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Wednesday, 9 September 2015

07:24

French firm Systra-led Consortium roped in for Ahmedabad Metro project

French firm Systra-led Consortium roped in for Ahmedabad Metro project

The metro train project is being executed by Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad Co. Ltd. The decision was taken in the Project Committee meeting of the company held on 31st August in New Delhi and LoA was issued to the consortium on 4th September, the company said in a statement on Monday.

Ahmedabad: French mass transit and rail engineering company Systra SA-led consortium has been roped in as the general engineering consultant (GEC) for the first phase of the Ahmedabad metro rail project.

The metro train project is being executed by Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad (MEGA) Co. Ltd, a 50:50 special purpose vehicle formed by Govt. of India and Govt. of Gujarat.

The project has faced many delays in the past due to several reasons including alleged financial irregularities by some company officials. A detailed project report (DPR) prepared by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in 2004 had projected that the metro rail would be ready by 2010 to commute over 6lakh passengers daily.

The total cost of the project is estimated to be about Rs.9,000 crore. Daily ridership on the Ahmedabad metro rail network in 2021 is expected to be 460,000 passengers and the average trip length is expected to be 6.68 km at that time.

This decision was taken in the Project Committee meeting of the company held on 31st August in New Delhi and LoA was issued to the consortium on 4th September, the company said in a statement on Monday.

The consortium also includes RITES Ltd from India, Oriental Consultants Global Co. Ltd from Japan and AECOM Asia Co. Ltd from Hong Kong as members.
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Wednesday, 6 May 2015

08:56

Systra to design LMRC’s underground metro corridor

Systra to design LMRC’s underground metro corridor

Lucknow (LKO):  French firm Systra in charge of designing Lucknow’s elevated metro track has been appointed as the detailed design consultant (DDC) of the underground metro corridor too. The construction of underground metro (3.5 km) from Charbagh to Hazratganj would begin in December, 2015.

LMRC board chaired by the chief secretary approved engagement of Systra to design the underground stations of Hussainganj, Sachivalaya and Hazratganj on Tuesday. LMRC said that Systra was already serving as DDC of elevated track (about 19 kms) of North-South corridor. “We have chosen one firm as the DDC for entire project so that there are no problems in coordination during construction of elevated and underground corridors”, said an LMRC official.

LMRC said since the project has to be completed in a tight time frame, it would be better to extend the contract of the existing DDC. His work would be to design civil, electrical and mechanical structures of the stations, corridor along the track. Following the Companies Act 2013, the board approved constitution of Investment and Audit committee of LMRC too.

Government had earlier asked LMRC to purchase private lands on mutual negotiation basis and had formed a committee to decide on rates. The board approved rates recommended by the committee for purchase of private lands on mutual negotiation basis too. LMRC said around 3 hectares of private land have to be purchased for metro project, out of which a majority (about 2.7 hectares) belongs to self-styled Godman, Asharam Bapu’s Ashram near the depot in Amausi. It said with board approving the rates, the land purchase process will speed up.
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Sunday, 12 April 2015

19:45

A pact was signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s France visit for cooperation between Indian Railways and French Railways for this semi-high speed rail project.

Train travel between Delhi and Chandigarh may come down to less than two hours with France coming on board for 200-km per hour rail project.

This 266-km stretch is covered in three hours and 25 minutes at present by Shatabdi Express, the fastest train on this route with an average speed of 79.8 km per hour.

The Railways is looking to reduce the travel time to less than two hours, if the proposed upgradation project goes on track to run trains at a speed of 200 kilometres per hour.

This takes into account the stoppages and other factors such as time lapse in attaining the maximum speed.

A pact was signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s France visit for cooperation between Indian Railways and French Railways for this semi-high speed rail project.

Under this, French National Railways has agreed to co-finance an execution study for “a semi-high speed project on upgradation of the Delhi-Chandigarh line to 200 kmph”.

The study by the French National Railways will be the first step towards execution of the semi-high speed train project on the Delhi-Chandigarh route, said a senior Railway Ministry official, who is involved with this project.

He said French National Railways is known for advanced signalling systems and it can play a key role in this project.

The study will be followed by upgrading the signalling system, strengthening of the tracks and track-fencing in certain areas to enable operation of semi-high speed trains.

Railways has decided to introduce semi-high speed trains on eight more routes including Delhi-Agra, Delhi-Kanpur, Chennai-Hyderabad, Nagpur-Secunderabad and Mumbai-Goa.

The ministry official said that Railways is looking to reduce the travel time between major cities by running semi-high speed trains at a speed of 160-200 km per hour.

Trial runs are being carried out on Delhi-Agra route to run trains at a speed of 160 km per hour.

Incidentally, French consultancy Systra is involved in the pre-feasibility study of a proposed bullet train on the 450-km-long Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar corridor project.

Semi-high speed trains can run at up to 200 km per hour, while faster ones come in the category of high-speed or bullet trains. Railways is planning a ‘Diamond Quadrilateral’ to connect top four cities with a high-speed train network.

Source:The Financial Express.
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