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Monday, 23 December 2019

08:03

ICF Chennai to Stop Production of Train 18,Fresh Global Tenders Soon,

ICF Chennai to Stop Production of Train 18,Fresh Global Tenders Soon,
NEW DELHI: The ambitious Train 18 project is likely to get a fresh impetus soon with the government planning to float a fresh global tender for 30 to 40 trains.
This comes amid controversies looming over the decision by the railways to stop production of Train 18 rakes at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai and initiating probe against top nine officials of India’s first semi-high speed train, also known as Vande Bharat Express.
A major reason why the railways had called for production to be stopped at the ICF was because of the heavy rakes, which resulted in higher energy consumption.
“We are going for fresh global tenders of Train 18 now. This is after the Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), the research arm of the railways, changed the criteria for the trainset,” said a senior railways official.
According to industry experts, major global players that are likely to be a part of the bidding include Alstom, Siemens, Bombardier and Spanish major CAF. Indian companies like Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), too, may join the fray.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had touted it as an iconic Make-in-India initiative on February 15, launching the first Vande Bharat train from New Delhi to Varanasi.
“If a new company is coming to make the train through a fresh tendering process, it will take an additional two-and-a-half years for the next Train 18 to see light of the day,” said a former railways official.
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had informed the Lok Sabha on November 27 that the plan is to produce 160 coaches in 2019-20, 240 coaches in 2020-21 and 240 coaches in 2021-22 at the ICF.
This was after the cancellation of two bulk tenders for propulsion systems of Train 18 earlier this year. A first one for the 43 propulsion systems and a second tender for 37 systems got cancelled due to lack of interest.
round 35 per cent of the cost of the train is because of its propulsion system. Before the initial launch, the train was certified by RDSO after safety oscillation trials and the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) had also cleared the train for commercial operations.
“When the train had gone through the entire clearance process, a change in criteria will only delay the launch of new trains,” said a person close to the development.
Based on comparative data available with industry sources, the energy consumption of Rajdhani trains was seen at 10,340 kwh for 447 km. For the Shatabdi, it is 8,396 kwh and Train 18 it is 8,983 kwh for the same distance.
However, in terms of energy regeneration, Train 18 has an edge with the coaches regenerating 12.9 per cent of the total energy consumed, compared to 12.3 per cent by the Rajdhanis and 11 per cent by the Shatabdis. Regeneration is the power to send energy back to the grid, when the train is in braking mode.
Source:RailNews
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Thursday, 22 March 2018

08:11

DFC Project: Siemens, Bombardier, Alstom, BHEL-EMD, Toshiba, CRRC in race to manufacture 200 Electric Locos of 9000HP

DFC Project: Siemens, Bombardier, Alstom, BHEL-EMD, Toshiba, CRRC in race to manufacture 200 Electric Locos of 9000HP
NEW DELHI: Railways require 200 electric locos with 9,000 horse power (HP) each to haul double-stack containers in the upcoming 1,534 km long Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) from Dadri to Mumbai, passing through Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

According to the tender conditions, the selected manufacturer will make 190 locos at the Indian Railways’ Chittaranjan Locomotive Works facility in Asansol, with transfer of technology provision and import of only 10 engines. The company will also set up a maintenance depot at Rewari.
Showing interest in the project, five international players — Siemens, Bombardier, Alstom, BHEL-EMD and Toshiba-CRRC — have submitted applications on March 15, the last date for submission of pre-qualification bids. “These companies will submit their price bid by the end of April and the awarding the contract is expected by December this year,” said a senior Railway Ministry official.
The Railways had floated the global tender for high power locomotives after revising the loan conditions with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as the Western DFC is fully funded by Japan. Procurement of locos for Western DFC had to be from Japanese companies, as per the earlier agreement and, accordingly, the Railways had floated the tender two years back inviting Japanese companies for the project.
However, the bidding process got stuck on the pricing front as the Japanese companies quoted Rs 50 crore per locomotive which was considered too high and the Railways sought reduction by almost half. While the Japanese consortium did not agree to reduce the price as desired by Railways, a fresh global tender was floated after renegotiating and suitably revising the loan conditions.
With five global players in the fray, the Railways is expecting to get a competitive price this time. The 3,373 km long DFC, a flagship project of the Railways, aims to augment rail transport capacity to meet the growing requirement of movement of goods by segregating freight from passenger traffic.
The Western DFC (1,534 km) will be from Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) in Mumbai to Tughlakabad and Dadri near Delhi, and would cater largely to the container transport requirements between the existing and emerging ports in Maharashtra and Gujarat and the northern hinterland.
The Eastern DFC (1,839 km) will be from Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni near Kolkata — to be extended in future to serve the new deep sea port proposed in the Kolkata area, and will largely serve coal and steel traffic.

Source:RailNews
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Tuesday, 13 March 2018

07:52

Diesel Locomotives Works In Varanasi Successful completion of Prototype twin-unit electric Locomotive

Diesel Locomotives Works In Varanasi Successful completion of Prototype twin-unit electric Locomotive

INDIA: A prototype twin-unit electric freight locomotive is being produced at the Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi by rebuilding two diesel locomotives.

The 12-axle WAGC3 locomotive is to be formed from two permanently-coupled sections each rated at 5 000 hp, compared to 2 600 hp for each of the original WDG3A diesel-electric freight locomotives.
DLW said the project was being undertaken with a ‘crack team’ of engineers from the Research Design & Standards Organisation, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
The frames, bogies and traction motors of the diesel locomotive have been retained, and combined with the sidewalls and roof from a withdrawn WAM4 electric locomotive. The electrical systems are based on a WAG7 electric locomotive, while the original Alco diesel engine has been discarded.
DLW said conversion of the first section was completed on a short timescale. Work began on December 22 and the rebuilt unit was ready for testing February 28. Production of the second section is now underway.
If the conversion proves successful, further diesel locomotives could be rebuilt into electric locomotives instead of undergoing mid-life overhauls. This would help Indian Railways to expand its electric fleet to keep pace with the planned rapid roll-out of electrification infrastructure.
Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal‏ highlighted the use of indigenous technology under the Make In India initiative, and said the project would ‘give impetus’ to the government’s plans to increase the use of electric traction.

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Tuesday, 6 December 2016

09:22

BHEL to form JV with Kawasaki for metro coaches: Report

BHEL to form JV with Kawasaki for metro coaches: Report

STATE-run Maharatna PSU BHEL (Bharat Heavy Industries Limited) and Japanese company Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) are likely to form a joint venture to make locomotives and steel coaches for metro trains in India. A media report says talks are on in this regard. If the two firms join hands, BHEL's Bhopal unit will be able...
to raise its turnover by Rs 1,500 crore to Rs 2,000 crore, the media report quoted a BHEL source as saying.
 "Talks with Japanese firm Kawasaki are going on and are at an advanced stage. Bhel's Bhopal unit specialises in making motors and related systems such as control panels, alternators and propulsion systems. The unit will be given priority for making steel coaches," the source said.
Many states are developing metro rails and two lines of 32 km each have also been proposed in Bhopal and Indore. "As of now, the company supplies motors and other related systems to Indian Railways," the source said.
The Bhopal unit, which is also the mother unit of the Maharatna PSU, has delivered a profit during a difficult FY16.
The JV will be concretised by financial year 2019-20. The company is expected to make 1,500 coaches over a period of 15 years, or 100 coaches per year.
"Though other units like Jhansi and Hardwar may also manufacture and supply such systems for metro, the Bhopal has a geographical edge due to its central location. Besides it has an adequate trained workforce, material handling facility and shopfloor. The unit can prune certain existing products and can replace them with the steel coaches," the source further said.
BHEL has supplied motors and other parts to the integral railway coach factory for the Kolkata metro, Diesel Locomotive Works, and Chittranjan Locomotives Works, Varanasi of the Indian railways. It also supplies to various zones of Indian Railways.
Profits of BHEL plunged by 82 per cent during Q1 2015-16 over the past year, owning mostly to their decrease in sales to the power sector. Today, with 20,000 MW per annum capacity for power plant equipment manufacturing, BHEL's mammoth size of operations is evident from its widespread network of 17 manufacturing units, two repair units, four regional offices, eight service centres, eight overseas offices, six JVs, 15 regional marketing centres and current project execution at more than 150 project sites across India and abroad. BHEL, which is under the administrative control of Ministry of Heavy Industries,  also has a widespread overseas footprint in 76 countries with cumulative overseas installed capacity of BHEL manufactured power plants nearing 10,000 MW including Malaysia, Oman, Libya, Iraq, the UAE, Bhutan, Egypt and New Zealand.




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Wednesday, 3 September 2014

05:29

Govt to subsidise Solar Power Projects for Railways and Army

Govt to subsidise Solar Power Projects for Railways and Army

New Delhi:  The Indian government has devised a plan to promote domestic solar photovoltaic module manufacturers even as it recently dropped the proposal to levy anti-dumping duties on imported modules.

The Indian government plans to take advantage of some specific clauses in the WTO agreements to subsidise solar power projects by the army, railways and public sector enterprises. As per the plan drawn up by the government, the Indian army and public sector companies will set up 1,000 MW solar PV projects each.

The government will offer INR 1 crore viability cost funding for each MW of capacity. The condition for this funding is that this entire capacity would use Indian-made solar cells, modules and inverters. Projects using Indian-made modules and inverters only will get funding of INR 50 lakhs per MW.

The government is looking at the country’s power producer, NTPC Limited, to take the lead among the public sector enterprises. The company already owns a number of solar power projects and is planning to set up some large-scale solar power projects with capacity of up to 1,000 MW. NHPC Limited, the largest hydropower generator in the country, may also set up some projects.

The US government had challenged Indian regulations that require some projects to use domestically manufactured solar power equipment. Sources within the Indian government claim that the new scheme is WTO compliant. Governments are allowed to procure domestic equipment for defence purposes and for its own use, thus the use of Indian-made solar power equipment by the army and public sector companies is justified, the sources claim.

With such bold plans, the Indian government has also asked the cell and module manufacturers to operate their production lines at full capacity and even add more production capacities. BHEL, another state-owned company and the largest power equipment manufacturer in India, has plans to set up solar cell and module manufacturing facility.

If the army and the railways are able to install significant solar power capacity, it would reduce substantial financial burden from the 2 institutions as both are heavy consumers of electricity. Railways, which pay some of the highest electricity tariffs among all consumer groups, will have their own power generation capacity.

NTPC will be able to bundle solar power with coal based power, which will allow distribution companies to meet their power demand and fulfill renewable purchase obligation through a single power purchase agreement.
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Wednesday, 6 August 2014

07:20

Kolkata Metro loses 50000 passengers in six months

Kolkata Metro loses 50000 passengers in six months

Kolkata (KOAA): In last six months, the Metro has lost about 50,000 passengers. While some of this is due to the fare hike, many have stopped using the city’s underground lifeline for good due to the spate of incidents. July has been particularly bad, admitted Metro officials. There have been at least six snags in July. Also, there have been incidents of water seeping from the ceilings of coaches and glitches.

“All this has been happening due to the apathy of top officials. How can one expect to run trains at five-minute intervals with so few rakes? The conventional rakes are in a very bad shape. Some 13 AC rakes were supposed to replace the non-AC ones between 2009 and 2011. The Metro should have kept the old rakes off track and should have sought more replacements instead of taking up mid-life rehabilitation,” said president of Metro Railwaymen’s Union Dilip Mukherjee.

“Some technicians from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited are involved in maintenance of AC rakes at the car sheds but there aren't sufficient pits to handle so many coaches. Ideally, the AC coaches should have been maintained at Sealdah. As maintenance is not proper, services are suffering,” said Mukherjee.

Technical trouble with the rakes is not the only problem that the Metro is facing. There have also been incidents of track fracture.

Mukherjee said the Metro Railway’s decision to do away with the post of keyman has cost it dearly. The keymen checked the tracks. They have now been replaced by trackmen, whose primary job is maintenance.

“Earlier, the trackmen used work after the keymen detected a problem. What maintenance can be done if there is no detection of problems? As a populist measure, the Metro has extended timings of its service in the mornings and evenings, doing away with pilot trains. The pilot trains were crucial in detecting track problems. The Metro tracks were laid decades ago and nobody knows what their actual condition is. To add to their own troubles, the Metro has introduced morning services on Sundays. This has reduced the time available for checking and maintenance,” Mukherjee added.

Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, an IT professional, has vowed never to set foot on a Metro Railway train again. One of those stuck inside the dark tunnel between Park Street and Maiden stations for nearly an hour on June 23, Roy Chowdhury says he will carry the horrid experience to his deathbed.

Rana Sanyal, a trader based in north Kolkata, was also on that train. Now, he leaves home early to catch a bus, however uncomfortable the ride may be. When he has important appointments, he hails a cab.

“I have been a regular Metro commuter for the last 12-13 years, ever since I came to Kolkata from Asansol and joined college. But, I had never experienced anything like what happened on June 23. It was traumatic to say the least. Now, every time I pass by a Metro station, I shudder,” said Roy Chowdhury.

Sanyal says that passengers like him didn’t mind when Metro restructured fares. “We were happy thinking that the services would improve. I believe that had the June 23 incident happened in any other country, the Metro would have had to pay millions in damages. I don’t think that I will ever get to board a Metro train again,” he said.
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