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Delhi Metro Rides to be free for women: CM Arvind Kejriwal

03/06/2019

Announcement for FREE Rides in Delhi Metro and Buses

DELHI (Metro Rail News): In view of Delhi Assembly elections, Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal has announced free Delhi Metro and DTC bus rides for women in National Captial at a press conference. The expenses of the free ride scheme will be borne by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal said that the scheme to provide free Delhi Metro and DTC rides has been announced so that women have safe travel experience in Delhi.

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The expenses of the free ride scheme will be borne by Delhi govt
The scheme was announced so that women have safe travel experience in Delhi, Kejriwal said
Arvind Kejriwal said that the free ride scheme is optional.
It will cost 1600 cr for 1 year.

He further said that on all DTC buses, cluster buses and metro trains, women will be allowed to travel free of cost so that they have safe travel experience and can access modes of transport which they were not able to, due to high prices.

Some of them think it’s a good initiative for women and senior citizens, while others are saying that the Delhi government’s decision is completely unjustified and defies Gender ‘Equality’.

Freeride scheme is optional

CM Arvind Kejriwal Clarifying that subsidy will not be imposed on anyone, free ride scheme is optional.

“There are several women who can afford these modes of transport. Those who can afford can purchase tickets, they needn’t take subsidy. We encourage those, who can afford, to buy tickets and not take subsidy so that others could benefit,” CM Arvind Kejriwal added.

Delhi government would bear the expense, around Rs 1,600 crore for the year. He added that the decision has been taken keeping the safety of women in mind. It would take about three months for the rollout of the scheme.

Although, the scheme is just a proposal and has not been launched yet. Arvind Kejriwal said he has given a week time to the Delhi government officials to make a detailed proposal to both DTC and the Delhi Metro.

two – three month to implement

“I’ve given one-week time to officials to make a detailed proposal – for both DTC and metro – on how and when can this be implemented. We’re making an effort to start this within 2-3 months. We’re also seeking suggestions from people, regarding implementation.” he said.

CM Arvind Kejriwal Said” Initially, we had told the Centre not to increase the price of tickets, they didn’t agree. We told them we’ve 50-50 partnership, let’s give 50-50 subsidy on raised prices, they didn’t agree. Delhi government will bear the fare of what we’re going to do. We needn’t take approval for this”

The proposal to make Delhi Metro and DTC ride free were made on Sunday to encourage the women to use public transport.

Delhi Transport Minister Mr. Kailash Gahlot has already taken meetings to discuss various aspects of fare-waiver to women in all public transport buses – run by DTC and DIMTS – and Delhi metro said Delhi Officials.

Difficult to implement in Metro

“Allowing free travel in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses run by the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal System(DIMTS) may not be difficult, it will be “challenging” to do so in Metro trains”, a transport official said

The Delhi government and the Centre are 50:50 equity partners in the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Not the first of its kind

The ‘free’ public transport isn’t new and the movement is gaining a lot of supporters worldwide. Countries like Luxembourg are planning to set aside the fee in an attempt to make a green push. Cities like Dunkirk in France and Tallinn in Estonia are already providing free commuting.

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Mumbai Metro-3 corridor runs behind schedule

Narendra Shah

31/05/2019

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC), which is executing the Metro 3 corridor seeks permission to cut trees in Aarey for construction of Metro Coach depot. Their applications are pending with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC), tree authority, which has not been functional since October 2018 owing to a Bombay high court (HC) stay.
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In October 2018, High court restrained the tree authority from taking any decisions on cutting trees until it has independent experts as nominated members in the authority. The BMC has four experts on the authority and 15 corporators. Although In February 2019 the BMC got 37 applications for the tree authority, 32 got rejected.

“The way the BMC called for advertisements was wrong. Candidates are rejected as the civic body put a condition that the experts must be residents of Mumbai. The court has clearly stated the committee must have an equal number of corporators, who know the city, and experts.” said Zoru Bhathena, a petitioner in the case and activist.

JV Pardeshi, superintendent of gardens, BMC, said close to 70-80 applications are pending since the stay. When asked if the BMC will issue an advertisement to call for experts again, he said, “It will be as per the high court orders.”

The rolling stock for Metro line 3 is expected to be delivered by November 2020 As the MMRC had awarded contracts for the rolling stock of 248 coaches in September 2018.

Also, It will take two years to construct the car depot where the rolling stock will be brought.

According to the source, if the depot is not ready on time, there is a high possibility that the rolling stock will remain at the manufacturing unit. The completion of the project on time is now subject to the car depot. Rolling stock is tested for close to six months before the commercial operations begin.

With legal hurdles, the MMRC had already revised its deadline for phase-1 (Aarey-Bandra Kurla Complex) of the underground corridor from December 2020 to June 2021.

The project has faced numerous hurdles owing to litigation from environmental groups and citizens against the MMRC’s plan to cut trees to build the car depot within Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai’s green lung.

In addition, an earlier stay by the Bombay high court, disallowing construction work between 10 pm and 6 am, also slowed down construction.

The MMRC had earlier estimated that a delay of one day would cost Rs 4.5 crore to the exchequer.

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Metro Rail News May 2019 issue published

Narendra Shah

31/05/2019

Dear Readers,

Our Much Awaited May 2019 Edition is published on Friday 2019. India’s only Monthly Journal with a deep focus on Metro, Rail, RRTS, Bullet train, Hyperloop, and Allied Industry.

What’s News in May 2019 issue

Our May issue focuses on very interesting topics such as Doors, Lifts, Elevators, Escalators and also provides a cover story on Railway Drones. Further, Nagpur & Pune Metro is chosen as our project of the month and exclusive Interviews with Mr. Dr. Brijesh Dixit – Managing Director – Maharashtra Metro Rail corporation along with other regular columns such as new development in metro project, pre/post event coverage, technology updates, opinions, appointments, Passenger information, live tenders, Industry Contracts, upcoming events and current job openings have been included.

We always focus on the latest technology which can change peoples life easier. The innovations and technology can be implemented by Metro Operator to the serve commuters better.

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Metro Rail to link Greater Noida with Jewar airport by 2023

Narendra Shah

31/05/2019

Greater Noida (Metro Rail News): The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) on Thursday approved a budget of Rs 6,869 crore for two Metro lines to link the upcoming Jewar airport. “both the Metro lines will start at Greater Noida’s Knowledge Park-II and terminate at Jewar Airport” Said, officials.

The project is expected to be completed by 2023. The announcement was made after the 65th Board Meeting of the YEIDA, which manages the development of region along the 165-km-long Yamuna Expressway

They said while one would be an exclusive Airport Express Line — with no stations between Knowledge Park-II and the airport, the other would go through residential, commercial and rural areas along the Yamuna Expressway.

The Govt. has started the process to hire a developer for the airport at Jewar in Greater Noida, which is expected to become the National Capital Region’s second airport and take the load off Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport once completed. The second airport in the National Capital Region, along the 165-km Yamuna Expressway, is expected to be operational by 2022-23.

According to the detailed project report (DPR) submitted by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, the project is expected to witness a daily ridership of 82,000, which is not economically viable as per the traffic projections. As per the DPR, it requires a daily ridership of over 1.6 lakh for the project to become viable.

Arun Vir Singh, CEO, YEIDA, said that they cannot hold on for the correct traffic projections. “We need to build a Metro Link from Greater Noida’s Knowledge Park-II to Jewar airport site by 2023 when the airport is expected to become operational. We are not bothered about economic feasibility because we need to a build Metro link to provide connectivity to more than 21,000 residential plot allottees, who are likely to shift to sector 18 and 20,” Singh said.

“Also, we have to ensure Metro connectivity for passengers travelling to Jewar airport from Greater Noida via an Airport Express Line,” Said Mr. Singh.

“the YEIDA will prepare a proposal on funding pattern of the two Metro links in collaboration with the Noida Metro Rail Corporation. The proposal would be sent to the UP government for a final decision”, said, Officials.

Out of total 35.64 km Metro line, 33.27km will be elevated and the remaining 3.37km stretch till Jewar airport will run underground along Jewar-Sikandrabad road. The link will have 25 Metro stations, excluding the airport station.
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The proposed stations are: Greater Noida’s Knowledge Park-II, Chi-I, Chi-II, Chi-III, Chi-IV, Gautam Budh University, Night Safari, Murshadpur, Yamuna Authority’s sector 26A, Noida International University, Galgotia University, Sector 17A, Sports City, sectors 22A, 22B, sector 18A, sector 22C, sectors 19, 18, 2, 20, 21, 28, 29, Nagla Hukum Singh and Jewar airport.

This project will branch out from the existing Knowledge Park-II station on Aqua Line of the Noida-Greater Noida Metro line and terminate at Jewar airport. Earlier, this link was planned between Greater Noida’s Pari Chowk and Jewar airport.

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Trials Begin On Kolkata East-West Underground Metro Corridor

Narendra Shah

31/05/2019

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): The trial run on the underground corridor of Kolkata East west metro corridor started on 31 May 2019.

In 1994, The last time a train had entered a new underground station was MG Road.

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) is the implementing agency for the 16km long East-West Metro corridor from Sector V to Howrah Maidan through the Hooghly riverbed. Although commercial operation between Sector V and Salt Lake Stadium is expected to start at June-end or early July and train services to Phoolbagan could be introduced around October 2019.

The trial run’s extension to Phoolbagan got a shot in the arm on Tuesday when the Union electrical inspector general granted permission to electrify the third rail beyond Salt Lake Stadium station. Work to electrify the third rail began on Wednesday and took two days to link it up to Sealdah East.
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KMRC considers this an achievement because of the possibility of extending East-West Metro’s commercial run to Phoolbagan ran into a hurdle as Schneider Electric, the company providing the key equipment for power connection along the tracks between Salt Lake Stadium and Phoolbagan stations, was planning to ship the cargo from China. It would have taken 45 days for the equipment to reach Kolkata, which would have pushed back the Phoolbagan extension to December.

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Nagpur Metro Reach 3 trial run between Lokmanya Nagar to Subhash Nagar

Narendra Shah

30/05/2019

Nagpur (Metro Rail News): The Maharastra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha Metro) Started 1st Trial Run for Nagpur Metro Reach 3 on Thursday, between Lokmanya Nagar and Subhash Nagar Metro Stations.

The trial run by Metro Train covered a distance of 5.5 km. The inaugural run was followed by media interaction with Maha Metro MD Dr Brijesh Dixit.

Trail Run Glimpse:

A Drone view of Stations and Trains

Maha Metro MD Interact with Media

Solar Status

Khapri Metro Station 67.92kw
New Airport Metro Station : 112.45kw
South Airport Metro Station : 132.275kw
Airport Metro Station : 172.80kw
Metro Bhawan : 273kw

Up to 80% Power consumption by Solar of Station (Green Energy) Estimated Energy per year 3.8 Lakh Units

Lokmanya Nagar-Sitabuldi metro stretch to be operational in August 2019

“The 10.8 kms long Nagpur Metro Reach III covers Bansi Nagar, Wasudeo Nagar, Rachana (Ring Road), Dharampeth College, LAD College, Shankar Nagar Square, The Institution of Engineers, and Jhansi Rani Square”, Said Dr. Brijesh Dixit Dixit.

Lokmanya Nagar Metro Station

Lokmanya Nagar metro station connects the semi-urban and rural parts of Nagpur district to Nagpur city. This station will serve as the gateway to Hingna, where several educational institutions and industrial units are located.

Subhash Nagar Metro Station

Subhash Nagar station will serve as a disembarking point for fun-lovers, owing to its proximity to Ambazari lake, which is one of the beauty spots of the city. Both the stations, like others in Reach-III, have ‘Aqua Theme’, as the alignment is adjacent to Ambazari lake.

Walkway

A glass segment will be installed on metro route pillars from Subhash Nagar. It will serve as a walkway from Subhash Nagar to Dharampeth College. While walking down the 730-metres long walkway and enjoying the beautiful scene of Ambazari lake, people can enjoy food as there will be a restaurant, relaxing zone, and shops etc.

Security

Fifty CCTV cameras will be installed at each of the stations to ensure tight security even at night. Besides, Lokmanya Nagar and Subhash Nagar stations both will have escalators, elevators, lifts, baby care rooms, tactile flooring for visually impaired people, and ramp for physically challenged persons. Wheelchair access will be there for wheelchair-bound passengers.

“Maha Metro had earned Rs 18 lakh since launching the operations on Wardha Road route. So far, 1.50 lakh passengers have travelled in metro train” Said Mr. Dixit. Once all the stations become operational, the ridership will increase, he said.

Replying to a question, Dixit said that the work had slowed down for three months during the Lok Sabha elections as many labourers had gone to their native places. Now that they are returning, the work is gaining momentum again, he added.

The Phase-I of the project would be completed by the middle of the year 2020 and Maha Metro was in a comfortable position in executing the work, he said in reply to another question. The work of under-bridge at Jaistambh and Loha Paul will be started soon, he added.

As far as the work of demolishing the flyover in front of the railway station was concerned, he said that it would be taken up once the construction of proposed mall where existing shop-keepers would be shifted was started.

The construction of mall can be started only after getting possession of the lands of Madhya Pradesh bus stand, school, and Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation. Asked about summer heat this year, Dixit said that it had helped Maha Metro as solar energy generation was good.

The station-wise generation of solar power is as follows: Khapri — 67.92 kw, New Airport — 112.45 kw, South Airport — 132.275 kw, Airport — 172.80 kw, Metro Bhawan — 273 kw. Mahesh Kumar, Director of Maha Metro; Shivmathan, General Manager (Finance); Anil Kokate, General Manager and other officers were present prominently during the trial run.

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Delhi-Meerut RRTS to have multi-model integration with other modes

Aradhana Patel

30/05/2019

MEERUT (Metro Rail News): Delhi-Meerut RRTS, India’s first high-speed Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) will have multi-modal integrations at its stations with public transport such as bus terminals, Railway stations and Metro stations. This integration will be done through walkways, lifts, escalators and underpasses wherever possible says National Capital Region Transport Corporation’s (NCRTC) group general manager (strategic planning), Sudhi Kumar Sharma.

“In view of the problem of road congestion and pollution faced by the public, we are creating an infrastructure which will ensure seamless integration within the public transport modes like Railway stations, bus terminus and Metro stations,” Sharma said.

The RRTS would provide seamless integration with Delhi Metro’s Hazrat Nizamuddin station along with Sarai Kale Khan ISBT and Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station. Similarly, Anand Vihar RRTS station would have seamless connectivity with Anand Vihar Metro station along with Anand Vihar ISBT & UPSRTC bus depot (Kaushambi), he added.

New Ashok Nagar & Ghaziabad RRTS station would also have connectivity with New Ashok Nagar Metro and Ghaziabad New Bus Adda Metro respectively. The Sahibabad RRTS station would be connected to either Delhi Metro’s Line 3 or 4. From Meerut South till Modipuram, the Meerut Metro will share the same infrastructure as RRTS. Bus Depots will also be seamlessly connected with RRTS stations at Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Modinagar North, Bhaisali and Begumpul. The total project cost of Delhi-Meerut RRTS is Rs 30,274 crore.

NCRTC is mandated to design, construct, finance, operate and maintain RRTS in NCR. It works under the administrative control of the Ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA). Recently, we organized a community interaction programme at Guldhar, Ghaziabad and briefed the local stakeholders about the RRTS project, its ongoing construction progress and upcoming challenges.

These stakeholders included local residents, shop owners, restaurant owners and local educational institutions, Sharma said. “We also informed them that the barricading which will be done during construction on the road will be in such a manner that causes minimum inconvenience to commuters. The basic aim was to make the process of developing this state of the art infrastructure as inclusive as possible,” he added.

Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor is first of the three prioritized corridors planned for implementation in Phase-1. The other two are Delhi-Gurugram-Alwar and Delhi-Panipat corridors. Metro services with 12 stations on 18 km stretch between Modipuram and Meerut South stations on RRTS infrastructure will meet the local mobility needs of citizens of Meerut, besides providing efficient regional connectivity.

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Indian Railway Gets 1st trial corridor for Train 18, 19 and 20

Narendra Shah

30/05/2019

Vande Bharat Express — Vande Bharat Train/ Representational image only

New Delhi (Metro Rail News): Railways gets its first trial corridor for all types of trains! In a new developmental boost, Indian Railways will not have to block traffic on corridors or cancel trains in order to conduct trial runs of new trains or upgraded engines.

First of its kind in the country, technical trial runs of new semi high-speed trains like Train 18, Train 19, Train 20 will be effectively conducted without any hindrance. A 343 km long dedicated freight corridor (DFC) between Khurja to Bhaupur is the section where trial runs of all types of new Indian Railways trains can be conducted.

“the corridor will prove to be a boon for all semi-high speed trains as well as other types of trains on the network.

As per the report, it is being said that this track is world-class, which is why on this corridor the trial runs can be conducted at a speed of up to 250 km/hour. One of the very beneficial aspects of the corridor is that trial runs can also be conducted for double-decker trains as well as double-decker goods trains.

On a common corridor, the height of an overhead electric cable (OHC) is 5.5 meters. However, the height of the OHC on this corridor is 7.5 meters. Additionally, the OHC installed on this corridor has a supply of 25 KV voltage with which a train with a load of 12,5000-15,000 tons can run at a speed of 100 km/hour.

Anurag Sachan, Managing Director (MD), DFC said that the trial runs of every type of train are possible on this track and the technical trials can also be conducted to test the speed of the trains.

A DFC official explained that earlier, for the trial runs of semi-high speed trains like Humsafar Express, Vande Bharat Express, Tejas Express, the authorities had to block the usual train traffic on the track or corridor. Due to this, the trains running on track always faced the possibility of getting delayed.

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Mumbai Metro line 2A and 7 to be operational by 2020

Narendra Shah

29/05/2019

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Shri Devendra Fadnavis on May 29, 2019, chaired a review of all mega infrastructure projects in the state and extended the deadline to early 2020. The 18.6 KM long Mumbai Metro line 2A corridor will connect Dahisar to D.N. Road with an elevated corridor via Link Road and will have 18 stations.

On the other hand, The 16.5 km Mumbai Metro line 7 corridor will connecting Andheri East to Dahisar East via Western Express Highway and will have 16 stations.

S senior official from the chief minister’s office (CMO) said “The two Metros, totally 35.1 km in length, will be operational by early 2020. The total progress on Metro-2A and Metro-7 is 65% and 68% respectively”.

Mumbai Metro line 2A and 7 are expected to cater to 16 lakh commuters in the city. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has proposed to introduce 10 new rakes for the monorail. Monorail Line 1 was inaugurated by former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on February 1, 2014.

The CM also directed officials to complete construction of the additional six Metro lines in Mumbai and Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) by 2022. “By 2022, we plan to have a Metro network of 119km by completion of Metro lines DN Nagar-Mankhurd (Metro-2B), Colaba-Bandra-Seepz (Metro -3), Wadala-Ghatkopar-Thane-Kasarvadavali (Metro-4), Wadala-GPO (Metro-4B), Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan (Metro-6) and Lokhandwala-Vikhroli (Metro-5),” the official said, adding that by 2022, work on 169km of additional Metro lines across the state will start. Officials said the work on MTHL will be completed by 2022-end.

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Haryana Govt Approves DPR for Metro Connectivity in Gurugram

Narendra Shah

29/05/2019

CHANDIGARH (Metro Rail News): The Haryana government approved construction of 31-long metro corridor from Huda City center to Gurugram cyber city at the fourth meeting of Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority in Chandigarh (GDMA) on 27 May 2019. The corridor will begin where Delhi metro’s Yellow line ends.

4th meeting of Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority in Chandigarh. The Detailed Project Report for metro rail connectivity from HUDA City Centre to Cyber City Rapid Metro, Gurugram was approved.

The detailed project report (DPR) was approved on Monday and now will be sent to the Union government for approval.
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The project is estimated to cost around Rs 6,000 crore. The construction work of the project is expected to begin in May 2020, Once approved by the union government.

“the control of all metro rail projects in Haryana should be under Haryana Metro Rail Transport Corporation so that the state would not be dependent on organizations like the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and RITES.” said Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar while Presiding over a review meeting of the Delhi Metro Rail Projects in Haryana.

In a tweet, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said, “This would significantly help in decongestion of roads and save vehicle operation cost as well as the time of passengers. The project (having a length of 31.11 kilometers, 25 stations, and six interchange stations) will be implemented by Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation.”

The 4.86-km-long metro corridor from Narela to Kundli which would be extended till Rajiv Gandhi Education City, the 30.38-km-long metro corridor between Gurugram and Faridabad, the 17.10-km-long metro corridor from City Park (Bahadurgarh) to Sampla and the 23.10-km-long metro corridor between Badsa (AIIMS and National Cancer Institute) and Dwarka, were the metro rail projects which were reviewed in the meeting.

According to GDMA official, the new metro corridor would be commissioned by 2024. While 2025 was set as target for earlier, the chief minister said that it needed to be constructed sooner and so now the tentative date for completion is 2024.

The metro stations proposed on this route are — HUDA City Centre, Sector 45, Cyber Park, Sector 46, Sector 47, Sector 48, Technology Park, Udyog Vihar Phase 6, Sector 10, Sector 37, Basai, Sector 9, Sector 7, Sector 4, Sector 5, Ashok Vihar, Sector 3, Krishna Chowk, Palam Vihar Extension, Palam Vihar, Sector 23 A, Sector 22, Udyog Vihar Phase IV and V and Cyber City. .

A 2-Km extension corridor to Dwarka Expressway from Basai has also been approved for better connectivity. Along with this, another extension from Sector 22 to Cybercity rapid rail has also been approved.

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