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Kochi Metro | KMRL internal probe finds violation of Metro Railway Act

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Kochi Metro | KMRL internal probe finds violation of Metro Railway Act

Kochi: An internal probe by Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has found violation of the Metro Act by former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy and other Congress leaders during their “protest journey” against Chandy’s non-invitation to the recent inauguration of metro services here.

The Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) today said those who had breached certain substantive provisions of the Metro Railways (Operations and Maintenance) Act, 2002 during the ‘Janakeeya Yatra’ would face legal action.

“The report of the Director (Finance), KMRL regarding the Janakeeya Yatra that took place in the Kochi Metro Rail system on June 20, was submitted to MD, KMRL today.

“It was found by the Enquiry Officer that there had been breaches of certain substantive provisions of the Metro Railways (Operations and Maintenance) Act, 2002,” a KMRL spokesperson said.

In the light of the enquiry report, further legal action would be taken by KMRL following the stipulated procedures prescribed in this Act, she said.

The ruling CPI(M) had sought action against Chandy and several other Congress leaders for allegedly disrupting Kochi Metro train services by undertaking the protest journey.

The Kochi Metro Rail Limited had instituted the internal probe in the backdrop of reports that commuters were put to inconvenience by the protest.

There were allegations that the journey undertaken by Congress workers under Chandy’s leadership had created chaos at two stations of Kochi Metro, first phase of which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 17.

CPI-M’s Aluva Area Committee Secretary, V Salim in his complaint had demanded that a case be registered against Chandy, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ramesh Chennithala, KPCC President M M Hasan and local UDF MLAs and other party workers.

The complaint charged Congress workers with having violated provisions of the Metro Railways Act while staging the protest journey in Kochi Metro.

The Congress had staged the protest against the non-invitation to Chandy, saying it was the then Chandy government that had played a key role in getting the Kochi Metro project.

Congress leaders had said that they had made arrangements for travel of 150 persons, including Congress leaders and the media, for the protest journey. But the party workers came in large numbers after coming to know of Chandy’s protest programme through social media, with media reports claiming it led to chaos at Aluva and Palarivatom stations.

(This article has not been edited by Metro Rail News’s editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Jammu Metro | Divisional Commissioner reviews DPR for Metro Rail in Jammu

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Jammu Metro | Divisional Commissioner reviews DPR for Metro Rail in Jammu

Jammu: Divisional Commissioner, Dr. Mandeep K Bhandari today chaired a meeting to review the progress of feasibility report for construction of Metro Rail Project in Jammu city.

DIG Jammu, Ashkoor Wani, Deputy Commissioner, Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, Commissioner JMC, M. Raju, Chief Town Planner, Joginder Singh, VC JDA, RK Shavan, Director ERA, Ravinder Gupta, Chief Engineer R&B  Sudheer Shah, representatives of RITES besides other senior officers of ERA attended the meeting.

The meeting discussed various aspects of first phase of the project including expected cost, routes, rail stations, over head bridges and construction technology.

The Div Com stressed upon the officers to use the latest technology so that the best service can be provided to the commuters.

The meeting was informed that Stage-I, MRTS (Mass Rapid Transit System) Master Plan for study area has been completed and Stage-II, DPR for agreed Priority MRTS Corridors is in progress and would be ready by August after consultation with various stake holders. Various other issues were also discussed in connection to passenger amenities and various modalities to make the proposed project a people-friendly initiative.

The DPR comprises of two corridors in Phase-I from Kheri to Exhibition ground (11 km) and Barnai to Bari Brahmana Railway Station (25 km).

Delhi Metro | Operations of Driverless metro trains start from October, 2017

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Delhi Metro | Operations of Driverless metro trains start from October, 2017

NEW DELHI: In just over three months, Delhiites will be able to travel in Delhi Metro’s first ‘driverless’ trains on the Magenta Line from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden. The Magenta Line, which missed its June deadline and is going to miss its September deadline too, is going to be thrown partially open to the public in October this year, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said.

-This line is planned to be opened in stages between October 2017 and March 2018As the corridor will —-witness the first operations of driverless trains, DMRC is not taking any chances and rigorous trials are being carried out

Trial runs on two sections of the corridor of phase III, between Kalkaji and Botanical Garden (13 km) and Janakpuri West to Terminal 1 – IGI Airport Metro station (10 km) are in progress, a DMRC spokesperson said. “Both sections will be offered for safety inspection to CMRS (Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety) after successful signalling trials. The sections will be opened for public after all the clearances,” the spokesperson said.

“This line is planned to be opened in stages between October 2017 and March 2018,” the spokesperson said.

By March 2018, DMRC plans to complete the phase-III expansion of its network with the commissioning of not only the Magenta Line but the Pink Line (Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar) too.

Last week, DMRC carried out the first trial run on the Pink Line between the Shakurpur and Mayapuri Metro stations. The Magenta and Pink Lines will be the first ones to have driverless trains.
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These trains have high levels of automation and run on the Unattended Train Operation (UTO) mode. While initially train operators will be present in the trains, gradually, DMRC will shift to the UTO mode.

“During the trials, the interface of the Metro train is being 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,” the DMRC spokesperson said.

“As the new signalling 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 spokesperson said.

Source: TOI

Delhi Metro | DMRC to make phase-III project fully operational by March 2018

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Delhi Metro | DMRC to make phase-III project fully operational by March 2018

The Delhi Metro’s Phase III, an ambitious public transport intervention, will be almost fully operational by March 2018, bringing vast areas of the national capital into the fold of its fast expanding network. Stretches of the Pink and Magenta Lines, which will together measure over 90 km with 61 stations, will be thrown open starting this October and the entire corridors will be functional by next year.

The 58-km-long Pink Line, which will connect Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar running along the arterial ring road that encircles the city, will be opened in stages between December 2017 and March 2018, according to the latest Phase III status report. However, a section of the corridor between Nizamuddin and IP Extension in East Delhi may not be operational by March as it is stuck due to issues pertaining to land acquisition.

“The date for Nizamuddin to IP Extension section will be worked out after resettlement and rehabilitation issues at Trilokpuri are settled,” the report says. The Pink Line will connect northwest Delhi’s Mukundpur to northeast Delhi’s Shiv Vihar cutting across various South Delhi areas including Sarojini Nagar, INA, South Extension and densely populated parts of east Delhi such as Mayur Vihar Phase I, Vinodnagar and Karkardooma.

The 34-km-long Magenta Line, will be thrown open in stages between October and March 2018. It will connect west Delhi to Noida via IGI Airport’s domestic terminal. Under the phase-III expansion project being implemented at a cost of around Rs 40,000 crore, a total of 140 km of network will be added to the current coverage of 213 km.

The Phase-III network will also add 15 interchange stations to the existing nine and will take the count of total stations in Delhi-NCR to a whopping 227. Trial runs along certain stretches of Magenta Line had begun last year itself while on Pink Line, along a 6.5-km-long segment to be precise, it started on June 22.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Managing Director Mangu Singh had announced last year itself that both these lines will be launched in a staggered manner, meaning, small sections will be made operational instead of the entire corridors being thrown open in one go.

Chennai Metro | CleanMax Solar bags 6 MW solar rooftop turnkey contract

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Chennai Metro | CleanMax Solar bags 6 MW solar rooftop turnkey contract

Chennai: Onsite solar energy provider CleanMax Solar has bagged the order to power Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. CleanMax has bagged six MW Solar Rooftop Turnkey contract on Resco model (Renewable Energy Service Company model) that would be used to power metro stations, depots and administration buildings, a company statement said.

“The venture will involve the installation of rooftop and ground mounted solar PV plants at 12 metro stations and at the maintenance depot in Koyambedu,” it said.

The move was also in line with the Centre’s vision of moving towards renewable energy by 2022. With the use of renewable energy, the company said it would reduce the carbon dioxide emission by 7,438 tonnes per year and save Rs1.50 crore annually to Chennai Metro.

“Once fully operational, the total capacity of rooftops and ground mounted power systems in CMRL’s facilities will be six MW, which will make it one of the largest onsite solar projects in India,” it said.

Chennai Metro project represents a significant step in CleanMax Solar’s mission of also helping public infrastructure projects become sustainable through solar power.

“We are delighted that CleanMax has been awarded the prestigious Chennai Metro contract. Coming soon on the heels of our successful rooftop projects at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, Chennai Metro project is an affirmation of CleanMax’s leadership position…,” CleanMax Solar Co-founder Andrew Hines said.

“We look forward to work with civic authorities and the Chennai Metro technical teams to roll out this large and complex onsite solar project,” he added.

Source: livemint

Alstom to renovate 23 locomotives for Akiem

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Alstom to renovate 23 locomotives for Akiem

French multinational company Alstom has secured a contract from Akiem to carry out the mid-life overhaul of 23 BB 36000 locomotives to improve their longevity and reliability.

The new contract follows an initial agreement signed in April last year to conduct mid-life overhaul of seven BB 36000 trains, which were operating in Morocco.

The locomotives are expected to operate for additional 15 years following the overhaul works.

Akiem group president Fabien Rochefort said: “This technical and industrial collaboration with Alstom has allowed us to define a programme of overhauls in line with our commercial ambitions for this fleet, which we intend to deploy in France as well as in the France-Italy and central European corridors.”

The scope of the maintenance work includes bogie overhauls and obsolescence monitoring, as well as the repair and modernisation of driver’s cabins.

Alstom’s service team at the company’s Belfort site will carry out the task with the assistance of its service centres.

The Le Creusot facility will assist with the bogie overhauls, Ornans with the traction motors and Tarbes with the traction drive, while the Villeurbanne centre will help with the electronics.

The BB 36000 locomotives were designed and built at the Belfort site and first entered commercial service in 1996.

Alstom France president Jean-Baptiste Eyméoud said: “The mid-life overhaul of this fleet of 23 additional locomotives will allow us to pursue the development of the Services activity at Belfort, as well as our investment and skills development plan.”

The final BB 36000 locomotive is scheduled to be delivered to Akiem by 2024 at the latest following the renovation works.

Alstom also noted that Bangalore Metro’s Green Line in Karnataka, India, has begun commercial service equipped with its train control and signalling system.

Alstom delivered design, manufacture, supply, installing, testing and commissioning of the train control and signalling and telecommunications systems under a contract with Bangalore Metro Rail in 2009.

Source: railway-technology

Reliance Infra to consolidate transport businesses

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Reliance Infra to consolidate transport businesses

Mumbai: Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) has initiated a process to spin off a new unit, called Reliance Transport, to take care of its interests in railway, metro, airport and road projects even as the proposed listing of Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) faces what the company calls “some procedural delays” after receiving the nod from the stock market regulator.

Analysts say that the move is to generate positive investor sentiment. A Reliance Infrastructure spokesperson said, “RInfra InvIT is on track and will be launched shortly.”

A senior RInfra official told DNA Money that four of its businesses such as roads, metro, airports and railways would be consolidated into a single strategic business unit.

“We intend to go big in the transport space,” said the source, without giving any details.

At the moment, RInfra under the Reliance Airport Developers Pvt Ltd banner operates five brownfield airports in Maharashtra – at Nanded, Latur, Baramati, Yavatmal and Osmanabad. In 2009, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) had awarded lease rights for 95 years to develop and operate these five airports.

Under its road vertical, there are 11 projects – of which seven are to be listed under the InvIT – Namakkal-Karur (Tamil Nadu), Trichy-Karur (Tamil Nadu), Salem-Ulundurpet (Tamil Nadu), Trichy-Dindigul (Tamil Nadu), Dindigul-Samayanallore (Tamil Nadu), Reengus-Jaipur (Rajasthan), Gurgaon-Faridabad (Haryana), Pune-Satara (Maharashtra), Kandla-Mundra (Gujarat) and Hosur-Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu).

The other road projects are Kandla-Mundra (Gujarat), Pune-Satara (Maharashtra), Hosur-Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu) and Delhi-Agra.

It has two metro companies – Mumbai Metro One Private Ltd (MMOPL) and Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Ltd (DAMEPL), the latter had gone into arbitration and has won an award from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

It doesn’t have any railway projects in its kitty and plans to start bagging Indian Railway projects, too.

With their need to cut debt, these changes within their internal functioning may help in reducing their consolidated debt of Rs 25,821 crore, an analyst said.

Last year, RInfra was in talks with Canada-based Brookfield to sell its entire road portfolio of 11 road projects for about Rs 8,000 crore. But the deal was called off on account of the InvIT plan.

Initially, the company planned to raise Rs 5,000 crore through the InvIT route in Q4 of 2016-17. But due to clearance-related issues, it had to drop three road projects from the InvIT and trim its size to Rs 3,000 crore. The company had earlier set a deadline of mid-June.

Source: DNA

Kolkata Underwater Metro | KMRC completes India’s first underwater metro tunnel

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Kolkata Underwater Metro | KMRC completes India’s first underwater metro tunnel

Kolkata: The tunnelling work under the Hooghly river, the first such underwater project in the country, to provide metro connectivity between Howrah and Kolkata has been completed.

The tunnel is a crucial link for the 16.4 km-long mass rapid transport (MRT) project being constructed by the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) at an estimated cost of around Rs 9,000 crore.

India has joined a select band of nations. Another rare feat achieved by Kolkata after getting the first metro railway in the country in 1984.

“The KMRC team, including engineers from abroad, has completed the construction of India’s first underwater tunnel under the Hooghly river,” Satish Kumar, the MD of KMRC, said here today.

He said tunnelling from the Howrah end started in the last week of April and reached the Kolkata end on June 20.

Two tunnels, for onward and return journeys, have been bored 13 metre beneath the riverbed and 30 metre from the ground. The operation of the East-West Metro Corridor in the first phase between Salt lake and Phoolbagan in the city will start next year. The first rake, built by BEML, will arrive in December this year, Kumar said.

“Full operation, till Howrah Maidan, will probably start from 2020 and a total of 17 rakes will be deployed,” he said.

KMRC has got all the necessary clearances from different agencies. Work on construction of the Esplanade station in the city’s central business district has already started, Kumar said. He further said the operational headway for the full phase would be 2.

5 minutes which is enough to handle the passenger load, particularly at Sealdah and Howrah metro stations.

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Delhi Metro | DMRC starts metro trial run between Shakurpur and Mayapuri on Pink Line

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Delhi Metro | DMRC starts metro trial run between Shakurpur and Mayapuri on Pink Line

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today started trial runs on the 6.5 kms stretch between the Shakurpur and Mayapuri elevated section of the upcoming 59 kms long Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar corridor (Line 7) of Phase 3, also known as the Pink Line. The Trial Runs were flagged off by Dr.

Mangu Singh, Managing Director, DMRC in the presence of DMRC Directors and senior DMRC officials. On completion, this corridor will become the longest corridor of the Delhi Metro Network.

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.

The new signaling technology known as Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) will be implemented on this corridor and will undergo rigorous testing in stages. 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 section from Shakurpur – Mayapuri consists of 05 elevated stations i.e. Shakurpur, Punjabi Bagh West, ESI Hospital, Rajouri Garden and Mayapuri. This section has one interchange station at Rajouri Garden with Line 3/4.

As part of Delhi Metro’s one of the most challenging corridors of Phase 3, the construction of this section had to be completed by managing heavy traffic at various points on the Ring Road. Besides construction challenges, land acquisition at Mayapuri and Punjabi Bagh also posed a bottleneck during construction. Major utility diversions also had to be carried out between Shakurpur to Mayapuri, like relocation of a Box Drain near Mayapuri.

Mumbai Metro | International players bid for Mumbai Metro-3 trains

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Mumbai Metro | International players bid for Mumbai Metro-3 trains

Mumbai: Alstom, Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), etc have come forward to supply rolling stock to Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) for its Mumbai Metro-3 between Cuffe Parade and Aarey Milk Colony.

On Tuesday, MMRC received bids from European, Japanese, Chinese and Indian private companies. These submissions will now be scrutinised for short-listing of companies. The consortiums or companies who have shown interest in the project are Alston Transport India-Alstom Transport SA France, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles or CAF SA from Spain, CRRC Nanjing-CRRC Changchun-CRRC International Corporation from China, Hitachi from Japan, Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Corporation along with India’s BHEL.

As per the contract, a total of 31 trains having six coaches each will be supplied for the 33.5-km long underground metro route. The bid worth approximately Rs 2,200 crore is likely to be finalised in next couple of months.

At the moment, there are six coaches in each of the trains. However, the capacity will be increased by adding two more coaches to each of the trains at a later stage. For Ahmedabad Metro Rail, procurement of rolling stock was done at a cost of just over Rs 11 crore per coach.

MMRC will be procuring standard gauge (1435 mm) train system. The train cars will be 22.6-metre-long and 3.2-metre-wide with 4 gates per train.

The pre-qualification (PQ) bids were invited following procurement guidelines of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which is funding 57% of project cost. The PQ applications were received and opened on Tuesday.

Commenting on the bids received from companies, director (projects) and acting managing director MMRC S K Gupta said, “In order to cater to heavy passenger loads, the state-of-the-art rolling stock will be procured, which will also be equipped with the features of driver-less train operations”.

The contract includes design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of metro trains.

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