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Karnataka Vande Bharat Train Trials will start tomorrow April 12th on Bengaluru to Hubli route. They want to operate VB service on this route much faster than I thought. Its barely a week since full electrification and doubling of this route. Elekshun ka chamatkar.

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The first girder of WDFC rail over rail flyover over 6 CR lines at Kopar has been successfully launched in a 5 hour total power and traffic block. Another girder remains to be launched with total shutdown of the Mumbai CR network from CSMT to Kalyan and beyond to rest of India. https://www.mid-day.c...

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I saw videos on Youtube where SWR has started testing speeds in excess of 130 kph on SBC-JTJ segment. Also saw video today where someone had mentioned VB (not sure which one) doing 130 kph from Basin Bridge-Arakkonam. VB did 110 kph flat through Katpadi & 70 kph @ JTJ (still not allowing MPS I ...

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Tomorrow is CRS from Sohawal to Rudauli 23km on the Lucknow---Barabanki---Ayodhya----Varanasi route. This CRS is for line doubling with electrification and also improvement of MPS(Maximum Permissible speed) to 130kmph. Few days ago Darshanagar to Goshainganj about 50km went through a CRS for doublin...

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The other news is that the OCC(Operational Control Center) for WDFC is now operational. It is the exact counterpart of the EDFC one at Prayagraj. Long, long time ago when only the concrete pillars of this building were just about there and it was barely a shell, I had located the building near Sabar...

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Yesterday CRS safety inspection of the new double line 20km from Saunshi to Hubbali South was concluded successfully. This doubled section will be thrown open April 1. Once thrown open 749km of doubled line Bangalore---Tumkur---Arsikere----Davangere---Haveri----Hubbali----Dharwad---Belagaum---Kudach...

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So here is the good news I was claiming, though not fully good. Loco trials have taken place at DDU EDFC yard preparatory to commissioning the yard and the last remaining 40km stretch of EDFC track from DDU to New Dagmagpur/Chunar. As usual the local Hindi newspaper reports it. These small newspaper...

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Khurja to Pilkhani EDFC 220km. L&T 1. Track linking and ballast and packing done from Khurja to New Khatauli EDFC station. 2. Track linking done from New Khatauli to Rohana Kalan on Muzzafarnagar--Deoband bypass detour. Ballast laying and packing left. Mansurpur---Rohana Kalan---Talheri Buzurg ...

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Ambala to Saharanpur EDFC This is targeted for completion June 2023. GMR construction handles Ambala to Pilkhani and then a short stretch Pilkhani to Saharanpur is part of the Khurja to Pilkhani package which is another company L&T. It is unlikely they will complete by June 2023. Between Ambala...

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Kanpur bypass seems fully commissioned now. Interestingly the video clip DFC has posted shows a nice feature. Two IR rakes joined and a eloco in the center. IR rakes are usually 800m in length while DFC rakes are 1500m in length. The rakes will presumably get to some point and when they are ready to...

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Speed Trial Done at 130 kmph between KSR Bengaluru and Jolarpet. It is unlikely the higher speeds will translate soon to higher speeds for VB and Shatabdi between Chennai and Bangalore due to model code of conduct kicking in for KA elections. Chennai to Jolarpet has already been OKed for 130 kmph sp...

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One question that arises often is how is Line capacity calculated? You hear terms like: Line is at 150% over the capacity etc. There is a formula called Scott's formula that is used to calculate this efficiency. Here: Line capacity means the number of trains that can be run on a section in 24 hours....

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Bangalore to Hubli Doubling and Electrification. Next Thursday, March 16th, the Commissioner for Railway Safety (CRS) Southern Zone Shri Madhukar Choudhary who took over from Shri Abhay Kumar Rai on March 1st, will perform a safety inspection for doubling the last remaining 20km section between Sau...

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If I were a OK Tata Bye Bye engineer, what would give me sleepless nights is the Kopar rail over rail flyover. Kopar is a station on the Vaitarna to Panvel Central Railway route. The WDFC on its end run from Vaitarna to JNPT 135km travels along this section. At Kopar the WDFC is supposed to jump ove...

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EDFC Sahnewal(Ludhiana) to Khurja Section 400 km Single Lined, Target June 2023. 1. Historic moment. Last Rail over rail flyover launched over EDFC at Tapri Jn. over the Saharanpur--Shamli---Delhi line 5 days ago. All rail over rail flyovers complete, all bridges done. Earthworks left on the Rajpur...

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So finally you get to see the two iconic projects of India. WDFC and Delhi--Mumbai Expressway cross each other, with even vehicles plying on the Expressway. This is part of the 135km link that connects the end of the main arm of the WDFC that ends at Rewari with the end of the main arm of the EDFC ...

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I had posted this on some other site some months ago. It is a travel from Sahnewal the start of the EDFC outside Ludhiana. You see the Doraha canal over which the EDFC bridge was winched across some months ago. New Chawapail EDFC station, New Mandi Govindgarh EDFC station. After New Mandi Govindgarh...

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Ayodhya International Airport(Maryada Purshottam Shri Ram International Airport) This is an under construction International airport. Phase 1 will involve constructing a 2200 m X 45m long runway and a terminal building. This will allow Airbus 320 and ATR-72s to land for the moment. It will only be ...

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Yes private companies are allowed on the DFCs. Maersk runs Pipavav. Launch of Pratigya Express in Nov 2022.

https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/20 ... il-service

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Makarpura(Near Vadodara) to Sachin ( a bit beyond Surat) WDFC section. State of WDFC near Makarpura which will be a major container terminal. Target for completion June 2023 for Makarpura to Sachin section of WDFC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyc1GahLXB4

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New Airports of India 1. Kanpur Airport, Shares Runway with HAL Chakeri. Was a tin shed in 1960s a small building till now. New terminal ready awaiting clearances from BCAS(Bureau of Civil Aviation Security), Fire deptt and UP pollution control Board. March 15th is when it will be declared open afte...

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@venkat_kv Thanks. EDFC Section Rajpura to Ambala(one of the sections lagging in Construction on the EDFC) The Rajpura to Ambala section of the EDFC is single lined as all the section Khurja to Ludhiana 400 km of the EDFC is single lined due to land acquisition problems in Punjab and Western UP. The...

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Supercritical Projects on Indian Railways A number of projects on Indian Railways were classified as Supercritical in 2016. These projects are located at sites which are severely congested and are the cause of major detentions of freight. Two such projects are 1. The Powarkheda to Jujharpur flyover...

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@Suryag Train 16751 is colloquially still called today Boat Mail Express. It ran upto Dhanuskodi pre 1964 before the cyclone wiped off the connection with Rameswaram. The Boat Mail connected with a steamer to Talaimanar in SL pre-independence. Yes I have heard too that Dhanuskodi will be connected l...

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@Atmavik: Thanks. A Promise and a Bridge This is the story of another bridge, one that is going to be operationalized in a few days maybe by March end. It is a bridge connecting Tarighat on the south bank of the Ganga and Ghazipur on the north bank of the Ganga. First a bit about this Ghazipur. It i...

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Land acquisition is a state subject no? Imagine building a DFC through India and the Central Govt having to deal with 50 states to get land for the project. Even today 500 km Son Nagar Bihar to Dankuni WB for the EDFC is proving a pain in the rear end with a non cooperative Jharkhand and Mamta Baner...

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The Story of a Bridge, Loha ka Pul (The Iron Bridge) Nothing exemplifies the rot and paralysis that afflicted the UPA government than the story of this bridge. No the bridge is not in some obscure corner of India, but right in Delhi and carries the main trunk line out of the national capital Delhi ...

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Delhi to Dehradun Expressway This is an under construction limited access controlled expressway. Currently it takes 6-7 hours by road to Dehradun from Delhi. I have only traveled by air to Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun from Delhi and then started on my hiking expeditions into the Himalayas. The e...

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The 55 km bypass around Kanpur of the EDFC is complete today with loco trials done. https://twitter.com/dfccil_india/status/1630238574493990912/photo/2 Left portions of EDFC : 400km Ludhiana to Khurja single lined section(June 2023 target for completion). 30km of double lined section between Chunar ...

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@Prem Kumar Thanks. Suresh Prabhu was a Shiv Sena man who left the party so there was no love lost between Uddhav and Prabhu.At the time of the split UT made many demands and one was that Prabhu no longer be in the cabinet. Prabhu was already Commerce Minister and for unity removing him was a small ...

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Ramana: I barely post 10% of what I know what is happening on infra, much that I post is overwhelmed by one line rejoinders. On skyscrapercity forum I have driven the discussions there on DFC, on roads and railways. If you look at these forums you can see something very interesting. In the 2008 era,...

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The Zuari River Bridge The Zuari River bridge is an 8 lane bridge connecting North and South Goa on NH-66 and a busy artery connecting south to Karwar, Mangalore and Kerala and north to Mumbai which sees a lot of traffic. It is one of the longest cable stayed bridges in India to facilitate movement ...

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Samruddhi "Balasaheb Thackeray" Mahamarg This is a 702km Expressway between Nagpur and Thane. Limited access expressway which is 6 lanes with facility to increasing the lanes to 8. The great contribution of Uddhav Thackeray to this expressway which was started by Fadnavis before the split...

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The Missing Link Project This is a 13.3 km road to eliminate 19km of a dangerous section of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the first expressway in India. Currently this 19km in the Khandala ghats has hairpin bends and rockfalls occur in monsoons leading to accidents. Massive traffic jams occur here as...

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One of the longest bridges across the Ganga at 9.7km near Patna which will make a great difference in connecting North and South Bihar is fast nearing completion after some time. Completion is targeted Dec 2023(not sure about this likely delayed), builder is L&T. This is the Kachi Darga to Bidup...

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First segment has been launched on the longest bridge being constructed in India. This is the Dhubri--Phulbari bridge which is 19.3 km long over the Brahmaputra out of which 12.7km is over water. The bridge connects Assam with Meghalaya and cost is 5000 crores. L&T is the construction company an...

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Bangalore to Mysore Limited access Expressway is scheduled to be inaugurated by PM Modi in March. This is a 120km expressway. Top speed is 100kmph and will allow one to reach Mysuru from Bangalore in 90 minutes. It is 10 laned with a 6 lane central carriageway with 4 lanes as service roads, 2 on eac...

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One of the big ticket projects nearing completion on the Indian Railways, is the construction of a new bridge across the "Ocean" connecting Mandapam Camp on the mainland to Rameswaram. The old railway bridge with a span in the center that lifts to allow sea traffic to pass is aged and more...

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@hnair Thanks. Yes there are issues with the re-development of Trivandrum. Funnily Laloo Prasad Yadav laid the foundation stone for that in 2006. However Kollam will get a brand new station with Corinthian columns. That has been tendered out. Southern Railway has awarded the EPC contract to Bangalor...

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Renders issued by Railway Ministry of the New station building for Trivandrum https://twitter.com/RailMinIndia/status/1626837668310159361/photo/3 Madurai new railway station renders(Contract awarded Sept 2022, 36 months to finish the station works) https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/rai...

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