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Delhi Metro | No exit permitted from Rajiv Chowk station on the eve of New Year

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Delhi Metro | No exit permitted from Rajiv Chowk station on the eve of New Year

New Delhi: Today Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has issued an advisory regarding non-permitting EXIT from Rajive Chowk Metro Station from 09.00pm onwards on 31st December 2016.

As advised by Delhi Police authorities, exit of passengers from the Rajiv Chowk Metro station will not be permitted from 9:00 PM onwards on New Year’s Eve, i.e., 31st December 2016. This is to enable the authorities to maintain peace and law & order during New Year Eve celebrations in New Delhi district area.

However, passengers will be allowed to enter the Rajiv Chowk Metro station from ‘F’ and ‘B’ block side gates of the station after 9:00 PM for boarding the trains. This will enable people visiting Connaught Place to go out from Connaught place to their desired destination.  Interchange facility between Line-2 (HUDA City Centre – Samaypur Badli) and Line-3/4 (Dwarka Sec-21 – NOIDA City Centre/Vaishali) will continue as usual at Rajiv Chowk Metro station till the end of revenue services.

Services at all other Metro corridors and stations will be remain unchanged.

Caterpillar Train | Haryana Govt plans to run Caterpillar Trains in Gurugram city

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Caterpillar Train | Haryana Govt plans to run Caterpillar Trains in Gurugram city

Gurugram: Haryana has taken the lead to set up a pilot corridor for the “Caterpillar Train”, a new concept for urban mass-transit solution designed by an Indian Railway officer which won a global award at the MIT in the United States earlier this year. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has instructed his office to coordinate with local authorities in Gurgaon and figure out a way forward, especially in terms of space, for the pilot corridor.

Ashwani Upadhyaya (43), the railway officer who co-invented the Caterpillar Train concept, along with Emil Jacob — both PhD scholars at MIT — met Khattar on December 8 in Delhi.

“The CM liked the idea. He instructed officers to take it forward, so local authorities have been informed. We are looking at a ‘Proof of Concept’ at this stage,” said Rakesh Gupta, additional private secretary to the CM.

Accordingly, Upadhyaya held meetings with Gurgaon deputy commissioner T L Satya Prakash and police commissioner Sandeep Khirwar to discuss a few possible areas for the corridor.

The busy area between HUDA City Centre and Sushant Lok is one of the areas they have zeroed in on, although he talked about an area near the Ambience Mall with Khattar.

“I have been asked to take help from the state’s GIS department to select a suitable corridor. Police were of the view that the corridor may be best suited for a stretch that has transport demand but does not have proper bus service yet. But they said we were free to decide a stretch of our choice after proper scouting,” said Upadhyaya.

Jacob also arrived in India to help scout for a place. The estimate is about $3 million for a “stripped down” pilot system and about $20 million for a full-fledged automated system, he said. The Caterpillar Train, or

C-Train, envisages a citywide network of lightweight, elevated train coaches running at about 100 kmph on a track supported by poles bent into arches.

Delhi Metro | DMRC makes steady progress towards completion of phase 3 projects

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Delhi Metro | DMRC makes steady progress towards completion of phase 3 projects

New Delhi: During the year 2016, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) took some decisive steps towards the completion of corridors currently under construction as part of Phase 3. Efforts to improve the commuting experience of the people also continued with the introduction of some new facilities. The following are the main highlights of the year for the Delhi Metro:

New Metro trains enabled with the ‘Unattended Train Operation (UTO)’ mode start trials

The trial run of India’s first ever Metro train, equipped to run on the ‘Unattended Train Operation’ mode, was ceremonially flagged off on 17th May by the Union Minister for Urban Development, Sh. M. Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi Chief Minister, Sh. Arvind Kejriwal.

The inaugural train moved out from the Mukundpur depot and travelled up to the Majlis Park Metro station of the Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar Metro corridor of Phase 3 (Pink Line).  These highly sophisticated trains are equipped with technology which will eventually support driverless operations. These trains will also be more energy efficient and commuter friendly.

Trial runs commence on close to 30 kilometres of new Metro lines

During the year, trial runs commenced on ITO – Kashmere Gate section (5.17 kms, violet line), Botanical Garden – Kalkaji Mandir (13 kms) and Janakpuri West – Terminal 1 – IGI Airport (10 kms) sections of the Magenta Line after the completion of civil work on these stretches.

On the Janakpuri West – Terminal 1 – IGI Airport section, to expedite the process of commencing trials, an entire six coach train was lowered on the tracks near the Sadar Bazar Cantonment station using cranes and trailers recently.

The train was unloaded on the ramp near Sadar Bazar Cantonment through a carefully planned operation, in which the coaches were lowered near the ramp (the location where the alignment goes underground from elevated) and positioned on the tracks with the help of special high capacity cranes and trailers. The process needed absolute precision to avoid any physical damage to the trains or the civil structure.

DMRC completes all tunnelling assignments of Phase 3

DMRC successfully wrapped up all the tunnelling works of Phase 3 with the completion of a 1.25 kilometre long tunnel between Vasant Vihar and Munirka on the Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden Magenta Line on 29th November. The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) boring the tunnel from Vasant Vihar broke through at Munirka last evening in the presence of DMRC’s Managing Director, Dr. Mangu Singh and other senior officials.

With this tunnel breakthrough, DMRC in Phase 3 completed one of the largest ever tunnelling projects taken up in any urban area all over the world  where a record 30 TBMs were used to bore close to 80 kilometres of underground tunnels (combining the length of both tunnels for to and fro movement of trains). The total underground corridor length in Phase 3 including the stations is about 54 kilometres.

The quantum of underground work in Phase 3 can be gauged from the fact that in the last phase of Delhi Metro’s construction, only 35 kilometres was underground and in Phase 1, the underground component was 13 kilometres. Therefore, the underground work of Phase 3 was even more than the combined work undertaken in the first two phases.

Commuters get additional facilities

The Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate Metro stations as well as the stations on the Airport Line got equipped with Wi-Fi facilities. There are plans to introduce similar facilities in the other stations as well. In another initiative, smart card recharge facility has been made possible through the e-wallet mobile application Paytm. This new step has helped the commuters recharge their smart cards without cash transactions.

Delhi Metro creates more ridership records, keeps people’s faith

The Delhi Metro continued to break more ridership records during the year and further established itself as the transportation backbone of the city. On 17thAugust, over 33 lakh people (33, 36,550) travelled on the Metro for the first time ever throughout the day, which happened to be the eve of Rakshbandhan. A few days earlier, on 12th August, the Airport Line also broke the 50,000 mark with 50,077 passengers travelling by it in a day.

Delhi Metro | 10 DMRC stations to go cashless from 1 January 2017

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Delhi Metro | 10 DMRC stations to go cashless from 1 January 2017

New Delhi: Ten stations of the Delhi Metro will go “cashless” from 1 January letting commuters recharge smart cards and buy tokens using digital platforms.

Metro said the decision has been taken to encourage people to embrace the Centre’s vision of a cashless economy. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief Mangu Singh said people will have the option to pay through mobile wallets such as Paytm in this regard.

“The cashless transactions for token and smart card purchase or top up at these stations can be done through Paytm by using QR-code, which will be displayed at token counters or customer care centre of these stations,” Singh said.

However, initially, at least one counter will have the option of cash. The stations where the measure will be rolled out are Rohini East and Rohini West on Red Line; MG Road Station on Yellow Line; Mayur Vihar Phase-I, Nirman Vihar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri West, and Noida Sector-15 on Blue Line; and Nehru Place and Kailash Colony on Violet Line.

“These stations have 70% or more smart card users as a result of which cash transactions here are moderate in comparison to other stations and have adequate mobile connectivity as well,” an official said. Refunds, if any, will also be done through Paytm accounts instead of cash and users will receive the refunded amount within four days in their e-wallet.

After facing criticism over its plan to make 10 stations “cashless”, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation clarified that the option to use cash in Ticket Vending Machines and counters will still be operational.

“Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) and POS (point of sale) machines are also available at these stations where a passenger can easily get his transaction done in cash/ credit/debit card,” the statement said.

Source//PTI

Pune Metro | PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Pune Metro rail project

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Pune Metro | PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Pune Metro rail project

Pune: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Pune Metro rail project on December 24 and the district administration has begun preparations for the PM’s visit. The Union cabinet had recently approved the proposal for Pune Metro and the local BJP unit had declared that the foundation stone would be laid by the Prime Minister, despite the NCP, which leads the Pune Municipal Corporation, passing a resolution, along with the Congress and the MNS, on NCP chief Sharad Pawar laying the foundation stone of the project.

The event is important as the election code of conduct for the PMC polls might come into force after that and the political parties don’t want to miss a chance to claim credit for the project.

The function is scheduled to be held at the SSPMS ground and the district administration has started preparing for it. The implementing agency — Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd — has started preparing for the project and its Managing Director, Brajesh Dixit, visited the city to review the work plan.

“The Pune Metro rail work will be started without any further delay. The Metro team has undertaken the various requisite surveys before the actual start of work. The geo-technical survey would be taken up to ascertain the kind of soil where the Metro route would be laid,” said Dixit.

He added that the detailed project report of Pune Metro rail was ready, adding that the alignment would be changed, if necessary, to meet the technical specifications to lay the Metro track.

“We would also use social networking sites to reach out to citizens on the implementation of Metro rail in the city,” he said.

Dehradun Metro | Uttarakhand Govt. signs MoU with DMRC for metro rail projects in state

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Dehradun Metro | Uttarakhand Govt. signs MoU with DMRC for metro rail projects in state

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government has inked a pact with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for introducing metro rail in the state.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for preparing the detailed project report for the Haridwar-Rishikesh-Dehradun Metro rail project was signed between the state Urban Housing Development Authority (UUHDA) and DMRC in the presence of chief minister Harish Rawat.

UUHDA’s chief administrator R Meenakshi Sundram and director (management), DMRC, Somdutt Sharma signed the pact for the project yesterday.

An initial amount of Rs 2.10 crores has been sanctioned by the Uttarakhand government to the DMRC. DMRC will submit an initial report after a month and submit the DPR after 5 months.

On the occasion, the Chief Minister said the metro rail line passing through Haridwar, Rishikesh and Dehradun will enable a hassle-free commute for the residents there. It will also boost tourism in the region, he said.

Delhi Metro | DMRC starts trial runs between the Janakpuri West and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport

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Delhi Metro | DMRC starts trial runs between the Janakpuri West and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today started trial runs between the Janakpuri West and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport Metro stations on the upcoming Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden Magenta corridor of Phase 3.

With the beginning of trial runs on this 10 kilometre section today, trials are now in progress on both the ends of the Magenta corridor which connects west Delhi with NOIDA along the Outer Ring Road. Trials between Botanical Garden and Kalkaji Mandir (13 kilometres) on the other end of this corridor had started on 27th October earlier this year.

Track laying is nearing completion in the remaining underground section between Terminal 1 – IGI Airport and Kalkaji Mandir and trials will be started on this section also in the coming months. With the depot being located at Kalindi Kunj and track laying work still in progress in some sections between Kalkaji Mandir and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport, this particular stretch between Janakpuri West and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport did not have direct depot connectivity for movement of trains.

Therefore, to expedite the process of commencing trials on this section, an entire six coach train was lowered on the tracks near the Sadar Bazar Cantonment station using cranes and trailers recently.

The train was unloaded on the ramp near Sadar Bazar Cantonment through a carefully planned operation, in which the coaches were lowered near the ramp (the location where the alignment goes underground from elevated) and positioned on the tracks with the help of special high capacity cranes and trailers. The process needed absolute precision to avoid any physical damage to the trains or the civil structure.

Delhi Metro’s new UTO (Unattended Train Operations) enabled trains will operate on this corridor. The new trains, with extremely high levels of automation, will now undergo rigorous trials between these stations to ensure that they are ready for smooth operations after the commissioning of the corridor. Initially, train operators will run the trains, but gradually, driverless operations (on the UTO mode) will be possible.

During these trials, the interface of the Metro train will be checked to ensure that there is no physical infringement with civil infrastructure during the movement of the train on the track and also testing of various subsystems of coaches shall be done.

Later on, in stages, the new signaling technology to be implemented on this corridor, the Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) will also undergo rigorous testing. The response of the train at different speeds, braking of the train and the interconnection with the Operations Control Centre (OCC) will also be monitored during the trials. The behavior of the track system and the Over Head Electrification (OHE) will be checked repeatedly.

This particular section from Janakpuri West till Terminal 1 – IGI Airport consists of six stations out of which five are underground and one is elevated. The stations are  –  Janakpuri West (interchange with Blue Line), Dabri Mor, Dashrathpuri, Palam, Sadar Bazar Cantonment (only elevated station of the stretch) and Terminal 1 – IGI Airport. With the commencement of trials on this section, now about 23 kilometres out of the 36 kilometre length of this corridor are already undergoing trial runs.

Source//DMRC

Lucknow Metro | SC cum TO get awarded with Rani Laxmi Bai bravery award, 2016

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Lucknow Metro | SC cum TO get awarded with Rani Laxmi Bai bravery award, 2016

Lucknow: Ms. Pratibha and Ms. Prachi Sharma, two of the Lucknow Metro Station Controllers cum Train Operators (SCs/TOs), have today been awarded with the prestigious Rani Laxmi Bai Bravery Award, 2016 by the Uttar Pradesh Government. This award was given to them by Shri Akhilesh Yadav, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh for being the first Train Operators during the trial run of Lucknow Metro train on 1stDecember, 2016.

 

It is a great honour for the female employees of the organisation who have been felicitated with this award even before the public run of Metro train. The award comprises a certificate which was given to Ms. Pratibha and Ms. Prachi Sharma at a function organised in Lok Bhavan Auditorium, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow.

 

Both of them expressed their happiness on being honoured and recognised in such a fabulous way by the State Government. Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, LMRC congratulated both the girls on their success and wished them good luck for their bright future. He said these female Station Controllers cum Train Operators (SCs/TOs), including 17 others have truly made LMRC proud by choosing this profession in Lucknow Metro.

 

Rani Laxmi Bai Bravery Award constituted by the State Government, is meant to signify bravery and outstanding achievement of women in every walks of life. It is dedicated to honour their hardships and achievements while performing their duty.

Jammu & Srinagar Metro | Centre’s no to metro rail project for Jammu, Srinagar

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Jammu & Srinagar Metro | Centre’s no to metro rail project for Jammu, Srinagar

Jammu: The Union Urban Development and Railways Ministry haven’t found merit, as of now, for starting metro rail network in Jammu and Srinagar, the twin rotational capital cities of Jammu and Kashmir but agreed to take up the proposal again when the cities already in line for the project are cleared.

The Union Urban Development Ministry headed by M Venkaiah Naidu had recently relaxed norms for approval of metro rail networks from 20 lakh population in the City to 10 lakh and decided to grant Central assistance to the States for new mode of urban transport in the cities to overcome traffic congestions.

Official sources told the Excelsior that the Centre has now asked Jammu and Kashmir to put up its fresh proposal after sometime as already there were many cities in the pipeline, which have more urgent needs for metro rail networks in view of more population, space etc.

Accordingly, sources said, the Government would now focus on sanction of Jammu and Srinagar as smart cities first before putting up fresh proposal for metro rail network in the two capital cities of the State to cater to their needs for urban transport.

Presently, five metros and a Tier-II city have metro rail networks in the country. They are Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore (all metro cities) and Jaipur, a Tier-II City. Kolkata was the first city to have metro rail while Chennai is the latest.

The Centre has told the State that a number of cities were ahead of Jammu and Srinagar on merits and criteria adopted for giving Central funding to metro rail projects, which included Lucknow, Kanpur, Patna, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Indore, Nagpur Kochi, Coimbatore, Kozhikode, Bhopal, Chandigarh and Ludhiana etc.

“Once these cities are cleared, the case of Jammu and Srinagar cities for the metro rail projects would be taken up,” sources said, adding that present focus of the State Government as well as Union Urban Development Ministry was focused on development of smart cities.

Jammu and Kashmir has projected two smart cities-Jammu and Srinagar. However, in total 100 smart cities, there was only one slot for Jammu and Kashmir but in view of regional emotions, the State has projected case of both Jammu and Srinagar as the smart cities.

The Government is confident that the Union Ministry for Housing and Urban Development Department would clear both Jammu and Srinagar as smart cities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Development Package for Jammu and Kashmir worth Rs 80,000 crores, has earmarked Rs 500 crores for development of smart cities in the State.

“Every metro rail system would be very important, given our plan to build 100 smart cities and ensure environmentally sustainable transportation facilities,” sources said but added that the Central funding would be available to the cities for metro rail network only after they fulfill the criteria and agreed to fix a sum from their own resources for funding the project.

Most of the metro rail projects, according to sources, would be implemented through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) in which both State Government and the Centre would have equity stakes. While most JVs are being planned as 50:50 ventures, certain innovations are also expected in some of the new projects where Municipal Corporations have expressed their desire to join the proposed SPVs as equity partners.
According to sources, the Government of India has also listed certain conditions which the State Government would require to fulfill on priority before again asking for inclusion of Jammu and Srinagar in the metro rail projects.

Kochi Metro | KMRL may commission Kochi Metro phase-I project in March 2017

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Kochi Metro | KMRL may commission Kochi Metro phase-I project in March 2017

Thrissur: Assuring that the Kochi metro works were not affected by the demonetisation measures, E Sreedharan, principal advisor to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, said here on Friday that the first phase of Kochi Metro Rail Project would be commissioned in March 2017, followed by the second phase in June.

Sreedharan said the demonetisation measures would boost the economic growth of the country, despite the inconvenience caused in the initial stages of its implementation.

“The decision to withdraw the currency notes with higher denominations will bring out counterfeit notes in the country which will definitely reduce the anti-national activities,” he told the media after presenting the corporate social responsibility project of the South Indian Bank, ‘SIB Scholar’, to 42 students selected from across the state.
 Advising the students to always follow discipline, he urged them to prove themselves worthy of the scholarship and reach the heights in their desired career path.
As per the SIB scholar, an amount of Rs 4,000 would be given to the selected students every month for their education, in addition to the remittance of course fees after presenting the bill of payment.
Source//TNN
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