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Indian Railways gears up to roll out 10 trains to link 40 cities in Vande Bharat boost: Report




Medha Servo Drives Ltd secured the contract to supply the electrical systems for 44 Vande Bharat trains in January this year.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-ne ... 50550.html

The Indian Railways is gearing up to roll out at least 10 new Vande Bharat indigenous semi-high speed trains, linking around 40 cities, by August next year to commemorate 75 years of India's Independence. The Indian Express has reported that Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has reviewed the project and directed that the rollout plan be advanced to connect at least 40 cities with the Vande Bharat trains by August 2022. Vande Bharat is the name given to India’s own semi-high speed train set, a collection of 16 coaches, self-propelled and do not require an engine to drag them.

Medha Servo Drives Ltd secured the contract to supply the electrical systems for 44 Vande Bharat trains in January this year. The Hyderabad-based engineering firm has now been told to advance its production plan so that at least two prototypes can be rolled out by March next year following all trials.

There is a contract condition that along with all the trials and testing that are needed to give nod to a Vande Bharat, the prototype train set that comes out of its anchor should also complete 1 lakh kilometre of commercial run with passengers before the following lot can be placed for production. Under this, the Vande Bharat trains could take months to hit the tracks commercially. Officials estimate that if all three production units are put to use, Indian Railways can manufacture around six to seven Vande Bharat train sets every month.
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What kind of foolish condition has been placed that unless one set of trains finish 100000 km of passengers service a next set or orders will not be placed.

Is vande bharat train truly back on track?
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Bureaucracy running amok. That Modi eventually shunted out the incumbent and brought in a former bureaucrat to run the Railways shows the depth of the problem.
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Interesting blogpost

Why India must prioritize Railways over Road transport
As compared to other means of transportation, railways must never be thought of as things of the past. When railways are modernized, they become the indispensable means of transportation.

https://vajrin.wordpress.com/2018/11/12 ... transport/
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The Palanpur to Vadodara section of the WDFC has two major bridges. One over River Mahi where span launching is going on. All the bridges on WDFC are underslung as the open web girder design is not appropriate due to double stack container traffic that will pass on this route. The River Mahi bridge:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y8w8f1nEefk


The second major bridge on the Palanpur to Makarpura(Vadodara) section is over the Sabarmati river, south of Ahmedabad. This is also underslung and the bridge is complete. 22 spans were launched, 11 for Up line and 11 for the down line.

https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status ... 2878249984

The biggest and most challenging bridge on the WDFC is over the Narmada river where it is being built close to the cable stayed bridge being built for the Mumbai- Delhi expressway.

Palanpur to Madar is undergoing trials. OHE trials are taking place between Madar and New Kishangarh. In the last days ROBs have been opened up in this section and OHE trials have to take place upto Palanpur and systems and telecom tested. There are no LCs on the DFCs allowing for seamless movement of freight. IR also benefits since removal of LCs means removal on IR too, so between Ajmer and Palanpur IR will also enjoy LC free movement thanks to the DFC.

Most likely by next January, Palanpur to Madar will be officially commissioned allowing for quick access to Gujarat ports.
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Finally news of an important part of the WDFC. The twin tunnels of the Vasai diversion tunnel. While attention has been focused on other parts, these tunnels are very important more so as they lie in MH. LA is a major issue here as the CM is a buffoon and clueless. Yogi Adityanath has been on the ball and has done much to free land for the DFC in the goonda infested regions of UP esp. on the Pilkhani(Saharanpur) to Khurja section and in the Gulistanpur area of NOIDA where the important New Dadri station is coming up. This is the Y-connector region where a Y will connect the WDFC to the EDFC at old Dadri station and Boraki station on the Howrah-Delhi line and the spur line to the Internal Container depot, Dadri. Crew quarters and administrative building for the DFC were planned here and possibly the WDFC control center similar to the EDFC control center at Prayagraj. prompt action by Yogi in the last days sent the goons packing, encroachers kicked out and an army of bulldozers destroyed illegal structures. The reclaimed land has been handed over the DFC. It is still a tight fit from Google Earth, but better than before. In the meantime that Thackeray bugger is clueless. Nevertheless piling work was going on for the bridge over Ulhas river close to where the WDFC will turn towards JNPT. I am linking a few things here.

Yogi Adityanath's action at Gulistanpur to free DFC land:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/n ... 30472.html

Work on Ulhas river bridge:

https://youtu.be/udvkCWLoiRg

Vasai diversion tunnel: 320m and 430m, one for Up line and one for down line. Tunnels have to be able to aloow double stack container freight:

https://twitter.com/Sahilinfra2/status/ ... 3992668160


WDFC work between Surat and Navsari, mostly subgrade and blanketing work to take on 32 tonne axle loads. Though for the moment rakes will be 13,000 tonne rakes, as opposed to 5,000 tonne rakes

https://youtu.be/Iv5bjbY04nU

Ankleswar detour WDFC

https://youtu.be/d2LxoWEgOpw

What is subbase, ballast laying specs on DFCs.

https://youtu.be/44s4XWvWtx4

Narmada bridge WDFC, Bridge 57 between Bharuch and Ankleswar, contractor L&T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD1nbX3CH1Q


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0afDabkbNY
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3 lining news on IR. Gudur to Vijayawada. Ullavapadu to Kavali 28km third line commissioned. Bitragunta to Nellore 50km almost done, signalling works left on the third line. This will decongest Chennai to Howrah, Chennai to Hyderabad abd Chennai to Delhi as all these trains between Metros travel on this section.

Bitragunta to Nellore(soon to be commissioned) 50km

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YpGcNoV-MA

Singarayakonda to Bitragunta (28km in this section third line between Ullavapadu to Kavali is already commissioned)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZTNjSMT20

Ongole to Singarayakonda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scz7tgh7Oso

Chirala to Ongole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuAn3--GFNg




Testing of third line between Jhansi and Babina at 130kmph on July 25th. This is again on the Delhi to Mumbai/Chennai/Hyderbad trunk line in the spine of India. Jhansi to Babina(a major Armored Corps base) lies on the Jhansi to Bina---Bhopal route. Bina to Bhopal/Habibganj 120km is third lined. Delhi to Jhansi is also getting third lines. Delhi to Mathura is already third lined, Mathura to Agra Cantt-- Gwalior --to Jhansi in process. Several block sections around Gwalior Banmor, Rairu, Birla Nagar are close to CRS for third line. Due to space constraints at Agra Cantt., the third line will bypass Agra Cantt.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1419286616342859777

Beyond Habibganj with its spanking new station, third line is done upto Barkheda, and then Budni--(new bridge over Narmada)--Hoshangabad and Itarsi. Barkheda to Budni in the ghat section 5 tunnels are almost done, 5 ROBs and 20 RUBs for wildlife only. Special tanks have been constructed with pumps running on solar for drinking water for animals during hot summers. All this was not there when the Brits constructed this line in the 1880s to connect Delhi and Mumbai and Delhi and Chennai. This is being remedied and current tracks and the third line will be fenced. I first traveled on this line then a single line and when steam was king with the mighty CP type WP steam loco in 1956.


The Bhimbetka prehistoric cave paintings and the Ratapani tiger reserve in which Bhimbetka lies is in this section. The videos and pictures I have made of this part of India( only a bit of the Northeast remains to be seen now, and possibly Antartica if I get there at my age) appear in a recent video posted by a former forum mod Shiv on his "secret" youtube video channel which I link, gosh I had so much fun going to Bhimbetka, Sanchi, Heliodorus column, Vidisha and Udayagiri caves. Shout out if you like the background music I put for my video(the original video has photos of the 9th century Bhojeshwara Shiv temple too that Shiv has edited out):


https://youtu.be/2tez-Ac7wCE

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Sunderji
Just curious about the video
Though wiki doesnt mention but looking at the video above I see distinct representation of wheel and chariot
Would this confirm the theory that wheel and chariot is Indian rather than middle east or Egyptian in origin??
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Eastern DFC

Trials taking place between Chiralipaithu(near Son Nagar) and Ganj Khwaja(first station on the Grand Chord from Mughalsarai) 100km.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_tNxU1HcWU

So the section that remains on EDFC is Bhaupur--Ganj Khwaja. This will be done in 3 parts, Bhaupur(Kanpur) to Shujatpur(near Prayagraj) and Shujatpur to Jeonathpur, Jeonathpur to Ganj-Khwaja(Mughalsarai bypass) 37km. Last I looked there were buildings on the embankment near Ganj Khwaja on Google earth. Jeonathpur is a major intermodal terminal, with barge traffic on IW-1, Internal Waterway 1 on R. Ganga with Varanasi port at Jeonathpur, NH-8 and rail , EDFC and IR Mughalsarai-Delhi line all meet at Jeonathpur.

Bhaupur to Shujatpur to be completed by Jan 2022. Ganj Khwaja to Jeonathpur Dec 2021. Rest by June 2022. Two major bridges, across River Yamuna at Prayagraj and across River Tamsa(which is the same river in Ramayana and which joins Ganga from the South bank). Here is the bridge on River Tamsa on EDFC situation:

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

The situation in Haryana

Single line EDFC between Ambala and Pilkhani/Saharanpur with bridge over River Yamuna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ootPSkM6g04


Pilkhani/Saharanpur to Deoband on the Pilkhani to Khurja Jn where this single line joins the main EDFC between Delhi and Dankuni

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXS48f8YS-U

The Rail over rail flyover where the EDFC jumps over the Saharanpur to Shamli to Delhi IR line at Mohiuddinpur is also launched and complete:(this is single line EDFC that goes to Punjab from the main EDFC line)

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1409901803009830912
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qmuqGmA_8E

^^^ Why do I post this? This is interlocking work going on at Shahjahanpur Jn in UP. Shahjahanpur lies on the important Lucknow---Moradabad---Amritsar line. A branch line MG started from here to Pilibhit, Tanakpur and towards Kathgodam/Nainital. What you are seeing here is connecting a gauge converted line that is also being electrified (RE is about 80% done) and the entire zone around Pilibhit is now gauge converted and about 70% RE work is over. This is a very backward area of UP. Here the main produce in the Terai region bordering Nepal is sugarcane and so there are many sugar mills in this area and a very famous tiger sanctuary called Dudhwa on the Nepal border near Pilibhit.

Now things are a changing. First an MNC has come in to make yeast in Pilibhit.

https://www.business-standard.com/artic ... 534_1.html

But also importantly between this Shahjahanpur and Lucknow lies a sleepy small town Sandila. It was famous and possibly still is for laddus. When a train would stop in the 1960s at Sandila a horde of vendors would descend with matkas of these laddus covered with Dainik Jagran. But in this very Sandila see how many companies are moving in:

https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDis ... sID=853533

Berger paints

British paints

Hindustan Food Limited,

pharmaceutical firm Swarup Chemicals.

Green Ply Company is setting up its unit on 35 acres of land at the cost of Rs 600 crore and is expected to start production in July, 2022.

Austin Plywood Company is establishing its factory at the cost of Rs 50 crore and will provide employment to 500 people.

Gang Industries Ltd is setting up its distillery plant over 25 acres of land at the cost of Rs 250 crore and will provide employment to 700 people once completed.

Varun Beverages Limited is setting up a factory at Sandila over 100 acres of land with an investment of Rs 700 crore to produce cold drinks, juices, etc in association with Pepsi. Around 2000 people will get employment in this factory.

ITC Limited is setting up its factory to produce flour, juice, chips, etc over 60 acres with an investment of Rs 800 crore and will give employment to 1,000 people.

Haldiram is also setting up its unit on five acres.


Green Ply Company, Austin Plywood Company, Gang Industries Ltd, Varun Beverages Limited, ITC Limited, Hindustan Food Limited, Haldiram and pharmaceutical firm Swarup Chemicals.

Green Ply Company is setting up its unit on 35 acres of land at the cost of Rs 600 crore and is expected to start production in July, 2022.

Similarly, Austin Plywood Company is establishing its factory at the cost of Rs 50 crore and will provide employment to 500 people.

Gang Industries Ltd is setting up its distillery plant over 25 acres of land at the cost of Rs 250 crore and will provide employment to 700 people once completed.

Varun Beverages Limited is setting up a factory at Sandila over 100 acres of land with an investment of Rs 700 crore to produce cold drinks, juices, etc in association with Pepsi. Around 2000 people will get employment in this factory.

Besides, ITC Limited is setting up its factory to produce flour, juice, chips, etc over 60 acres with an investment of Rs 800 crore and will give employment to 1,000 people.

Most of you have absolutely no idea of the desperate poverty in Hardoi, Sandila and such places one just took for granted in the 1960s. Believe me I know, have seen and remember. The railway line Sitapur--Hardoi--Unnao ---Kanpur just got electrified two months ago. You can see why. It will be a spur line which will export products from the Sandila area via Kanpur to the EDFC, towards Dadri, the WDFC and Gujarat and JNPT. Hardoi was an absolutely backward place. Possibly there is a proposal to extend a line from Bhaupur over a new bridge over Ganga towards Unnao so freight towards Lucknow, Sandila from the EDFC at Kanpur does not have to go through Kanpur Central and clog it as it does now. The old railway bridge over Ganga between Lucknow and Kanpur dates from 1873 and is not in great shape. A new high capacity bridge for freight on the outskirts of Kanpur city directly connected to the EDFC and towards Lucknow, bypassing Kanpur Central and Juhi marshalling yard will help.

IR also ran trials befor commissioning at 110 kmph a first for any train in Nepal, connecting a non-existent Nepalese railway to the IR network, Jaynagar to Janakpur 17km. The route will be extended beyond in Nepal in the next phase. The DEMU coaches that will ply are a gift of Konkan railways to the Nepalese govt.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj1HppnwCJ8

The comments ^^^ are unilaterally hateful of India. That is the "educated" Nepali for you. They have nothing, wallowing in misery, their poverty and will not appreciate anything. My Nepali has become rusty after years of disuse, but I can understand it and and am very familiar with the "caste" differences in Nepal. The dynamics that exists between the average Nepali and Indian is very, very different from the 1960s and 1970s. Symbolic things have ended. Indian priests usually Bhatts from Udupi who officiated at Pasupatinath in Kathmandu by tradition no longer do so. The tradition of having Nepali priests at Kashi Visvanath continues though.

A video I made on a second trip to Hampi circa 2013, that Shiv posted on his channel, you can see the pavilion on the Tungabhadra river where the great composer Purandaradasa composed almost all his compositions shunning all royal patronage:(music is Pearl by Mark Mothersbaugh)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae7Y-xAXBZ0
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In the mean-e-while there was a "hadsa", "galata", "accidunt" at Mundra/Adani ports. IR has sent two 3000hp re-furbished diesel locos to Mozambique. Now they sent a third one. When this loco was being loaded onto the ship at Adani bandargah, the cables of the crane snapped and like Humpty-Dumpty the loco fell down. I can be nasty and say the crane was Chinese, was it? Anyhow if you are one of those disaster movie freaks, yeh video aap ke liye hai. Fortunately there was no loss of life. Must be the engineer was a gold medallist from some engineering kalleje who did not figure out the permissible loads for the Krane along with Chinese maal. Injineer St. Venant principle bhool gaya.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOJMCrxwPE
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:-)

I am glad the Indians designed the loco well. It almost landed on its feet. I think the bakis will be interested in acquiring the loco via doobai.

As usual sir, it is a pleasure to read all your updates. Any perspectives on HSR from you?
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A number of steps have been undertaken to up speeds esp. on the GQ taking advantage of the pandemic. Even on branch lines. At Jolarpet the S-curve was eliminated upping speed through Jolarpet to 110kmph benefiting Bangalore-Chennai Shatabdi and other trains to Coimbatore from Chennai.

S-curve removal and installing new signalling and interlocking equipment has upped the speed from 70kmph to 130 kmph through Gangapur yard in Kota division on the Mumbai to Delhi route:(all permanent cautions in the yard removed and a S-curve straightened similar to Jolarpet yard)

https://twitter.com/RailMinIndia/status ... 4006647810

On the busy Delhi to Hyderabad/Chennai route the bridges over R. Godavari at Mancherial in Telangana (now third lined, third Godavari bridge completed during Modi-I) old 1926 bridge, and the second line bridge were re-furbished, approaches to all three bridges improved and speed increased from a permanent caution of 50kmph to 100 kmph:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hy ... 567262.ece

Last year the Godavari bridges at Rajamundhry on Howrah--Chennai line was refurbished and received attention 43 years after construction with all ballast removed, deck base repaired and refurbished and tracks replaced across the bridges. Could not be done before due to heavy traffic:

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ne ... 644070.ece

Permanent cautions on the bridge have been removed. This bridge has an interesting history. In 1971 IR was building the second line and doubling this Godavari bridge which I would pass going home from Kharagpur. During the BD war ended, the Porkis destroyed the Padma bridge or Hardinge bridge in BD by blowing up the spans. The Padma bridge is the lifeline of BD. IR then took one of the spans of this Godavari bridge and replaced Span number 9 of the Padma bridge in BD with the Godavavri bridge span, so that economic life could be brought back to normal as soon as possible. Repairs were also performed to span 11 on the Padma bridge. Nett result IR delayed the doubling of the Howrah-Chennai line and us peoples suffered. Padma bridge was operational by 1975, it took the Godavari bridge much longer to be completed.
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Gandhinagar station dedicated by PM a few days ago. This has a luxury hotel built on top of the station run by Leela group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avukdDG10kU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH3o0aRSC_4

Habibganj station that is also a model station is close to be inaugurated. The commercial complex which is coming up adjacent to the station and the conference center and hospital etc in the station area may take another 6 months for completion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hUw9mqA51o

A number of other model stations are in various stages of completion.
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Looks like the Japanese model of a station-complex. It’s a pleasure to navigate big Japanese stations with their extensive malls, concourses and hotels. London Paddington also has a hotel adjacent to it, the Great Western Hotel.
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vsunder wrote:In the mean-e-while there was a "hadsa", "galata", "accidunt" at Mundra/Adani ports. IR has sent two 3000hp re-furbished diesel locos to Mozambique. Now they sent a third one. When this loco was being loaded onto the ship at Adani bandargah, the cables of the crane snapped and like Humpty-Dumpty the loco fell down. I can be nasty and say the crane was Chinese, was it? Anyhow if you are one of those disaster movie freaks, yeh video aap ke liye hai. Fortunately there was no loss of life. Must be the engineer was a gold medallist from some engineering kalleje who did not figure out the permissible loads for the Krane along with Chinese maal. Injineer St. Venant principle bhool gaya.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOJMCrxwPE
The Adanis have imported lot of chinese equipments as their costs were ridiculously lower than their German or French counterparts.
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nandakumar wrote:The Adanis have imported lot of chinese equipments as their costs were ridiculously lower than their German or French counterparts.
The cables snapped. It's very unlikely to be a crane failure and more a bad miscalculation. Of course the cables could very well be substandard imports.
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yensoy wrote:
nandakumar wrote:The Adanis have imported lot of chinese equipments as their costs were ridiculously lower than their German or French counterparts.
The cables snapped. It's very unlikely to be a crane failure and more a bad miscalculation. Of course the cables could very well be substandard imports.
the lifting cables, have to be mandatorily proof loaded / load tested periodically and certified as fit for use. It is the law and I am very sure that it would have been done unless a contractor was doing the loading on to the ship and he may have slipped up.

Insurance will pay, the adanis' are simply too big to piss off.
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Northern India has two mega container depots or ICDs(Inland Container Depots). One at Dadri abutting the Howrah-Delhi line. This will be linked to the WDFC at New Dadri station and the WDFC by a spur line. The other container terminal which is also next to the WDFC is at Kathuwas on the Haryana-Rajasthan border in Alwar distt of Rajasthan. Upto now, rakes from Kathuwas terminal traveled a bit on IR to jump onto the WDFC. In the last two days a direct line from this container terminal has been operationalized providing direct access to the WDFC for container rakes originating from Kathuwas ICD.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4TUjBIGAc4


A few old videos as to how the Kathuwas container terminal works, how containers are tracked and the great impact the WDFC will have on container operations at Kathuwas and other logistic parks.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hazc76eea7M


https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=08EPTGK3uFU
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TWcozRr1f78

Guwahati has been finally connected to the rest of India by an electrified line. Still not doubled but is getting doubled and large patches are doubled between New Jalpaiguri in WB and Guwahati.
New Jalpaiguri and beyond towards Delhi is doubled and electrified.
Beyond Guwahati doubling and electrification to Lumding will be over by May 2022. Lumding is where lines bifurcate to Dibrugarh, Agartala, Imphal and Kohima etc. so this part will see very heavy traffic in the coming days. The video you see is the first electric loco to enter a major city of Assam.
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Excellent article on how reforms in Indian Railways have been stymied since 4 decades.

https://swarajyamag.com/business/why-in ... tition-out
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T'is the season for musical chairs. 33 DRMs have been shunted out and replaced. That is close to 50%. IR has 17 zones and 68 DRMs in all. It remains to be seen if there is a method and rationale to this exercise or the usual prerogative exercised by an incoming person exercising the right to use the broom wherewithal.


Some like Alok Tiwari DRM Guntakal did good work, raising sectional speeds in his zone to 130 kmph on Chennai to Mumbai line, remodelling Gooty yard and using the lockdown effectively to replace aging stone bridges and culverts to remove permanent speed restrictions, attracting business(kisan rail and other businesses), and developing major stations like Guntakal. But he still got marching orders. DRM Bhopal, Borwankar who was important in getting the Habibganj station remodeling project through after several delays with the pandemic, getting the local administration act on land encroachment so that the small Habibganj to Bhopal main station third line done and thus completing Bina--Habibganj third line finally, 130km and also seeing the major part of the third line onwards , Itarsi to Bhopal completed is also gone. Some others had a lackluster term and deserved marching orders. It remains to be seen what thought went into this exercise, or is it the proverbial case of throwing the baby out with the bath water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GrBjq2HSgM
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Something is happening in MH vis-a-vis LA for WDFC in the last month:
But why so late in the game, surely will set back timelines and whats with the lathis for demolition?

https://youtu.be/QvoN5eO8QZA

At Dombivili a Bombay suburb. 105 properties obstructing the right of way out of which 73 have been acquired.
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https://www.carbonbrief.org/eight-chart ... -emissions
Rail is among the most efficient and lowest emitting modes of transport, according to the IEA’s new report focusing on the opportunities it offers for energy and the environment.
An interesting read. Don't quite agree with all the points but most are certainly applicable.
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Twin diversion tunnels at Vasai(between Kharbao Central Railway and Vaitarna on Western Railway): Breakthrough occurred on the longer tunnel of length 430m(south tunnel), North tunnel at 320m poised for breakthrough. Tunnels are 12.1 m high to accommodate double stack container traffic from JNPT and is the diversion towards JNPT from Western railway lines in the Mumbai area. JICA insisted on these tunnels.


https://twitter.com/dfccil_india/status ... 1217394689

One more set of trials on WDFC between Rewari and Palanpur, Gujarat for Ro-Ro traffic a la Konkan railway. This is in preparation for throwing the Rewari to Palanpur section open. Various trials and tests going on. Electric loco tests are complete between Rewari and Kishangarh, now Kishangarh to Palanpur trials for elocos have to take place.

https://twitter.com/dfccil_india/status ... 2050888706

Sohna viaduct 3km long had a mishap. Chinese launcher fell due to a defect while launching spans. After that L&T is using cranes to place the spans. 2km of the viaduct is complete. This is on the Dadri to Rewari section which is also a challenge with massive amounts of earthmoving, they are cutting an entire hill to maintain a 1:200 grade requirement I suppose.
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Here is what it would look like on the Rewari to Dadri section on the WDFC. First line it jumps over is Delhi to Jaipur line. Then it jumps over the Delhi to Agra line. The Sohna viaduct ^^^ and the Arravalli tunnel come before this RoR at Asaoti station, then the bridge over Yamuna, the bridge over River Hindon and then to New Dadri where YA just kicked the land encroachers out. The line from container depot Dadri connects here and last the Y-connector to the EDFC. I have also linked Google Earth shots where you can see the progress:


https://youtu.be/ld5yNKZJ62Y


Y- connector at Dadri

https://youtu.be/a7r98g_XzUo

QUIZ question: When in the animation does the WDFC cross over the second mega project in India, Delhi to Mumbai expressway?

The Sohna viaduct at ground level(see the first video above ^^^ in animation mode of travel on this 3 km viaduct) 7:00 in the animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fV3j57CWlQ

Some of the earthwork going on in the NCR area for Dadri to Rewari link:(5:54 in the video above)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5q1bd_CkoY

Sohna tunnel is at 5:17
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Y-connector at Dadri, see the animation in the videos above:(this is how WDFC and EDFC will connect) left arm of the Y connects to Delhi to Howrah line towards Delhi. Right arm of Y is the start of the EDFC and towards Kanpur and Howrah.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/28%C2 ... 77.5551106


Spur line from Internal Container Depot at Dadri joining the WDFC at New Dadri Station


https://www.google.com/maps/place/28%C2 ... 77.5358077


Gulistanpur where New Dadri station is being built. New Dadri is the first station on the WDFC with administrative office, crew quarters, and a marshalling yard. Line goes left towards Hindon river bridge and Yamuna river bridges which are all ready and towards New Faridabad station to hop over the Delhi Mumbai/Chennai line that Rail over rail flyover is finished at Asaoti station.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Block ... 4d77.51571

Gulistanpur is where in the news item I linked earlier YA had the land encroachers evicted to give DFCCIL the land to finish constructing New Dadri station.
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https://twitter.com/MeghUpdates/status/ ... 61602?s=20

Does this mean that the order in increased from 44 to 75 train sets?
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With the commissioning of 30 km Umdanagar to Shadnagar doubling and RE, 60 km doubling of Secunderabad to Mahbubnagar doubling and RE is complete. Remaining portion of 25 km between Gollapalli to Mahbubnagar will be complete by the end of this fiscal. Total distance is 85 km. This line is part of the Bengaluru to Hyderabad line and also forms part of the Hyderabad area MRTS. All the 5 stations between Shadnagar and Umdanagar were torn down and rebuilt and the entire route has electronic interlocking.

Secunderabad(connect to Metro)----Kacheguda---Malakpet(connect to Hyderabad Metro)-----Falaknuma-----Umdanagar---Timmapur---Shadnagar----Gollapali(completed)-----Jadcherla---Mahbubnagar(to be completed) and doubling and RE to Dhone to be completed. Dhone---Gooty doubling and RE is under process and Gooty to Bengaluru RE is finished and a good chunk of doubling finished. They should run a T18 type train on this route between Hyderabad and Bengaluru once doubling and electrification is complete. Gooty to Bengaluru is common to Hyderabad/Mumbai/Delhi to Bengaluru.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tl9fE7ZB3M


Distance from Hyderabad to Bangalore is 600km while T-18 runs on the 800 km Delhi to Varanasi section.
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Railway Min Ashwini Vaishnaw Ditches the 'VIP Way', Takes Train to Odisha, Engages Passengers
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is on a maiden trip to his home state Odisha from where he has been elected as a Rajya Sabha MP and was recently made a cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government.

Like his several other newly-sworn-in colleagues, Vaishnaw undertook the Jan Ashirwad Yatra and reached Bhubaneswar on Thursday.

After a day-long program in the capital city of Bhubaneswar, the Rail Mantri’s next destination is Rayagada.

Vaishnaw ditched the VIP protocol and decided to undertake a train journey. He boarded the Hirakhand Express on Thursday evening and is slated to arrive at his destination on Friday morning.
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Indian Railways commissions Double Line with Electrification between Vijayawada-Uppaluru.
Doubling and Electrification Railway Project: Seamless movement of freight and passengers! Indian Railways has recently completed and commissioned 17 Kilometres of Double Line as well as Electric traction between Vijayawada and Uppaluru in south India. According to South Central Railways, the commissioning of the double line along with electrification is part of Indian Railways’ Electrification and Doubling project of Vijayawada – Gudivada – Bhimavaram – Narsapur section, Gudivada – Machilipatnam section, and Narsapur – Nidadavolu section. This is an Indian Railways’ prestigious project, located in the coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh. The railway project is expected to give a boost to the development of the region.

The railway project was sanctioned in the year 2011-12 for 221 Kilometres of distance at an estimated amount of Rs 3,000 crore. The railway project is being executed by RVNL. Out of 221 Kilometres of distance, 141 Kilometres in length has been completed and commissioned. Works are progressing at a fast pace in the remaining section of 70 Route Kilometres and are nearing completion.
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A very interesting discussion forum. Please do read

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/commerci ... ision.html
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Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)

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Anyway, obligatory Yes Minister reference.



Policy-wise, if people are choosing one mode over another, how do we know where the issues are ? The incentives should be around tolls and tariffs, instead of not developing roads or not widening roads.
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https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rai ... 59053.html

Additional 58 Vande Bharat Rakes Announced
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rajkumar wrote:https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rai ... 59053.html
Additional 58 Vande Bharat Rakes Announced
I hope VB concept doesn't get diluted to just mean trainsets to ply superfast intercity trains. VB should remain VB, i.e. it should run at 130+kmph for at least 50% of their end-to-end distance.
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https://swarajyamag.com/insta/north-eas ... -27-months
Imphal,4th Capital City In NE, To Come On Railway Map Within 27 Months.
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https://www.railpost.in/goi-proposes-bi ... ls-inside/
GoI Proposes Big Indian Railways Units Streamlining, Could Shut CRIS, CORE, COFMOW. Details Inside
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A Nandy wrote:https://www.railpost.in/goi-proposes-bi ... ls-inside/
GoI Proposes Big Indian Railways Units Streamlining, Could Shut CRIS, CORE, COFMOW. Details Inside
The proposals are really good and will make Indian Railways a lean mean world class organization. Over 75 years, it has become a flabby rotund "unkule" and needs some transformational changes into a confident brat.

If this can be done at jet speed by 2022 kudos to Modi and his RailMin Ashwini Vaishnav https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ ... 207990.ece
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