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

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

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.

Read also: Global bids for Gurgaon pod taxis in April 2016

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.

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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)

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Source//NDTV

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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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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Regional and international companies such as C.H. Robinson, Beiersdorf or Bacardi will convey state-of-the-art market insights to guarantee the quality of the agenda. In addition the organizer, TEG The Events Group, is working closely with more than 10 national logistics associations throughout Central Eastern Europe to ensure the regional scope of TRANSLOG Connect.
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Metro Rail News team is a Media Partner for this big event.

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

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

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.

Delhi Metro | DMRC to introduce 10 trip travel card for airport express line riders

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Delhi Metro | DMRC to introduce 10 trip travel card for airport express line riders

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is introducing a new product i.e, a 10 Trip (10-T) travel card facility for its commuters of the Airport Express Line from 1st October 2016. This is aimed at facilitating those commuters who would like to avail limited travel trips. Such passengers can avail a maximum of 10 trips using this card to travel on the Airport Express Line.
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The validity of the 10 Trip Card will be for 15 days and the facility will be applicable on trial for three months. This facility will be economical and also help save time for the occasional commuters of the Airport Express Line.

This card is in addition to the already available 30 trips and 45 trips travel card on the Express Line and used mostly by its regular commuters. Both these trip cards come with a validity of 30 days.

The Trip Cards of Airport Express Line are economical for commuters as they provide cheaper travel in the range of 10% to 55% depending on the number of stations travelled vis a vis those who use single journey token for their travel. For example, a token for a trip from New Delhi to Shivaji Stadium would cost a passenger Rs. 20/- whereas the same trip performed by a passenger having a 45 trip card would cost only (approx.) Rs. 9/-, Rs. 12/- with 30 trip card and Rs. 15 with 10 trip card.

This is one of the many measures that the Delhi Metro has taken in recent times to facilitate its passengers on the Airport Express Line. Recently, check in facility was introduced at both New Delhi and Shivaji Stadium Metro station for Air India and Jet Airways bound passengers. Ticket counters were also opened by Air India at these two stations. The frequency of the trains on this line was also increased to 10 minutes throughout the peak hours i.e. 08:00 AM to 08:00 PM.

Source//DMRC Press Release

Kolkata Metro | Metro railway network to increase 14kms by 2018

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Kolkata Metro | Metro railway network to increase 14kms by 2018

Kolkata: The Metro rail network in the city will be increased by another 14 km in the next 18 months, an official said.

General Manager of Metro Railway, Kolkata M C Chauhan, said they have planned to augment the network by 14 km within the next one-and-a-half years and the probable sections will be Kavi Subhash (New Garia) station to Hemendra Mukherjee (Ruby Hospital) station stretch over a track of 5.3 km. The new routes will also include Noapara to Dakshineswar (4 km) and Noapara to Jessore Road (5 km).

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“In Baranagar municipality area there are around 400 encroachments, out of which 41 have been shifted. The municipality has promised to vacate the land by September 30,” Chauhan said.

Similarly, in Kamarhati municipality area there are around 200 settlements which need to shifted for the work to begin, he said. Besides this, the first phase of the East West Metro Corridor project from Sector five in Salt Lake to Sealdah (9.4 km) is planned to be commissioned by June 2018.

By April 2017, two rakes will be received from the Integral Coach Factory, the Metro official said adding they are trying to finalise the order for another 10 rakes. The Metro Railway has also been trying to conserve energy and therefore, have installed 500 KWP solar plants on the roof of Kavi Subhash and Tollygunj stations, which have been declared green stations.

To counter heavy rush of passengers during the Durga Puja festival next week, Chauhan said they will increase the services by around 11 per cent compared to last year.

Altogether, there will be 1,624 services during the festival days.

Metro Rail Projects | 324 Km of metro rail operational in India now

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Metro Rail Projects | 324 Km of metro rail operational in India now

Chennai: With the opening of the near nine-kilometer metro lane in Chennai, around 324 kilometres of metro rail will be operational in the country in the cities of Delhi and NCR, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Jaipur and Mumbai, said Minister of Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, M Venkaiah Naidu.

During the inauguration of the 8.61-kilometer metro line from Little Mount to Airport today, he said that Chennai has around 19 kilometres of metro operational out of the total 45 kilometres in Phase 1 of the Chennai Metro Rail Project. The Government of India has so far released about Rs 10,000 crore for the Chennai Metro Phase-1 project.

With this, around 324 km of metro rail is operational in the country. Around 520 km is currently under construction in various cities including Delhi and NCR, Kolkata, Chennai, Jaipur, Mumbai, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Lucknow and another around 553 km is under consideration.

One four-car metro rake per trip is expected to remove 16 buses/300 cars/600 two wheelers from road. This not only reduces traffic congestion but also reduces pollution. The ridership at the completion of the Phase I of the Chennai Metro Rail Project is expected to be 775,000 per day, he added.

An elevated section of 10.15 kilometer from Koyambedu to Alandur of Phase-1 was inaugurated in June 2015.

Speaking about the smart city projects, the minister said that Tamil Nadu has the highest number of smart cities approved, with 12 in the list. Chennai and Coimbatore, selected in the first round, would see a total investment of around Rs 1,366 crore and Rs 1,570 crore. In the second round of announcement, Madurai, Salem, Vellore and Thanjavur were selected.

Total of 49 projects have been identified by Chennai, while Coimbatore has identified four projects and bidding is underway.

Special Purpose Vehicles has been established in Coimbatore and Chennai and Rs 200 crore as central government grant out of Rs 500 crore sanctioned has been released to these cities, he added.

So far, the centre has approved investments to Tamil Nadu, including Rs 2936 crore for Smart City Mission, Rs 7,082 crore for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation (Amrut) mission, Rs 45 crore for Hriday, the heritage city development and Rs 1,796 crore for housing mission, setting the urban renaissance in Tamil Nadu in motion, he added.

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