Mass Rapid Transit in India

Javee · Post by **Javee** » 04 Dec 2015 13:23

Rohit, At Chennai metro, I heard the flood water entered in saidapet tunnel and exited in Mount road, what would the damage be in this case?? Any structural damage you heard of??

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 04 Dec 2015 17:13

Rohit_K wrote:rsingh -

Operational:
• Kolkata
• Delhi
• Bangalore
• Gurgaon
• Mumbai
• Jaipur
• Chennai

Under Constuction: includes all of the above +
• Noida-Greater Noida
• Lucknow
• Navi Mumbai
• Nagpur
• Hyderabad
• Kochi

Thanks. Nice to hear this.

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 04 Dec 2015 17:17

Rohit_K wrote:Kochi Metro Unveils Kalamassery Station’s Interior & Exterior Design

more design renderings here.

Kochi has one of the best airport (IMO) and now metro. wah awh

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 04 Dec 2015 19:09

Javee wrote:Rohit, At Chennai metro, I heard the flood water entered in saidapet tunnel and exited in Mount road, what would the damage be in this case?? Any structural damage you heard of??

You've heard right. The Saidapet station's box is now a 40 feet deep pool. The status of the tunnels is unknown, but they can easily collapse under the weight of the water. The damage caused can only be assessed when the water is pumped out.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 04 Dec 2015 19:19

DMRC Signs Agreement with MMRDA to Execute Dahisar – DN Nagar Line

A little more than a month after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)’s Executive Committee gave its approval to appoint the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to execute the 18.6 km Dahisar to DN Nagar section of Line 2, the two organizations yesterday formally signed an agreement!

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 04 Dec 2015 23:04

Delhi Metro Erects 52m Long Steel Girders Over Agra Canal

Towards the end of August, Afcons Infrastructure – the Delhi Metro’s contractor for contract CC-15 of Phase 3 started erecting 52 meter long I-shaped steel girders for the new Magenta line over the Agra Canal! 3 of these girders in fact got captured on Google Earth’s latest satellite imagery.

More images here.

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 04 Dec 2015 23:15

rsingh wrote:Kochi has one of the best airport (IMO) and now metro. wah awh

As a user of Kochi airport since it is opening, I was not too much impressed with its aesthetics, though functionally it was optimal. I hope the Kochi metro turns out to be more eye-catching in addition to being functional.

Since they posted the animation of the entire route at the start, I have high expectations. But we have to wait to see the end result and will it be able to keep the time as promised to date for start of operations.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 05 Dec 2015 03:18

WYSIWYG?
S=Design

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 05 Dec 2015 08:18

1st Pier Cap Erected for Noida – Gr.Noida Metro at Knowledge Park V

At roughly 7 pm yesterday night, the CEC-SAM JV which is in-charge of constructing all 3 sections (NC01, NC02 & NC03) of the 30.016 km Noida-Gr.Noida metro line erected the first pier cap on pier# 963 between the Delta-1 and Depot stations in Greater Noida!

Lots of images here

arshyam · Post by **arshyam** » 05 Dec 2015 19:29

Self deleted, since it was already posted earlier.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 05 Dec 2015 21:04

Rohit_K wrote:Under Constuction: includes all of the above +
• Noida-Greater Noida
• Lucknow
• Navi Mumbai
• Nagpur
• Hyderabad
• Kochi

Ahmedabad Metro is another one on this list that I forgot to add!

Abhay_S · Post by **Abhay_S** » 05 Dec 2015 21:23

Rohitji,

What is your opinion on smaller cities investing in metro? Do you think it is financially viable for them or can a good metro start growth?

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 05 Dec 2015 22:12

Bade wrote:
rsingh wrote:Kochi has one of the best airport (IMO) and now metro. wah awh
As a user of Kochi airport since it is opening, I was not too much impressed with its aesthetics, though functionally it was optimal. I hope the Kochi metro turns out to be more eye-catching in addition to being functional.

Since they posted the animation of the entire route at the start, I have high expectations. But we have to wait to see the end result and will it be able to keep the time as promised to date for start of operations.

Like the golf -club look and atmosphere there. Lush green all around. Reminds me of Minsk airport on Sundays....................Calm and Quite. 5 passengers, two piolts and two airhostesses. Neat clean fresh empty airport. But those wezre good old Soviet times.

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 05 Dec 2015 23:08

When completed by next summer, hopefully the Kochi Metro looks at least 90% of what this animation shows....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZnpdVr ... freload=10

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 06 Dec 2015 22:37

Abhay_S wrote:What is your opinion on smaller cities investing in metro? Do you think it is financially viable for them or can a good metro start growth?

Depends on the size/importance of the city, but generally speaking, building a metro is quite wasteful in smaller cities - example: Vijayawada & Trivandrum where the projects have been approved by the state govt. The systems here won't even be operationally profitable. It would be better if they invest in providing better bus services.

These days building a metro is like vying for the "international airport" status that became a fad in the 2000s. Every town wanted that label.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 06 Dec 2015 22:40

Bangalore Metro Will Shut Down Purple Line Next Week For Testing

After conducting full length trials from 6-8 am and 8-10 pm between Baiyappanahalli & Mysore Road stations last month, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corp is now ready for more testing! They just announced that starting this Monday (December 7), operations on both Reach 1 (Baiyyappanahalli to MG Road) and Reach 2 (Magadi Road to Mysore Road) will be suspended for a period of 4 days until Thursday (December 10). This is being done in order to conduct more rigorous testing of all components (signalling, electrification, train interaction etc.) of the underground section from Magadi Road to Cubbon Park of the 18.1 km Purple line.

These tests will go on until Thursday (Dec 10) after which commercial operations will resume on Friday with new timings & frequencies as listed below:
Reach 1 – Trains will run from 8 am to 8 pm with a frequency of 10 mins
Reach 2 – Trains will run from 9 am to 7 pm with a frequency of 20 mins

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 07 Dec 2015 07:40

1. Delhi Metro Violet Line’s Extension to Ballabhgarh Starts Taking Shape

After building & extending the Delhi Metro’s Violet line to Faridabad by 13.875 km in September, Larsen & Toubro is now building a further 3.2 km extension to the town of Ballabhgarh in Haryana! This extension starts from Faridabad’s Escorts Mujesar station and will consist of 2 new stations at N.C.B. Station & Ballabhgarh

Lots of images in the Metro Rail Guy's post.

2.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 07 Dec 2015 09:42

this was expected as HAL HQ seems to be right on minsk square. they have considerable clout in matters like this.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 07 Dec 2015 09:47

once the purple line in blr opens. I am going to take my kids for a ride from bypanahalli to the last station on mysore road, back to MG road for lunch and then back to bypanahalli....should be a good experience for them. december office shutdown period hopefully it will be open by then.

kvraghav · Post by **kvraghav** » 07 Dec 2015 10:48

^^^
I am planning to use it to commute from Mysore road last stop(Nayandanahalli) to Byapannahalli and then use bus from there to Manyata. How feasible is it to walk from before the Tin Factory to Byapanahalli station? Anyone has info on that part of Bangalore? I want to avoid tin factory junction at all costs.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 07 Dec 2015 10:54

Singha wrote:once the purple line in blr opens. I am going to take my kids for a ride from bypanahalli to the last station on mysore road, back to MG road for lunch and then back to bypanahalli....should be a good experience for them. december office shutdown period hopefully it will be open by then.

Would it open so soon? My understanding is that the tunnelling is not complete (even in the Purple line). Looks like even Kochi metro may become operational before Phase 1 of Metro gets completed

. And I will have to move around covering my head in a dhothi/mundu if that happens

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deejay · Post by **deejay** » 07 Dec 2015 10:58

kvraghav wrote:^^^
I am planning to use it to commute from Mysore road last stop(Nayandanahalli) to Byapannahalli and then use bus from there to Manyata. How feasible is it to walk from before the Tin Factory to Byapanahalli station? Anyone has info on that part of Bangalore? I want to avoid tin factory junction at all costs.

Thats a lot of walk. Better take an auto. I walked from CV Raman Nagar Big Bazaar to Bayapannahalli station and back for almost a month and it was 10 mins+ either ways. Tin Factory is definitely longer. Plus road crossing is an adventure.

kvraghav · Post by **kvraghav** » 07 Dec 2015 14:03

^^
Thanks. Is there any buses which takes the Banaswadi route and arrives at any of the metro stations on the way?

anandsgh · Post by **anandsgh** » 07 Dec 2015 17:44

kvraghav wrote:^^^
I am planning to use it to commute from Mysore road last stop(Nayandanahalli) to Byapannahalli and then use bus from there to Manyata. How feasible is it to walk from before the Tin Factory to Byapanahalli station? Anyone has info on that part of Bangalore? I want to avoid tin factory junction at all costs.

If you wish to go to Manyata from Byappanahalli, take the other exit to Byappanahalli Rly Station, follow the road along the Rly line and catch the Manyata bus at the end of flyover. It may be same walk as Byappanahalli to Tin Factory but much safer and quieter..

prashanth · Post by **prashanth** » 07 Dec 2015 19:07

Sachin wrote: Would it open so soon? My understanding is that the tunnelling is not complete (even in the Purple line). Looks like even Kochi metro may become operational before Phase 1 of Metro gets completed . And I will have to move around covering my head in a dhothi/mundu if that happens .

I think tunnelling is complete in purple line. But green line is awaiting completion of tunneling along one direction. They will shut down metro (temporarily) for safety inspection runs in underground sections of purple line next week.

Rohit_K wrote:Bangalore Metro Will Shut Down Purple Line Next Week For Testing

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 07 Dec 2015 20:05

^ To add to that - tunneling on the Purple line was completed in March 2014! The entire line should be operational in March/April 2016.

Blurb on Mumbai Metro's 33.5km Line 3 from Colaba to SEEPZ:

MMRC officials said there are lengthy procedures to evaluate technical and financial bids, as per the guidelines of Japan International Cooperation Agency, funding 57% of the project. “The procedure we are following require time as there is an appraisal committee, a tender acceptance committee, then it goes to JICA. So we are looking at another month [to award bids],” said Bhide.

The lowest bidders were announced in September btw.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 07 Dec 2015 22:37

Picture update: Delhi Metro Phase 3 – November 2015 Update

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 08 Dec 2015 07:20

BMRCL sets January-end deadline for Mysore Road-Byappanahalli route

Bengaluru: If things go as planned by BMRCL, people of Bengaluru should be able to travel from Mysore Road to Byappanahalli by January 2016 end. Currently, the track trial run in the east-west underground corridor is complete. Signal and communication testing will be taken up from the 10th of this month. BMRCL plans to finish the signal testing by this month-end and then call the Commissioner of Railway Safety by mid-January 2016.

BMRCL spokesperson Vasanth Rao said, “We are looking to complete the signal and communication trials by this month. In January we will carry out trials for the entire stretch from Mysore Road to Byapanahalli. We will invite the commissioner of railway safety by mid-January. Once he gives his nod to the stretch, it will be open for the public.” Initially, the line was scheduled for commercial use by November, then it was pushed to December and now to January 2016.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 08 Dec 2015 07:22

Delhi Metro Starts Erecting 40m Long Steel Girders at Britannia Chowk

On this Sunday, HMM Infra Ltd. on a subcontract from Larsen Toubro started erecting 40 meter long I-shaped steel girders for the Delhi Metro’ new 58.59 km Pink line over Guru Harkishan Marg! This section is a part of Phase 3’s contract CC-28 from Mayapuri to the Netaji Subhash Place ramp that includes 5 stations at Shakurpur, Punjabi Bagh, ESI Hospital, Rajouri Garden & Mayapuri.

more images at TMRG

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 08 Dec 2015 08:43

q: what is the distance between those pillars?

I always feel little scary when I see these I-beams on concrete structures. perhaps I am not sure if the strengths are fine just by the pics and positions. just my fear especially when Richter scale shows up.

vsunder · Post by **vsunder** » 08 Dec 2015 16:59

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Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 08 Dec 2015 19:11

SaiK wrote:q: what is the distance between those pillars?

40m

arshyam · Post by **arshyam** » 08 Dec 2015 19:27

What was the reason for going with a long span- since it is crossing a road with a median, couldn't they have placed a regular pillar in the middle? What am I missing?

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 08 Dec 2015 19:43

The width of the median isn't that big. If they would have placed a pillar, then it (along with its protective concrete base-example) would have bulged out and eaten into the lanes on either side.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 08 Dec 2015 20:34

[Pics] Ahmedabad Metro’s Construction – December 2015 Update

arshyam · Post by **arshyam** » 08 Dec 2015 21:32

Rohit_K wrote:
Javee wrote:Rohit, At Chennai metro, I heard the flood water entered in saidapet tunnel and exited in Mount road, what would the damage be in this case?? Any structural damage you heard of??
You've heard right. The Saidapet station's box is now a 40 feet deep pool. The status of the tunnels is unknown, but they can easily collapse under the weight of the water. The damage caused can only be assessed when the water is pumped out.

Hmm. This is interesting, what's your take on it?

Metro Tunnels Come to City's Rescue - C Shivakumar, New Indian Express

Had it not been for Chennai Metro Tunnels, the devastation due to the calamitous floods, coupled with heavy downpour, in the city could have been more.

A Chennai Metro Rail official said that as heavy rains lashed the city, Chennai Metro took a decision to open the blocks and let the rain water inside the underground stretch between Anna Flyover and Saidapet. This had brought some relief to the city.

Intensity of the rain was such that the 4 km stretch from Anna Flyover to Saidapet was water logged. “Imagine if the water in the 4 km stretch with two tunnels, which are 6 metre wide, is let out in the city,” he said. It was a wise decision which saved the city from intense flooding, said the official.

But this might not happen during the next monsoon as a protective wall would be built to make it water-proof, he said while pointing out the reliability of Metro Rail service during the rains.

The biggest challenge before Chennai Metro is how to pump out the water. “This could take more than 10 to 15 days. We are using pumps to flush it out as water in Adyar River has receded,” he said. From December 1 to 5, an average of 60,000 people took the service, he said. Metro Rail is planning to start operations quite early in anticipation of the return of people who had fled the city fearing more rains.

The revenue earned during the five days could be more than `1 crore but officials are happy that Chennai Metro had mitigated the sufferings of the people who could not access any other mode of transport to reach Koyambedu bus station.

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 09 Dec 2015 00:10

This is real data on flooding possibilities of the tunnels and in its aftermath how it affects the quality of the tunnels. A stress test of a kind perhaps, even if the decision was involuntary.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 09 Dec 2015 08:10

I don't buy the official's claim that some blocks (what are those?) were opened. The tunnels were flooded during the rains in November itself as a protective wall around the Saidapet ramp hasn't been built yet. The slums around the Adyar were first submerged and when water levels rose further, water naturally went inside the ramp leading to the tunnels as there was literally nothing to block it.

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 09 Dec 2015 08:26

Any damage reports from the flooding of the tunnels ?

Plan and prepare for a similar flooding scenario down the road.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 09 Dec 2015 08:28

Bade - That will only be known once the water is completely pumped out.

News related to TBM Kaveri which is tunneling in B'lore from Chickpet to Majestic:

Bangalore Metro works: 15 buildings marked for evacuation

The Balepet-Majestic underground section will spell a lot more risk for houses as around 15 buildings have been marked for evacuation in the days to come. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has already alerted the occupants of the houses who have agreed to evacuate and return later.

BMRCL senior official U A Vasanth Rao told Deccan Herald: “There are 15 more houses marked for evacuation in the rest of the distance between Balepet and Majestic. The BMRCL has already issued evacuation notices to all residents who have agreed to move out till the time the tunnel boring machines pass through. We have told the BBMP to check on the condition of the houses and inform the residents accordingly. The contractors too should check the status of the houses and make alternative arrangements for families to stay. We follow international procedures in such contexts.”