Bullet Train Security measures to be finalised by CISF

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NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) implementing the high-speed rail corridor project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai recently invited bids for 237 km out of 508 km-long corridors.

In March 2019 we reported,that Two 50-m training track slabs made from high strength concrete have been readied at High-Speed Rail Training Institute (HSRTI) using Japan’s Shinkansen (Japanese bullet train) technology.

The official target for the completion of this corridor is August 2022. While the train is designed to operate at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, it will be running at a maximum speed of 320 kilometers. The high-speed train will be cutting down the travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad by 5 hours.

As per a recent HT report, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is helping the National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) to finalise security measures for bullet train project. It was stated in the report that since bullet trains will be giving direct competition to domestic flights in the country, NHSRCL is thinking about airport-like security at stations. They are planning to allow passengers to enter the platform just before the scheduled departure of the train.

“We provide security consultancy to many establishments and since this will be the first bullet train project for India, NHSRCL has approached us for consultancy. We will review the security structure of (high-speed trains in) other countries and will suggest a measure accordingly.” Said CISF officials.

“That since all the bullet train stations will be interconnected with railway stations, RPF might be given the responsibility of security for bullet train passengers as well.” NHSRCL spokesperson Sushma Gau. She also mentioned that CISF will be suggesting surveillance structure, deployment pattern, the requirement for quick reaction teams, etc.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the bullet train project last year with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. While the project is expected to be complete by 2023, a report from October 2018 suggested that the project might miss the 2023 deadline because of delays in the initial land acquisition process.

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DMRC Plans for New metro corridor to connect Delhi and Jhajjar

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16/04/2019

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NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is planning for the new metro rail corridor to connect All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Jhajjar campus to Delhi via Gurugram. The new proposed route, which is at the concept stage, will start from Dwarka Sector 21 metro station and pass through Dwarka Expressway to reach Badsa in Jhajjar.

The AIIMS (Jhajjar campus) will be India’s largest cancer institute and metro connectivity is expected to ease the movement of patients. On April 10, 2019, the first field inspection was conducted to identify the route alignment of the project.

The government of Haryana, along with DMRC officials, will conduct traffic and technical feasibility surveys before preparing a project detail project report (DPR). The cost of the project is expected to be shared by the state and Union governments. It may take a few years for work on this project to start.

A team of Officials conducted the first field inspection on April 10, 2019. This team is headed by HSVP administrator Chandrashekhar Khare, along with Nadim Akhtar, who is the advisor for Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation (HMRTC) Ltd as well as the DTCP chief town planner (CTP), DMRC advisor Aniruddh Jain, Gurugram district town planner (DTP) R S Batth, HSVP superintendent engineer Satbir Dahiya and
HSVP executive engineer Anil Kumar.

The officials assembled at Dwarka Sector 21 metro station at around 9.30am for the inspection, from where they went to Badsa in Jhajjar via Dwarka Expressway and Dhankot, checking the 23km-long route for the availability of land and obstacles.

“The project is at the concept stage. we conducted the first field inspection,” said Khare, adding that before a DPR is prepared, the government will conduct a traffic survey to determine the expected traffic, besides technical and financial viability surveys.

“The route is expected to go along existing roads either on the ground or above it”.
said The Gurugram DTP. Mr. Batth said that Obstacles and challenges would be identified at a later stage. the route will also cross the Gurugram Water Canal at some place he added.

Hundreds of residential and commercial projects are coming up along Dwarka Expressway, with the large numbers of people who will move into new sectors expected to benefit from the metro line. According to sources, there are enough green belts and land along Dwarka Expressway for the route, though it may face land hurdles in Delhi and along Jhajjar road, neither of which has green belts.

On June 24, 2018, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, in the presence of PM Modi, had proposed the metro route connecting Dwarka to AIIMS Jhajjar while inaugurating the Bahadurgarh metro route. The foundation stone for the 710-bed AIIMS Jhajjar was laid by the previous prime minister, Manmohan Singh, on January 3, 2014. In December 2018, the hospital’s OPD facility was inaugurated. The hospital is expected to be fully operational by December 2020.

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45% tunnelling work of Mumbai Metro Line 3 Completed

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15/04/2019

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MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) completing 45% of tunnelling works and 9 out of 32 tunnel breakthroughs till March-end. The work on city’s fully underground Metro line 3 (Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ), is speeding through its underbelly with a breakthrough is when a tunnel boring machine (TBM) manages to bore through the designated route, from one end to the other.

The 33.5 km long Mumbai Metro line 3 built at a cost of ₹23,136 crore and expected to ease traveling woes for Mumbaiites by connecting the island city to the western suburbs.

Phase one of the corridor from Aarey to Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) is likely to be operational by 2021. The second phase is from BKC to Cuffe Parade.

According to the report, 23.69km of the 52-km tunnelling work for the Metro line 3 corridor has been completed as of March-end. The MMRCL has deployed 17 tunnel boring machines in the city for the job, which have so far excavated 31 lakh metric tonnes of earth.

The tunnelling work for Mumbai Metro line 3 corridor has been divided into seven packages to complete the sections simultaneously and work has started on all of them. As per the report, package 5 between Dharavi and Agripada 4,744m of the 7,992m tunnelling has been completed so far, while in package 4 Worli to Dharavi station 6,267m of 10,960m has been finished.

In March 2019, the TBM Godavari-1 covered a distance of 2.
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9kms at the domestic airport Metro station. The breakthrough was achieved in 455 days. we have earlier reported that the Mumbai Metro line 3 will be the second corridor in the country to have tunnels under a riverbed, with two tunnels of 1.18km long to be built 12.5m below the Mithi riverbed.

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Pre-Construction works start on Delhi-Gurugram-SNB RRTS corridor

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14/04/2019

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New Delhi (Metro Rail News): The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) a Joint Venture company of Government of India and States of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh is mandated for implementing the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project across the National Capital Region, has started pre-construction activity with Geotechnical investigation, on the Delhi-Gurugram-SNB RRTS corridor. The corporation started the underground utility mapping on the corridor recently.

Pre-construction phase – January 2019 to December 2019: Pre-construction activities such as Pile Loading Test and Geo-Technical Survey for one year from January 2019 to December 2019.

Delhi–Alwar RRTS (Phase-1)

S. No.	Station Name
1	Sarai Kale Khan
2	Jor Bagh
3	Munirka
4	Aerocity
5	Delhi Haryana border
6	Udyog Vihar
7	Sector – 17
8	Rajiv Chowk
9	Kherki Daula
10	Manesar
11	Pachgaon
12	Bilaspur Chowk INDU
13	Dharuhera
14	MBIT(Manesar Bawal Industrial Region)
15	Rewari
16	Bawal
17	Haryana Rajasthan border
18	SNB (Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror)

Geotechnical engineers performed a geotechnical investigation to obtain information on the physical properties of the soil and foundations for proposed structures. The Haryana Cabinet approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the corridor earlier this year. The corridor will allow people to travel from Delhi to Alwar via Gurugram and Rewari in less than two hours once the project completed

The base construction cost of the corridor is estimated to be Rs 24,975 crore and construction work is expected to be complete in 5 years time excluding one year of pre-construction activities. It will be funded by the central government (20%), concerned state governments (20%) and bilateral/multilateral funding agencies (60%).

According to the sources, the 106 km-long corridor project is planned to be implemented in three stages. In stage I, Delhi – Gurugram – Rewari – SNB Urban Complex will be constructed. In Stage II, it will be extended from SNB Urban Complex to Sotanala and in Stage III, SNB Urban Complex to Alwar will be constructed. This corridor would pass through Manesar, Bawal and Neemrana.

The corridor will be elevated for about 71 km, the remaining 35 km will be underground, mostly in Delhi & Gurugram. 11 station on the corridor will be elevated while five will be constructed underground. It will converge with other RRTS corridors in Sarai Kale Khan and will offer interoperable, facilitating commuters’ movement from one corridor to another without having to change trains.

RRTS trains with a design speed of 180 Kmph will be available at a frequency of every 5-10 minutes. The infrastructure is being designed for up to nine coaches train. These trains will be air-conditioned with transverse seating and overhead luggage space. The daily ridership on this corridor is estimated to be 8.5 Lakhs in 2025.

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First Driverless trains likely to run on the Namma Metro’s Yellow line by 2021

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BMRCL Airport line work complete by December 2024 at the cost of Rs. 800 Crores — Image Source: BMRCL

Bengaluru (Metro Rail News): The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd’s (BMRCL) popularly known as Namma Metro is planning to run driverless trains along the Yellow Line (RV Road-Bommasandra), which is set to become operational by 2021.

A senior official said the driverless trains will be introduced as part of the Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) signaling system, commonly called ‘driverless technology for the Yellow Line.

“This is the first time that CBTC is being used in Namma Metro. The technology will help us run on automated mode while the operations are monitored through control centers,” he said.

Namma Metro uses DTG (distance to go) signalling system currently, In which the time between two trains is two-and-half minutes. However, CBTC can reduce train headway to less than 90 seconds. As defined in the International Electrotechnical Commission CBTC systems allow different Grades Of Automation (GOA). CBTC-equipped Yellow line’s automation systems will meet GOA4 standards.

Currently, BMRCL operates at GOA2, in which trains run automatically from one station to another, but drivers are responsible for opening and closing doors, obstacle detection on tracks and operating trains in case of disruption.

Operational in 40 cities

At present, the Metro is running in over 40 cities worldwide using advanced GOA4, enabling trains to operate without drivers.

“Unattended Train Operation (UTO), running on the GOA4 system, helps operate automatically without any staff on board. It enables trains to automatically run between stations, halts at designated platforms, adjusts speed, goes to depots and to turn round,” said a senior BMRCL official.

In the CBTC signalling system, trains run based on the system’s communication with the signalling software. “It will be completely automated. So the scope of human error is negligible. Headways can be made shorter, without compromising on safety. It will also help us operate trains at higher frequency and speed,” said a senior BMRCL official.

More room for passengers

Once the line switches to UTO, the train can accommodate more passengers as the driver’s cabin will be removed. According to them, the CBTC system also reduces human error and ensures passenger safety. For instance, trains will automatically maintain a distance between one another with the help of sensors on tracks.

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Madhapur Metro station to open for passenger from today

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13/04/2019

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Hyderabad: Metro begins trials on Ameerpet-Hitec City — Hyderabad Metro

Hyderabad (Metro Rail News): The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy announced that Passengers can start using the Madhapur Metro Rail station from April 13, 2019.

The Jubilee Hills Check Post station would open in may 2019, once the train reversal work is completed near HiTec City.

“Due to the absence of the reversal system in front of Cyber Towers and Trident Hotel beyond Hitec City, the trains were being currently run in twin single-line method between Hitec City and Jubilee Hills Check Post,” He said.

He Said that the trains were brought to their respective up and down line directions by making use of the crossover line at Jubilee Hills Check Post. This arrangement will continue till the reversal facility is completed and normal train working is restored.

HMRL also fixed the stall rent for the women’s exhibition at the Madhuranagar Taruni station that is meant to encourage women entrepreneurs at `15,000. The exhibition will run for 60 days and the date will be announced shortly.
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In the 81-sq ft stalls, entrepreneurs can sell women-centric consumer products along with goods which cater children needs.

According HMRL MD N.V.S. Reddy, parking facility will be provided for 1,000 two wheelers and 60 cars. The exhibition will have a children’s play area, food courts, foolproof security in compliance with the fire safety norms.

He stated that the HMRL will provide zinc sheets to cover three sides of the stall and fabric to cover the stall. Mr Reddy said HMRL will provide racks, counter table, tubelight, plug and socket faculties for all the stalls.

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Kochi Metro ties up with Google Maps to share information with the public

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13/04/2019

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KOCHI (Metro Rail News): The Kochi Metro Rail Limited tie-up with Google Maps to share information with the common person on April 12, 2019. Now Google Maps will be able to get information about the Kochi metro route, stations, fares, halt timing at each station, and the duration of the trip.

Prior to this, Google maps in Kochi used to show only recommendations based route map.
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Now The public transit options metro will be included. The initiative was inaugurated here by KMRL managing director A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish.

“The foray of the Kochi metro into Google Maps will benefit users immensely as they can view the timing of trains at each station and the expected time is taken for a trip. This is a continuation of KMRL’s open-data initiative. Because of the availability of authentic information on the widely used Google Maps, commuters can have better-informed travel, and so, we expect more commuters to our system,” he said.

Kochi Metro became the first metro agency in India to launched the metro schedule and fare information in General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) format and to adopt the open-data approach. It is a format through which transit data can be consumed by a wide variety of software applications. KMRL was in discussions with Google to integrate metro information on Google Maps which is the most used map application for trip planning.

After meeting the procedural requirements, the KMRL-GTFS feed is now live on Google maps. This will enable Google Maps to give better commuting recommendations to users.

Through the initiative, KMRL joins other metro agencies like Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation to push transit data to Google Maps.

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BMRCL is finalizing Skywalk to link Yeshwantpur metro and railway stations

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13/04/2019

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BANGLORE (Metro Rail News): The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is finalizing details of the skywalk that will connect the existing FOB of Yeshwantpur railway station platform number 6.

In the coming days, Shuffling between Yeshwantpur metro and railway stations will not be a hassle as work is set to begin on a skywalk to connect the existing foot overbridge (FOB) of the railway station with a skywalk from the metro station. Much to the relief of thousands of passengers.

Mr. Ajay Seth BMRCL Managing Director on Friday held a meeting with South Western Railway’s officials of the Bengaluru division to get clearance for the project.

“The divisional railway manager (DRM) has extended support to the project. The railways have allowed us to construct the bridge,” he said.
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“We received a detailed proposal but sought changes in the design of the FOB to ensure the project will not come in conflict with their station development programme,” Said SWR officials.

To build a structure to provide a canopy at the entrance of the station towards Tumakuru Road works already begun.

Disputed land

A part of disputed land between metro and railway stations has forced officials to adopt a cautious approach. “There has been no stay from the court. But I have told our officials to cross-check the same. We have already deposited the amount in court, which will be given to the owner as decided by the court,” Said Ajay Seth.

About 10,000 passengers, most of them with heavy luggage, change between railway and metro stations at Yeshwantpur every day. The walks on the 50-meter stretch between the stations are painful due to the barriers of the taxi lanes cutting across the way without a dedicated path.

The single FOB allowing direct connection is set to cost between Rs 3 crore and Rs 4 crore. “passenger convenience, not the cost of the project, was more important. The cost is not significant. The skywalk will benefit thousands of people,” he added.

The project was proposed by BMRCL in 2016 but the railways had sought 7.47 crore for leasing the land for 35 years as well as maintenance and supervision of the bridge. In June 2018, BMRCL officials visited the spot after a report highlighted the lack of easy and safe access to the stations.

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NHSRCL to remove 1.5 Lakh Mangroves Spread Across 50 Acres For Bullet Train

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12/04/2019

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NHSRCL’s proposal to remove 1.5 lakh mangroves approved by Environment Ministry

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) proposal for seeking permission to remove 1.5 lakh mangroves spread over 50 acres in the districts of Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Palghar in order to make way for the country’s first bullet train corridor has been approved by the expert appraisal committee of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).

It has been a long-standing debate environment or development? And in most of the case development becomes a priority and environmental concerns take a back seat.

NHSRCL is executing the PM Narendra Modi Ambitious bullet train project, which will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Last Month, The Corporation had moved to Bombay High Court after the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) refused permission to remove 50 acres of mangroves, owing to a direction by High Court not allowing to do so. Following this, the corporation approached the High Court after MCZMA rejected its proposal on December 22, 2018.

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor, 155.642 km out of the 508 km passes through the state of Maharashtra which affects 131.3 hectares of forest land. The forest area includes mangroves, which are spread over 32.43 hectares. The report further stated that the NHSRCL in its proposal had stated that around 1.5 lakh mangroves spread over an area of 18.92 hectares will be affected by the bullet train corridor.

Maharashtra govt at the previous hearing had filed an affidavit through Mr. Vikas Jagtap, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Mumbai Mangrove Conversation Unit, stating that part of the proposed project is within the protected area and eco-sensitive zone of Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary. it also stated that the project alignment passing through the creek is proposed inside an underground tunnel that will be 25-40 meters in depth. The tunnel necessitates felling mangrove trees on the surface. With the implementation of this proposed project, the flora and fauna of flamingo sanctuary and adjacent areas will not be disturbed.

According to the affidavit, the project is visionary and will herald a new era of speed, safety, and service for the people. Also, the project will help Indian Railways become an international leader in speed, scale, and skill, it added.

The bullet train which is 508-km long connects Ahmedabad and Mumbai and reduces the travel time from six-and-a-half hours to two-and-a-half hours. The first train is set run in 2022.

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MMRDA Issues 7.63 MW Roof Top Solar PV Project Tender For line 7 and 2A of Mumbai Metro

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11/04/2019

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MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has floated tender for setting up of 7.63 MW of rooftop solar PV power projects under RESCO model at the station of line 7 and 2A of Mumbai Metro.

The scope of work will include the design, engineering, manufacture, supply, storage, civil work, erection of the stable structure, testing and commissioning of the rooftop solar projects.

The scope of work also includes the operation and maintenance of the projects for a period of 25 years from the date of commissioning.

Important Dates:

The last date of bid submission is April 25, 2019
Technical bids will be opened on April 26, 2019

All bidders must submit an Earnest Money Deposit of Rs 20.21 lakhs along with their bids.
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All developers will have a period of 15 months from the date of award of the contract to complete the work on the project.

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A few Days ago, the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) commissioned two rooftop solar power plants at the Naganallur and Meenambakkam stations. The two solar plants with the capacity of 428 kW have been installed on the roofs of the two stations and the electricity generated will be used to meet the day-to-day power demands of the two stations.

The solar plants, with a capacity to generate around 57,780 units per month, is expected to save metro rail around Rs 26.34 lakh per year.

In March, we reported that the second phase powering of Kochi Metro with solar power will soon be inaugurated with the installation of panels at Muttom yard. The latest capacity additions are expected to bump the metro rail corps solar power usage, almost doubling it to 40 percent.

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