Metro Rail News January 2018

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DEC 22, 2017 • Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) delays transfer of land for Pune Metro rail project. DEC 25, 2017 • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates new metro link between Botanical Garden (Noida) and Kalkaji Mandir (South Delhi) of Delhi Metro (Magenta Line). DEC 26, 2017 • Indian Railways introduces Air-conditioned local trains first time in country for Mumbaikars. DEC 27, 2017 • Telangana to launch the process of identifying a project consultant for the MRTS projects in the state. • Bihar Govt. to submit DPR of Metro Project to Center in four months. DEC 29, 2017 • Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) places an order for 17 new Tunnel Boring Machines. • Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to add 120 km Metro Rail network in phase 3 in 2018. DEC 30, 2017 • Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd. (HMRL) to close deal with German Bank KfW for Rs1,000 crore loan. Registration: http://imrtindia.edu.in/admissions_2018 Institute of Metro & Rail Technology (A Unit of Integrated Rail Services (P) Ltd.) 1st Floor, 160 Patny Square, Patny Nagar, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, INDIA Phone : +91 40 2790 3311 http://imrtindia.edu.in/ 12 © METRO RAIL NEWS | JANUARY 2018 | WWW.METRORAILNEWS.IN
T he Delhi Metro was not India's first metro rail system. That distinction belongs to the Calcutta Metro commissioned in 1984. But what the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation did achieve was creating an institution that executed projects with breathtaking speed and efficiency and minimal time and cost overruns to deliver a world-class mass rapid transit system. From its launch on December 25, 2002, to the Rajiv Chowk interchange station emerging as the game-changer in 2005, the Delhi Metro has seamlessly seeped into our lives which once used to be all about creaking buses and rapacious autowallahs. DMRC winds its way around the many elevated corridors and deep tunnels beneath the city, the ways in which it has changed life around it are not immediately evident. Metro Network: Then: Starting from an 8.5km line, the network reached 95.79km in 2009. Thanks to the Commonwealth Games, it took a big leap and almost doubled to 184.14km in 2010-11. Now: The growth has been slow since then and Delhi Metro now has a network of 218km. Another 13km will be added with Botanical Garden- Kalkaji Magenta line. Year 2018 will see an addition of 120km. Number of coaches Then: First section between Shahdara and Tis Hazari had 6 trains of 4 coaches each. As overcrowding started causing problem, more coaches were added to the existing fleet. Now: The Delhi Metro currently operates a fleet of 227 train sets comprising 128 six-coach, 58 eightcoach and 41 four-coach trains. In all, 227 train sets mean the Metro has a total of 1,500 coaches or bogies. Station design Then: Remember the creamcoloured walls of stations? Initially, the DMRC had decided to keep the walls uniform. Cream colour was chosen on the assumption that it will not distract motorists on the road. Now: The stations are now swanky. Govindpuri has street art designs while Jama Masjid and Mandi house have Mughal-era architecture. Upcoming stations like Kalkaji will have glossy walls in bright colours like blue, yellow. Platforms Then: Initially, space on platforms was less with no queue control. Security concerns forced DMRC to find ways of crowd management. Now: New lines under Phase-3 will have platform screen doors to prevent suicide bids and attempts to jump on to tracks. Airport Line has these doors and some busy stations like Rajiv Chowk and New Delhi, are also scheduled to get them. © METRO RAIL NEWS | JANUARY 2018 | WWW.METRORAILNEWS.IN 13
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Page 4 and 5: CONTENTS 13 Delhi Metro celebrating
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Page 24 and 25: Exclusive Interview: Dr. Mangu Sing
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Page 36 and 37: The capital costs of Metro coaches
Page 38 and 39: Exclusive Interview: Dr. E. Sreedha
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Page 44 and 45: Collaboration is the key to busines
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