first-of-its-kind Mass Rapid Transit System “Metro Neo” Which will not run on metal tyres (technically known as rails), but instead have rubber tyres. It help in better connectivity across the city. Like all lines, the corridor will be elevated. The Metro’s swanky coaches will operate on electricity and battery and ply on elevated viaducts with state-of-the-art terminals.

The project will be executed at an estimated cost of ₹2,100 crore and will be jointly implemented by Maha Metro, City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) said Mr. Brijesh Dixit, managing director, Maha Metro. The cabinet approved two corridors Shramik Road to Nashik Road, which is 18.45km long, and a 9.45km-long Gangapur to Mumbai Naka corridor in Nashik.

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Nashik’s Metro Neo Project Corridor Route Map

According to Dixit, the “unique” Metro in Nashik is the first in the world where electricity-run coaches will be plying under the mass transport system. He said the concept was designed to make the project “financially viable” in the tier-II city. “This has not been done anywhere. The coaches of Metro Neo will have the comfort of the Metro coaches, but will run on tyres and not rails. We had to come up with a new model to make it financially viable,” Dixit told HT. The Metro will have a capacity of carrying 8,000 commuters during peak hours.

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Ramanathan Subramanium, executive director of Maha Metro, said the coaches will run on overhead electrical cables (OHEs). “The elevated structures will have basic infrastructure like bus stops. The routes are planned in a way that it will connect important locations including railway stations, MIDC, etc. As the coaches will run on tyres, it will come down through a ramp, and operate around the city too as a feeder route,” he said.

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The system could be upgraded to light rail transit (LRT) system subsequently, when the ridership goes up. “We can put rails on the viaduct and get new brakes to run on it,” Dixit said

Underground Metro ideal, but not viable

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Underground Metro ideal, but not viable

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation’s (MMRC) managing director, Ashwini Bhide, said underground Metros were ideal but could not be executed in the city due to several, particularly financial, constraints.

She said, “The ideal situation could be that all Metro lines are underground. But for a country and a city like ours, where we have a huge resource crunch, we have tried to find a solution.”

She said she was not the most competent person to explain the decision to build elevated Metro corridors, but said the city’s geographical makeup put a lot of restrictions on planning public transport projects.

Ms. Bhide, who was addressing citizens at the V-Citizens Action Network event in Colaba, answered a series of questions regarding Metro 3, which is being built from Colaba to SEEPZ, including the contentious issue of a car shed proposed to be built in Aarey Colony.

The car shed has been opposed by citizens and environmental groups as it involves axing 2,702 trees.

Recently, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Tree Authority too stalled the proposal for cutting trees after it received 82,000 objections from citizens.

Several citizens questioned the need to have it in Aarey Colony and asked why the yard was not possible in a site in Kanjurmarg, which is being proposed for the yard of Metro Line 6. “That land was not made available because there are private claims on it, litigation is on since 1996,” she said.

The land was still not available with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which was looking for other options for Metro Line 6, she said. “Moreover, the land is 10 km away from our last stop. So it would have meant extending the corridor by 10 km and revising the whole design, financial closure, getting new approvals. We were still willing to do it provided the land at Kanjurmarg was available at the time,” she said.

She said the MMRC was “seriously concerned” regarding the Aarey issue as the first set of trains were expected to arrive by November 2020. If the depot is not ready by then, they would have no place to keep the trains.

Agency to be hired for a feasibility study on two new Metro links in Noida

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Agency to be hired for a feasibility study on two new Metro links in Noida

NOIDA (Metro Rail News): The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Wednesday said it has started the process of hiring an agency that will carry out the feasibility study on two new Metro links — a 15km link from Sector 142 to Botanical Garden and another 3.8km link from Depot station to Bodaki.

“We have written to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Central government consultant agency, RITES, seeking their response about the feasibility study on the two proposed links. We will finalize the agency that charges the lowest fee for the study,” Alok Tandon, managing director, NMRC, and chairman of the Noida authority said.

The Greater Noida authority, on May 31, 2019, had approved these projects and decided to start work on their feasibility. The Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Anup Chandra Pandey, who is also the chairman of the Greater Noida authority, had directed the NMRC to expedite the work on the feasibility study and, later, on the detailed project report of the two projects, given the importance of these projects.

“An agency will be selected in a month or so. After that, it will take about three months to prepare a feasibility report on the two projects. Once the feasibility report is submitted, the UP government will take a final call on these projects,” an NMRC official, requesting anonymity, said.

The feasibility study will be conducted on the basis of expected traffic of passengers on the two routes, economic growth along the lines and the ridership during peak hours, among other parameters.

The Greater Noida authority had approved the 14km link with an aim to provide direct connectivity between Greater Noida and Delhi via Blue Line. The link will branch out from Botanical Garden and end at Noida’s Sector 142 Metro station on the existing Aqua Line. This line will run parallel to the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway after branching out from the existing Botanical Garden Metro station.

The Botanical Garden station also serve as NCR’s first interchange station, linking commuters to Blue Line (Noida City Centre to Dwarka Sector 21) and the Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden corridor.

The Greater Noida authority had approved the 3.8km link between the Depot Metro station and Bodaki village, where the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor is developing a dedicated industrial township.

At present, the 29.71km Aqua-Line connects Noida’s Sector 51 with Greater Noida’s Depot Metro station. And Bodaki village, through which the Delhi-Howrah railway line passes, is located only 3.8km away from existing Aqua Line’s Depot Metro station.

The Integrated Industrial Township Greater Noida (IITG) authority is developing a dedicated industrial township along the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor. The IITGL, in 2017, had started allotment of industrial plots in an integrated township spread on 335 hectares. The authority wants to extend this Metro link so that in future passengers, who want to reach the railway station and industrial areas in Bodaki can get better connectivity via the upcoming Metro link.

The DPR and the funding pattern for these two projects will be decided later.

“Funding is not an issue because the Noida, Greater Noida authorities will have a major share and we will also get support from the center and state government. But first let the feasibility study come then only we will finalize other things,” said Tandon.

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