Chennai Metro | First underground line likely to be commissioned by March 2017

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Chennai: With the entire elevated corridor of the Chennai Metro Rail becoming operational, officials have begun trial run on the seven-km underground stretch from Thirumangalam to Nehru Park. The line is likely to be commissioned by March 2017.

Tunnelling, track work and construction of eight stations on the stretch had been completed. Tracks were checked by operating a four-car train and engineers tested the signals. Officials said the inspections by the Research Designs and Standards Organisations and the commissioner of metro railway might take place soon after metro rail submitted details of the line and sought inspection.

When the 7km stretch gets operational, it will be the city’s first transit service running underground, cutting across

arterial Poonamallee High Road.

Work on a 2-km stretch between Thirumangalam and Shenoy Nagar got over much ahead of the airport line’s completion. However, the nine-km elevated line from Saidapet ramp to airport was opened in September 2016 before the underground line, as officials were aware of the issues involved during inspections to get the final nod.

“With underground stretch, we do not know what issues may arise during inspections. So, we are conducting internal trial runs before we seek official inspections,” a metro rail official said.
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Hyderabad Metro | Overall 67 per cent of the total work has been completed

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Hyderabad Metro | Hyderabad Metro: Safety Trials on Miyapur-SR Nagar stretch soon

Hyderabad: The L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited, the concessionaire executing ₹ 16,375-crore Hyderabad metro rail project under the PPP (public, private partnership) mode, has reiterated its commitment to complete the project as per schedule.

S N Subrahmanyan, Deputy Managing Director and President, L&T & Non-Executive Chairman, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited, in a statement said, “The project is moving on the right track and L&T is committed to the project. There is whole-hearted support and cooperation from the Telangana Government under the Chief Minister.”

“City obstructions that crop up are being tracked and addressed at regular intervals at the highest level, to make sure that the momentum is not lost and the project is completed,” he said.

Providing a mid course project update, he said two stretches of metro project have secured safety certificates.

Of the 72 km metro project, thus far duct foundations for 59.05 km, Piers in 56.61 Km, Span Erection in 47.66 km and track work on 35.70 km has been completed.

And works on 17 stations has been completed in Stage 1 and work at 3 Interchange Stations and other 30 Stations are in progress.

Thus far all the 57 trains (rolling stocks) have arrived at the depots. While one of the rail over bridges has been completed, work on the remaining 7 ROBs is in progress.

Overall 67 per cent of the total work has been completed as of September 30, 2016, which by all standards is a speedy execution, he said.

“Working in crowded and difficult stretches like Sultan Bazaar area is on brisk pace in spite of rains and festive season. We reiterate our commitment to complete this prestigious project expeditiously with all the support and cooperation of Telangana Government,” he said.

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Bangalore Metro | India’s first startup incubation centre will be at namma metro rail station

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Bangaluru: The country’s first start-up incubation centre at a metro rail station will come up in Bengaluru.

According to an agreement signed between the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRL) and city-based Candor Management Services Private Limited, a talent solutions company, on Tuesday evening, the business incubation centre will be established at the Trinity station, located near Trinity Circle on MG Road. BMRCL spokesperson U A Vasanth Rao told the Media that the incubation centre will be functional within a month.

The incubation centre will augment the state government’s efforts to position Bengaluru as one of the top startup ecosystems in the world.

In fact, the proposal to establish business incubation centres at metro stations was mooted at the end of June this year and BMRCL had reasoned: “Bengaluru is the city of innovation and we have carved out spaces required for start-up companies and e-commerce so that the stations themselves become transit oriented destinations (TOD).”

While calling for tenders for renting out the retail space at five different stations including Trinity, BMRC had opened doors for companies established under the Indian Companies Act – 1956 and startups registered with the Karnataka Biotechnology and Information Technology services (KBITS) department to set up shops at these stations. BMRC also allowed e-commerce companies to set up e-kiosks for buying and selling goods.

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Metrino: India’s New Environment Friendly and Cost Effective personal rapid transport project

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06/10/2016

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According to reports Indian Transport Minister Mr Nitin Gadkari has revealed that as part of its efforts to provide efficient transportation system in our cities the government will soon launch the personal rapid transport project which is also popularly known as Metrino in the National Capital Region (NCR).The Transport Minister disclosed this on Sunday. Traffic congestion and pollution are the two main things which have been plaguing this city for a long time. With the introduction of these Metrinos, the situation might improve for the better. Every Pod is enabled to take five passengers at a time.
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In a report published in the Metro Rail News in March this year, a senior NHAI official said that this project does not need the forest and environmental clearance.

This pilot project with a cost of Rs 800 crore aims to let passengers use India’s first driverless pods. Their pods will be suspended on ropeway and will initially cover a stretch of 12.3 km. The areas which will fall under this pilot project are Delhi-Haryana border to Badshapur via Rajiv Chowk in Delhi and IFFCO Chowk and Sohna Road in Gurgaon.

According to the transport Minister four initial tenders have been received for this project and they intend to invite financial bids to implement this project soon.

Mr Gadkari said that this pilot project will be implemented under NHAI (National Highways Authority of India).He said that he had a recent meeting with the Urban Development Minister and in the meeting, there was a discussion on whether to implemented this project under Tramways Act or the NHAI Act. It was eventually decided that the pilot project will be executed under NHAI act.

Transport Ministry officials have said that initially there will be 13 stations. The official further added that four global companies have been successful for the technical bids. This includes a company from London which has done work in this context in the UK’s busiest airport Heathrow. One company each from US and UAE have also been successful for the bids. A Polish company has also qualified in the technical bids.

The Metrino is considered to be extremely environment-friendly as it will run on electricity. The pods will be suspended 5-10 meters above the ground.

The Prime Minister of India and the Union Cabinet was given a presentation of this ambitious project a few months ago.

The Metrinos are also considered cost effective as compared to the Metros. According to news reports, the capital cost of a Metrino per Km is 50 crore whereas the Metros cost much higher at 250 crores per km.

In the coming times, it will be interesting to see how the citizens of the metro respond to this latest form of transport and if this new project by the government to decongest the capital roads will be successful.

(Author: Gaurav Kumar Kataki)

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Kanpur Metro | CM Akhilesh Yadav lays foundation stone of metro project

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04/10/2016

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Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will lay the foundation stone of the ambitious Rs. 13,721 crore Kanpur metro project today.

“Akhilesh Yadav will lay the foundation stone of the Kanpur metro and will also inaugurate other projects of Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) in the city,” District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said.

The foundation laying ceremony will be held in the presence of Union Urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi and UP minister Ahmad Hasan.

The Kanpur metro is a joint project by Central and state governments for which the BJP-led Central government has allocated Rs. 50 crore.

The signature green city project along with 115 other projects of KDA worth Rs. 15,000 crore will also be inaugurated by the Chief Minister today, Mr Sharma said.

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Metrino Project | Govt. may implement Delhi-Manesar Driverless Pod Taxis project soon

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03/10/2016

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New Delhi: The government will soon implement the ambitious Personal Rapid Transit or Metrino project in the National Capital Region, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday.

The pilot project, which will cost Rs. 800 crore, will let passengers use India’s first driverless pods – suspended on a ropeway – on a 12.3-km stretch from the Delhi-Haryana border to Badshapur via Rajiv Chowk in Delhi and IFFCO chowk and Sohna Road in Gurgaon.

Mr Gadkari said that four initial tenders have been received and it will soon invite financial bids for the implementation of the project.

“We are going to implement the Rs. 800-crore pilot project under NHAI (National Highways Authority of India). I had a meeting with Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and it was finally decided that we can execute it under the NHAI Act. Previously, it was being explored whether to do it under the Tramways Act or the NHAI Act,” the minister added.

A ministry official said there will be 13 stations on the stretch and five people can travel in one pod,

“Four global companies – one from London which has done work in this regard at the Heathrow airport, one from the UAE, one from the US and one from Poland have qualified in initial technical bids. Once the road transport and highways ministry approves it, we will float financial bids,” an official said.

“Initially, we are planning 1,100 pods and the system will be such that if one has to travel from station 1 to 12th, on a specific command that particular pod would reach the 12th station without any halt,” the official explained.

The complete public transport project for travel in driver-less pods suspended on a ropeway in NCR wil cost Rs. 4,000 crore.

The first phase plans connecting the 70-km stretch from Dhaula Kuan in Delhi to Manesar in Haryana to decongest NCR and ease traffic.

The ropeway system runs on electricity, and driverless pods come down at designated stations, thus shifting the traffic burden from the already congested roads.
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Under the project, fully automatic, driverless small pods travel independently suspended over an overhead network which is usually 5-10 meters above the ground.

A few months ago, a presentation on the project was made before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Cabinet.

Mr Gadkari has said the massive work is under way to reform the face of the highway sector and the pilot project will be one such step in that direction.

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Delhi Metro | DMRC needs 916 new coaches to tackle overcrowding in metro trains

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01/10/2016

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New Delhi: In a move that may significantly reduce crowding in trains, the Metro has approached the government making a case for procurement of 916 coaches to tackle the 17.5% annual growth in ridership recorded over the past five years.

Says the detailed project report by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, “There is a persistent demand from all quarters, including the Supreme Court, that DMRC shall endeavour to run trains with best possible frequency to meet the needs of the city’s public transport.”

Given that Delhi Metro runs 1,396 coaches in its system, another 916 would mean a 65% increase in coaches.

In terms of trains, the proposal has sought 102 new ones to add to the existing network of 227. It cites “extreme overcrowding” for the need to add to the existing rolling stock, or coaches. According to the Delhi Metro, the augmentation is planned to be taken up from April 2017 to March 2021, after the approvals from the Delhi government and the Centre. The procurement is expected to cost Rs 13,284 crore, at 2016 prices.

At present, Delhi Metro operates on six corridors. Two more corridors will be added in phase III, for which the Delhi Metro has already placed an order of 486 coaches. However, the increasing ridership on the network has meant that the number of trains in the system is not enough to cater to the crowds.

In the past five years, 17.5% additional commuters have been added to the ridership, each year.At present, the daily average ridership of the network is around 28 lakh, though it recently touched 32 lakh on a hectic day .

The more populated corridors are line 34 (Dwarka sector 21 to NoidaVaishali) and line 2 (Sa maypur Badli to HUDA City Centre).

The average ridership is 10,75,586 on line 34 and 10,07,539 on line 2. The other lines clock between 40,018 for the Airport Express line to 3,74,516 for line 1, which is the Rithala to Dilshad Garden line.

Line 6 (ITO to Escorts Mujesar) recently saw a spike in ridership due to the opening of the corridor till Faridabad and extension of the line from Central Secretariat to ITO.

The addition of the 916 coaches, some of which will be used to convert the six or four coach trains into eight or six coach ones, will have an impact on the headway (the distance between two trains running on the same line, which roughly translates to train frequency), the DPR says.

According to figures in the DPR, the increase in coaches will minimise the headway , shaving away an entire minute on lines where the frequency is already quite high.

Source//TOI.

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Ghaziabad Metro | GDA Board approves plan to extent Metro Rail up to Ghaziabad

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Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) board on Tuesday approved the plan to extend Noida sector 62 metro route up to Indirapuram in Ghaziabad.

The plan was one of the 47 proposals passed at a GDA meeting in Ghaziabad which was was chaired by Principal Secretary (Housing), Sadakant and presided by Vice-Chairman of GDA Vijay Yadav.
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“Metro rail service will be extended from Noida sector 62 to Indirapuram via Vasundhara to Mohan Nagar trisection and Blue line metro rail service from Vaishali to Mohan Nagar.

Approvals in this regard will be sought from the UP government and the Centre,” said Mr Yadav.

“Apart from borrowing loan from the National capital region planning board, the GDA will meet out future expenditure for metro expansion plan from its infrastructure fund,” he added.

GDA has already paid Rs. 95 lakh to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) as its service tax to prepare detailed project report (DPR) for the 9.5 km-long stretch.

“Sanction for this amount has also been granted today in the board meeting,” Mr Yadav said.

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TRANSLOG Connect Congress 2016 | Great selection of CEE outstanding logistics and supply chain solutions

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01/10/2016

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The number of top management representatives from all around CEE region at the TRANSLOG Connect Congress – taking place annually in November at the 5* CORINTHIA Hotel in Budapest, Hungary – is in increasing year by year. TRANSLOG Connect, the number one networking business platform in CEE is bringing together leading logistics professionals and decision makers from the region to discuss key topics on logistics, transportation and supply chain management issues and to establish new partnerships.

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Lucknow Metro | L&T bags contract worth Rs.675 Crore for Metro project

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01/10/2016

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Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has approved a project worth Rs.675.33 crore to L&T Corporation and Rs. 150 crore to Rama Construction, according to an LMRC release. Both work approved by LMRC board are less than the estimated cost of LMRC, it added.

Work on both the contract will commence shortly. The board of directors also approved the audited balanced sheet for the year ending March 2016.

The 26th meeting of the board of directors of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation was held today under the Chairmanship of Rajiv Gauba, Secretary MoUD, Government of India, and Chairman, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation, New Delhi. It was attended by Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation, along with nominee directors of the Central Government, State Government and functional Director of LMRC.

The board of directors has approved for the contract LKCC-07 for the construction of elevated viaduct and 8 Nos. elevated stations (viz. K.D. Singh Babu Stadium Station, Vishwavidyalaya Station, I.T. College Station, Badshah Nagar Station, Lekhraj station, R.S. Mishra Station, Indira Nagar Station and Munshipulia station), including special spans, on North-South Corridor, Phase 1A of Lucknow Metro at a cost of Rs. 675,33,48,424 to Larsen & Toubro.

Similarly, the board has approved the contract LKCC-10 for the construction of residential and non-residential Buildings of PAC Campus Including Structural, Architectural, Plumbing, Drainage, External Development, Electrical, Mechanical, VAC, Fire-Fighting & Fire Detection including Power Supply Works etc. at 32, PAC Battalion, Kanpur Road, Lucknow at a cost of Rs. 150.83 crore to Rama Construction Co.

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