YEIDA plans to revive proposed high-speed Metro project linking Jewar Airport Gr. Noida

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Metro to Connect Jewar Airport Greater Noida

Greater Noida: The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) is planning to revive the proposed high-speed Metro project linking Greater Noida and the sanctioned international airport at Jewar. The proposal is likely to be approved by the YEIDA board in a meeting to be held on September 4.

YEIDA had first proposed the Metro corridor in February 2014, and again in June 2015. In June 2016, DMRC had told the civic body that it was too early to prepare a feasibility report for the proposed corridor, and had suggested that it be done after five years.

YEIDA officials, however, said the Authority has again decided to revive the project in order to provide connectivity to the urbanising area, and will ask DMRC to prepare a detailed project report for the project. “The proposed 39-km Metro track will be aligned at road level along the Yamuna expressway.

It will link the zero point of the Yamuna expressway in Greater Noida to the Jewar airport. This track will also be linked to the under-construction Metro corridor connecting Noida and Greater Noida,” YEIDA chief executive officer (CEO) Arunvir Singh told Media.Meanwhile, the YEIDA board will also put its stamp of approval on the funding plan for the airport in the upcoming meeting. YEIDA, which is the nodal agency for the airport project, has held preliminary talks with two central government agencies — National Capital Region Planning Board and the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited — on Tuesday to arrange a loan of Rs 3,000 crore. The boad will also discuss land use change of the land earmarked for the airport.

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Uttrakhand Metro | DMRC starts survey between Haridwar and Dehradun

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Haridwar: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has started surveying for the 70-km metro line between Haridwar and Dehradun on Tuesday. A team of engineers visited Haridwar and started work for geotechnical investigation and surveyed different sites in the city for the first phase of the project from Haridwar to Rishikesh (30 km).

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between the state Urban Housing Development Authority (UUHDA) and the DMRC during the previous Harish Rawat-led Congress government. UUHDA’s secretary Meenakshi Sundram and director (business production), DMRC, S D Sharma had signed the pact for the project in 2016.

The project is slated to be completed by 2021 and will cover around 70 km. The project will also connect Rishikesh and the state government is trying to complete the project before the ‘Mahakumbh’ mela in 2021.

“A team of DMRC engineers visited Haridwar last month for conducting survey and several points were marked by the team in the city. Now geotechnical investigation work has been started by the DMRC. Work is in progress at Arya Nagar and Jawalpur area. Soon work will be started at other points too,” said Sunaina Rana, Haridwar Tehsildar.

According to the district administration a metro station will be established in Jatwara bridge in Jawalapur. There is large scale encroachment in the area and the administration is trying to evacuate the people.

The metro line will be constructed in phases and the first phase will connect Dehradun and Rishikesh.

Sundram said that in the second phase, the metro lines will be laid on Dehradun-Haridwar route.

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Lucknow Metro | LMRC to launch metro services on September 5, 2017

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Lucknow: Lucknow Metro services will be inaugurated on 5^th September, 2017 by Shri Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Union Minister of Home Affairs, Government of India and Shri Yogi Adityanath, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh. The public services will, however, be started from 6^th September, 2017.

The Metro train will be flagged-off on the day by the Hon’ble Minister of Home Affairs and the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh and now the dream of the people of Lucknow to have their own world Metro class is coming true.

The 8.5 km long ‘Priority Corridor’ from Transport Nagar to Charbagh will be made operational for the public from 6^th September, 2017. The services will be available from 6 AM to 10 PM every day.

The day will be written in golden letters as Lucknow Metro will be the first Metro project to be executed and made operational for the public in just less than three years. No other Metro has ever been able to achieve this feat in such a short and stiff time-frame as compared with Lucknow Metro’s strength in project deliverance.

With this, Lucknow Metro has fulfilled the dream and aspirations of the people of Lucknow and the city will catapult itself in the league of ‘Metro’ cities in India. It is a great achievement for the people of Lucknow and the dedicated team of engineers led by Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, LMRC, who have made this a reality.

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Lucknow Metro | LMRC unveils its advanced website for General Public

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LMRC_Website — Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation launched its new website

Lucknow: Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) launched its new website just ahead of its priority section to be made operational for the ‘Priority Corridor’ stretching from Transport Nagar to Charbagh. Kumar Keshav, Managing Director launched the website on August 28.

“The new website will serve as an efficient channel of interaction between LMRC and the citizens of Lucknow,” Kumar Keshav said while launching the website. “This will increasingly help in setting up a bond that will make Lucknow Metro people’s own Metro,” he added.

The new website will serve as an interface for citizens and likely commuters to be acquainted with the metro system and get requisite information related to travelling via metro. It will also provide the public with latest updates about metro service and information about LMRC as an organization.

It will also educate prospective commuters about hassle free metro travel; get aware with safety guidelines, security features and other useful information for commuters while travelling with metro. The website will also inform the citizens about features of the metro, facilities available at metro stations and how to use them. In addition, features and benefits of the GoSmart card are listed on the website, which is aimed to provide a hassle-free travel experience to the commuters.

Special focus has been laid on Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat Mission appealing to citizens to keep the metro and station premises clean. Lucknow Metro has many notable awards and certifications to its name and the website has got it covered to make people aware of what makes Lucknow metro a step ahead of other metro networks in India.

A dedicated section titled “Your Metro” elucidates to citizens about why they should pick metro as mode of commute, facilities available for differently-abled and their responsibilities as an ideal citizen. It also informs the citizens about various systems deployed at metro stations along with safety instructions and the procedure to use them in case of emergencies.

The actual fare-structure has now been introduced on the website through a dynamic fare calculator that shows the fare between two selected stations and even displays the intermediate stations. Moreover, an interactive route map is available on the website that highlights major landmarks like railway stations, bus stops, markets, hospitals and educational institutions along metro route on the map. Other map indicators are also displayed to help citizens understand the current functional network, work under process and the proposed east-west corridor.

Citizens can recharge their metro travel GoSmart cards online through the website using credit card, debit card or net banking for top-up. Lucknow metro will offer free Wi-Fi access to GoSmart cardholders. Free Wi-Fi service can be activated by registering the card on website with their mobile number. To use free Wi-Fi, users will have to tap the card at the card reader available in the paid area of the metro stations upon which a password will be received on the registered mobile number which can be used to connect to the free Wi-Fi available across all metro stations.

Few of the main tourist attractions of Lucknow are also highlighted to provide brief historical information and tour guide for the travelers and tourists alike.
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A dedicated section for lost and found items has been provided on the website, which will help commuters in reporting and enquiring about any lost or found item inside the metro trains and at station premises. List of found items will be displayed online to help commuters in reclaiming the lost items. Besides, the website includes important information related to the metro project, RTI and vigilance contacts of the LMRC along with a web form through which user can get in touch with Lucknow Metro.

A dedicated section is there to give all the information related to the tenders floated by Lucknow Metro. All the information related to recruitment also available in the section “Recruitment”.

The website uses a purely responsive web layout that makes it easily accessible across all internet-enabled mobile devices and computer systems irrespective of the browser and screen size.

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Delhi Metro | After fare hike metro rail ridership falls

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New Delhi: The Delhi Metro’s ridership saw a slump in June, a month after a steep fare hike came into effect, according to DMRC records. The average daily ridership of the metro in June was 25.7 lakh. The corresponding period last year, when newer sections were yet to be launched, had seen 27.2 lakh people using the network everyday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said, replying to an RTI query. The slump in June was observed across all the corridors of the 218-km-long network. The total ridership came down by around 15 lakh and 21 lakh in the Yellow and Blue Lines in June, as compared to the same period the previous year.

In April, 27.5 lakh commuters took the metro on an average daily, while the figure came down to around 26.5 lakh in May, when schools are closed due to summer holidays.

April and May 2016 had logged an average daily ridership of 26.3 lakh and 26.2 lakh respectively.

Since May 10, the new minimum fare is Rs 10, up from Rs 8, while the maximum stands at Rs 50. It will turn Rs 60 from October. The new fare structure, Monday through Saturday, is: up to 2 kms — Rs 10, 2 to 5 kms — Rs 15, 5 to 12 kms — Rs 20, 12 to 21 kms — Rs 30, 21 to 32 kms — Rs 40, and for journeys of over 32 kms Rs 50. Smart card users get a 10 per cent discount, but that has not contributed towards any substantial rise in the number of cards issued post fare hike.

The total number of smart cards issued in March, April, May and June are 4.07 lakh, 3.7 lakh, 3.74 lakh and 3.81 lakh respectively, the metro said, responding to the RTI application filed by this reporter.

However, metro attributed the reduction in ridership, by up to 5 per cent, as “natural”. “This much variation is considered natural for any given months or period as a system spread over 218 km, a fluctuation in ridership is always bound to be seen which is dependent on multiple factors like seasons, vacations, strikes or agitations,” a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation spokesperson claimed.

The metro has been reluctant to divulge ridership data, which it shared with the media without any fuss till April, since the fare hike was effected. The reply to the RTI application came following a ‘first appeal’. Initially, the public information officer of DMRC had refused to share any data saying no such records are maintained in “material form”.

The spokesperson claimed that ridership may have fallen marginally, but metro registered an increase in terms of average distance travelled by commuters in the April to June quarter from 16.41 km to 16.59 km.

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Highlights of Metro Rail News Magazine August 2017 Edition

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Metro Rail News August 2017 Cover — Metro Rail News Magazine August 2017 Edition

Dear Readers,
It is immense pleasure to inform you that we have published our Metro Rail News August 2017 Edition for them who want to know more about metro rail development in India and the science and technology involved for its faster growth. Highlights of our August Edition is as under:-

Chronicle development updates on metro railway projects in the month
International updates on Urban Transport
All aboard Asia Pacific growth train
Complete coverage on FICCI India PPP Summit 2017
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The Current Tender Notices in Metro Railways
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New metro rail policy stresses on states to improve viability

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New Delhi: The new metro rail policy empowers states, by putting the onus on them to improve project viability by stressing on economic viability and private participation, according to a recent ICRA report.

The report elaborated that the viability can be improved by promoting transit-oriented development (TOD) and allying it with real estate development, improving last-mile connectivity as well as attracting private investments.

“The new metro rail policy will increase the state government’s role and responsibility in developing the new metro projects,” K Ravichandran, Senior Vice-President and Group-Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA, said in a statement.

The policy provides for rigorous assessment of new metro proposals, including alternate transit mode analysis to ensure that the least-cost and most-efficient mass transit mode is selected for public transport, the report pointed out.

Further, it also proposes an independent third-party assessment of proposals by government identified agencies.

“However, the policy’s increased emphasis on PPP model for metro development is expected to face challenges, given the low ridership witnessed in some of the operational metro projects and subdued interest of the private sector in taking up PPP projects,” Ravichandran said.
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The PPP in the metro rail sector has so far been limited to only six such projects, one of which (Mumbai Metro Phase 2) was terminated before the start while another one (the Delhi Airport Line) was terminated after it became operational.

Currently, there are three operational PPP-based Metro projects (one in Mumbai, and two in Gurugram) while one project is under implementation (Hyderabad Metro).

The new policy plans to empower states to regulate and set up a Fare-Fixation Authority as well as promoting other non-fare revenues such as advertisements, lease of space, it noted.

Also there are provisions to raise resources using innovative mechanisms like ‘Betterment Levy’ on nearby assets, issuance of corporate bonds and improve last-mile connectivity for a catchment area of nearly five km, to promote metro ridership.

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Kanpur Metro | LMRC seeks fund to start construction of metro rail project

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Lucknow: With Lucknow Metro’s launch close on its heels, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) is also planning to begin construction of Kanpur Metro by early next year. LMRC, which is coordinator of Kanpur Metro’s DPR has sought initial funding from the state government to begin documentation and floating of its tenders this year.

An LMRC’s senior official said, “We have tried to convince the government to give us some initial funds to begin the tendering of its works this year so that we are able to begin construction by early next year. We have sought around Rs 25-30 crore as the initial fund to start the process.” The project’s DPR has already been approved by the state government and will now be sent for Centre’s approval.

The team is following footsteps of Lucknow Metro where even before Centre agreed to share the construction cost, former government kept funding the construction from time to time. LMRC said that the government may extend bigger allocations later in 2018 but to start the project, they need funds.

Currently, LMRC has hired a contractor to do earth-filling of the depot and construct boundary walls around it. The DPR suggests main corridor of about 26 km length from IIT Kalyanpur- Rawatpur, Mall Road, Phoolbagh to Naubasta. The second route from GSVM government medical college – via Govind Nagar Road- Fazalganj Chouraha to Vijay Nagar crossing up to Bara sector 8 will be 10 km long.
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Officials said that more than half of the metro corridor will run underground in Kanpur because of the narrow lanes. The cost of construction per km is estimated at about Rs 350 crore.

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Jaitley launches BEML’s third line ultra modern metro manufacturing facility

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Bengaluru: Defense Minister Arun Jaitley today launched BEML’s third Line ultra modern metro manufacturing facility to enhance the production of metro cars for the forthcoming metro projects in India.
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Earlier in the morning, he inaugurated the indigenously designed and developed biggest ever diesel excavator BE1800D and crawler dozer BD475-1 and T-72 hull, meant for fitting into tanks, at Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) unit of Bharath Earth Movers Limited.

Later, a number of organisations and local leaders including Kolar MP Muniyappa submitted memoranda against disinvestment of BEML.

Speaking to reporters, Muniyappa said he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon to convince him against it.

BEML had forayed into manufacturing and supply of hi-tech metro cars during 2002 and as a leading rolling stock supplier has so far supplied over 1,000 metro cars to Delhi, Bengaluru and Jaipur Metro Corporations.

On March 27, BEML had secured a Rs. 1,421-crore contract from Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) for supply of metro cars.

The contract is scheduled to be completed by December, 2018.

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Kochi Metro | KMRL to review its metro fare policy soon

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Kochi: Amid a demand for a cut in fares, the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) Managing Director Elias George made it clear on Wednesday that the fare policy would be reviewed only after the commencement of metro commercial operations till Maharajas.

“The correct pattern of regular metro users can be arrived at only when the Metro reaches Maharajas College. We will analyse the situation then and accordingly effect certain changes in the fare structure,” the official said while visiting the Changambuzha Metro station where the mural art work decorations were completed.

After the initial rush, thanks to joyriders, the metro trains operating in the Aluva-Palarivattom section is witnessing less commuter patronage during the weekdays though the situation is much better on holidays and weekends.

According to the official, the authorities aim to start the metro operation in the 18 km Aluva-Maharajas stretch by the first week of October, before the Under-17 Football World Cup gets underway.

“The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety has agreed to conduct the mandatory inspection in the five km-Palarivattom-Maharajas section during the third week of September. The various stages of the trial run are currently in progress,” he said.
George said the new Metro Rail Policy which opens a window for private investments, has several factors in line with the Kochi Metro model. “Next week, a meeting is scheduled when the second phase to Kakkanad will be taken up for approval. We expect only minor changes in the draft plan and alignment while getting approval from the central government,” the official said.

Stations to don poetry, quotes

Besides the myriad theme-based art works, the metro stations in the Aluva-Palarivattom stretch would boast of poetry and literary quotes from Malayalam, Indian and world literature.

“The metro stations will be made culturally rich in two months. We will have literary and inspiration quotes displayed in stations and trains similar to the London Underground. This way we hope to attract tourists to experience the Kochi Metro. The city is witness to four lakh tourist arrivals a month and we hope to have a share of it,” said Elias George, Managing Director, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd.

The mural art works reflecting the state’s traditional culture were completed at the Changambuzha Park station on Wednesday.
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Both entry and exit sides of the station are adorned with the murals.

Selected stations in the second and third reach will also feature the beautification works. Construction works, including of station buildings, have begun in the third reach from Maharajas College to Pettah. “A meeting was held with the city police commissioner on Wednesday evening on how to effect traffic restrictions so as to facilitate the works,” a senior official said.

Meanwhile, the construction of the Metro Rail Police station building at CUSAT is complete. “We’re waiting for the Chief Minister to give us a suitable date to launch the station,” the official said.

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