Metro Rail News December 2016

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS|
Kolkata Metro, the first underground mass rapid
transit system in the country which started
operations in 1984, is incurring massive losses. It is
believed that for every Rs.100 earned, Kolkata Metro
spends around Rs.265. The Kolkata Metro is the first
in the country and records close to 7 lakh footfalls
every day over its 27.2 km stretch.
Delhi Metro | DMRC to open Mukundpur-Shiv Vihar (Pink Line) in three phases
by Sept 2017
New Delhi: The longest corridor of Delhi Metro’s
Phase 3 project, the Pink Line (Mukundpur-Shiv
Vihar), will be opened in its entirety by September
next year. Launch of the 58.389 km-long line has been
divided into three phases as the Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC) still hasn’t been able to acquire
land at Trilokpuri and Hasanpur village in IP
Extension. The Mukundpur to Lajpat Nagar (18
stations) stretch on the line will be opened in June,
followed by Lajpat Nagar to Mayur Vihar Pocket-1
(five stations) in July. The last stretch of 14 stations
from Mayur Vihar Pocket-1 to Shiv Vihar will be
launched in September. The Pink Line with 38 metro
stations is the most significant corridor of the entire
Delhi metro network as it has been laid like a ring
touching all parts of Delhi. With eight interchange
stations the line alone is going to take the maximum
load of the 40 lakh per day metro ridership which is
expected after opening of Phase 3.
Kolkata East-West Metro | KMRC gets defense clearance for construction of
Esplanade station
Kolkata: Esplanade Station of East-West metro
corridor, which will be junction of three metro
alignments, got go ahead signal from Army. This is a
crucial breakthrough for the alignment as army is the
custodian of the entire Maidan area, known as city’s
lung. No construction is allowed anymore in Maidan
area, except some mass-transit projects like metro
which benefits a large number of people. The Kolkata
Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) has waited more
than a year for the requisite permissions since the
deadline for the second phase of the project was
revised to mid-2019. At Esplanade, East-west will be
most crucial platform 30 meter below the ground
which will merge here with existing Dum Dum-
Tollygunge stretch of the north-south Metro under
16-17m underground.
Hyderabad Metro | HMRL to open two sections of metro rail in next year
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL)
Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy told reporters on
Tuesday that eight km long stretch between Nagole
and Mettuguda and 12 km between Miyapur and SR
Nagar may commence commercial operations either
on ‘Ugadi’ or June 2, Telangana state formation day.
The official said 70 percent of the 72 km elevated
project had completed. He said they were trying to
sort out certain issues related to land with the
railways. Construction major Larsen & Toubro,
which is developing the metro project, had last
month stated that it remained committed to the
project and was making all efforts to complete it
expeditiously. The developer clarified that it is
sticking to its deadline of making the project fully
operational by December 2018.
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