Mass Rapid Transit in India

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 12 Dec 2015 19:09

21 New Images from Inside Hyderabad Metro’s Nagole Station & Trial Runs

Here are a few:

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 13 Dec 2015 09:06

[Pics] Delhi Metro Red Line’s Extension to Ghaziabad Taking Shape

The Delhi Metro Red line’s 9.410 km extension from Dilshad Garden to Ghaziabad’s New Bus Adda is taking shape really nicely! This section is under construction by GYT-TPL JV (A Joint Venture of GYT-China and Tata Projects Limited) as part of Phase 3’s CC-87 contract with a construction completion deadline of June 14 2017.
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The Red line between Dilshad Garden – Kashmere Gate – Rithala is currently 25.09 km long. Once this extension starts commercial operations in late 2017, it will become 34.50 km long

Here's one image of a pier cap being erected. More images in the link.

vsunder · Post by **vsunder** » 13 Dec 2015 13:46

@Rohit_k The short answer is I do not know. Appointments are generally political and a person stays or goes depending on their closeness with the political dispensation, or if they need a fall guy for the many peccadilloes the man or political dispensation commits. In the case of NM, there is general goodwill, people who know understand that tunneling is a difficult task and not to be taken lightly, there will be surprises, and yes accidents, but what is irksome is the continuous and blatant lying and taking knowledgeable people for a ride and not asking for opinions from people who will use the metro. The previous MD Srisailam did reach out to the public via twitter etc. Of late MD(Finance) Vasanth Rao has been active on Twitter and has been responding to serious questions in a time bound manner.

1. However, Kharola in his interaction via teleconferencing with PM Modi, did say that Phase I would be complete by March 2016. This was such a blatant lie that I hope the PMO really comes down hard on the GoK and BMRC. At the rate TBM Kaveri is tunneling, it will be early 2017 before TBM Krishna is done and then tracks will have to be laid, some stations completed, then the testing and CRS inspection so then that seems like end 2018 before NM Phase I is ready.

2. Regarding Phase 2, will BMRC repeat its Phase I mistakes. These are:

(a) Improper geotechnical survey, boring and core samples should be taken at more frequent intervals than Phase I.
The terrain in Bangalore varies a lot and hard granite strata can pop up and even a 100m layer of hard rock can slow
the tunneling process.

(b) Access to all buildings along the UG route and by that I mean all, and access to all wells along the UG route, which need to be capped off. Samples of core should be taken of all buildings and determination should be made of the stability of such buildings.

(c) Tendering of UG section should be done first and not last as in Phase I. Tunneling as we see takes longer and they need to get off the starting blocks first.

(d) I understand there was a resources crunch, but it may be a bad idea to cut up the UG tender in pieces. You then invite companies with not enough experience into the act, you may pay less but in the end you create headaches as Coastal has done in Phase I.

(e) Lastly appoint a full time person as MD of BMRC, not a guy like Kharola, who looks after NM, after Tourism, after this and after that. This is a "nautanki" and shows how non-serious the mantris in GoK are. You need a no nonsense technocrat who understands the difficulties and challenges, is articulate and takes full responsibility for snafus. See this web site of Karnataka Tourism deptt. and list of administrators, Addl. Secy is Pradeep Singh Kharola, IAS, who is also MD of Namma Metro. What rubbish is this? Both are important departments.

http://karnatakaholidays.net/about_us.htm

Update: Via Twitter of Vasanth Rao, TBM Krishna has finally started tunneling yesterday, last drive 747m from Chikpete to Majestic. Claims will be slow at the start, but hopes to pick up speed. First few metres anyhow are temporary rings, cutting through air. Then the fun starts. TBM Kaveri did very well the first 150m and then slowed down considerably. I am not sure knowledge from TBM Kaveri will be useful for Krishna, maybe some.

https://twitter.com/uavasanthrao/with_replies

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 13 Dec 2015 20:51

Many thanks for your input - you're a treasure trove of knowledge. Seems like BMRCL really hasn't learnt much and is first going for the low-hanging elevated fruit. When do you expect tenders to be called for underground sections?

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 14 Dec 2015 08:13

1. Images from AIDS Awareness Campaigns at Delhi & Ahmedabad Metro Construction Sites

2. DMRC to Open Financial Bids for 2 Sections of Vijayawada’s Metro Today

Today afternoon at 1:35 pm, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation & Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation are expected to open & evaluate the financial bids for 2 sections of the 13.27 km elevated line-2 of Vijayawada’s Metro project! In September, the DMRC had published a notice inviting tenders for this line which’ll run from Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS) to Nidamanuru. This notice came just a few weeks after they were appointed as the consultant for the project (See: Appointment Letter).

vsunder · Post by **vsunder** » 14 Dec 2015 10:09

@Rohit_K: Prajavani of Dec 11th( I cannot post the link, it is a Kannada paper and the fonts get messed up) reports on an interview with Kharola. It is only about the low hanging fruit, Whitefield extension of Purple line, east.

(a) Property notifications will be issued by this month end.

(b) Tenders will be floated in late January

(c) Construction will begin by end June.

(d) BMRC will ensure roads will be widened wherever needed in Whitefield.

In this regard (d) see #7 here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwZCqW ... view?pli=1

West on the Purple line, two piling machines have been seen. At Bangalore Univ. gate and at
RR Nagar where the station will come up( I can attest to that). Rest nothing is happening.
On the important Red and Yellow lines I am not sure any tenders have come out esp. UG
tenders on Red Line. However on the Yellow line, property notification and demolition
tenders have been issued on a section that includes Electronic city:

http://bmrc.co.in/pdf/tenders/DLN-4.pdf

This is exactly the large scale ullu banoing that NM is good at. For construction to begin in June as Kharola says, they will have to widen the roads. But as per #7 and the replies the NM engineer gave in the town meeting, they are having a hard time shifting utilities. So by June, the roads will be widened by 2m on each side, barricades put up and pier piling started. Tall order, but this is how low this NM organization is, hubris and arrogance, thinks rest of the world is full of fools.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 14 Dec 2015 19:11

first I thought NM = PM. These projects should be centrally governed, as the governance need not be state subject if the funds for these projects is majorly central.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 14 Dec 2015 19:30

vsunder wrote:(c) Construction will begin by end June.

It's also important for everyone to realize that after the contract is handed, the contractor has to - recruit a team, procure & mobilize machinery, prepare the site and excavate it for the TBM shaft. All of these activities can take upwards of 1 year at least.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 14 Dec 2015 20:08

• Images from AIDS Awareness Campaigns at Delhi & Ahmedabad Metro Construction Sites

• [Pics] Views from Navi Mumbai Metro’s Pethapada Station

• Tenders for 2 Mumbai metro corridors to be floated next week

THE MUMBAI Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) are likely to float bids for the construction of two new Metro rail corridors planned for the city’s western suburbs in the coming week. The fully-elevated Metro lines will connect Dahisar East and Andheri East, and Dahisar to DN Nagar in Andheri West.
“The tender documents are ready and will be floated by next week. We will invite bids for the Dahisar East-Andheri East Metro, while the DMRC will call for tenders for the Dahisar-DN Nagar Metro,” said UPS Madan, Metropolitan Commissioner at the MMRDA.

• Ministry of Urban Development gives nod for Chennai Metro rail extension project

After years of wait, phase I extension project of Chennai Metro Rail from Washermanpet to Wimco Nagar has got the clearance. Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu made the announcement on Sunday.

“I was happy to inform the Chief Minister that my Ministry has approved the Rs. 3,700-crore project of Metro Rail Phase I extension between Washermenpet and Thiruvottiyur. Since it involves foreign funding, there are more procedures to be fulfilled. I will take it up with the Union Finance Minister to expedite the project,” he said.

Map of this 9 km extension from TMRG:

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 15 Dec 2015 08:00

A couple days ago, there were verbal clashes between two groups in Aarey Colony (Jaan Aadhar Samajik Pratishthan VS Save Aarey) and now we have a 3rd!

Mumbai citizen's group supports Metro-III car depot at Aarey Colony

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) seems to have found a new and unexpected ally who supports the construction of the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro line III car depot at Aarey Milk Colony. A citizen's group from south Mumbai have filed an intervention application with the National Green Tribunal in which they are saying that the car depot for Metro line III should come up at Aarey Milk Colony as planned.

It should be noted that this group of citizens supporting the car depot construction in Aarey Milk Colony feel that the issue raised by the environmentalists and the groups against the car depot is wrong. Michael Pereira, a member of the group,which is supporting the construction of car depot in Aarey Milk Colony, has filed an intervention application with National Green Tribunal. "In the intervention application filed with the National Green Tribunal, we have supported the construction of car depot in Aarey Milk colony as it is the most suitable place. The NGOs opposing the project should understand that the project is the need of the hour and what is the problem if the authorities have promised to do the transplantation of the trees that might be cut for the construction of car depot." Pereira said.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 15 Dec 2015 08:04

[Pics] KMRL & DMRC Officials Visit & Review Progress of Kochi Metro’s Muttom Depot

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 15 Dec 2015 19:51

TBM Parts Lowered for Tunneling Delhi Metro’s Chirag Delhi – Greater Kailash Section

FEMC-Pratibha JV – the Delhi Metro’s contractor for the Magenta line’s underground section between Hauz Khas and Kalkaji Mandir (CC-23) has over the past couple of days lowered parts of a Tunneling Boring Machine (TBM) to bore the up-line tunnel and connect the Chirag Delhi station with the Greater Kailash station.

As per an engineer working on this section, tunneling will begin by the end of the month as other parts of the TBM, like the cutterhead for instance, need to be lowered and joined together. The tunneling distance between the two stations is roughly 450 meters (300 rings) and a breakthrough can be expected to take place in April if no issues arise.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 15 Dec 2015 21:38

IL&FS Engineering Wins Ahmedabad Metro’s 4.62 km Gyaspur – Shreyas Construction Contract

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 16 Dec 2015 07:43

Mumbai's Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro: Underground project cost set to escalate further

The cost of the most expensive transport infrastructure project planned for the city till date, the Rs 23,136-crore Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro Rail, is set to escalate further.
The nine consortia shortlisted for the civil construction of the Metro line, which includes construction of stations and underground tunneling, have all put in bids that are much higher than what the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC), the state entity implementing the project, had estimated. The Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro is to be a fully underground line.

The civil work makes up about 60 per cent of the project cost of Rs 23,136 crore, which comes to roughly Rs 13,882 crore. On this, the bidders, on an average, have quoted an amount that is 35 per cent higher, which is likely to take the total project cost to nearly Rs 29,000 crore.

Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director at MMRC, said, “We realise that the cost of the project was underestimated. This is the first time an underground Metro is being built in Mumbai and hence there was no reference for bench-marking the costs. RITES, the consultant that prepared the project’s detailed project report, had thus taken costs that Delhi Metro had estimated for its underground Metro project in 2011 as the reference.”

The MMRC has now asked the general consultant for the project to revise the project cost keeping in mind the difference in certain conditions in Mumbai and Delhi. Until then, the MMRC has kept the bid process on hold and is not going ahead with awarding contracts for work.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 16 Dec 2015 07:54

Images from Inside Delhi Metro’s Ghaziabad Extension Project’s Precast Yard

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 16 Dec 2015 20:10

Chennai Metro – December 2015 Update based on CMRL's newsletter.

UAA03, UAA04, & UAA05 are complete.

UAA02:

For section UAA02 between AG-DMS and May Day Park, the Gammon-Mosmetrostroy JV had abandoned the tunneling in May and as per recent reports, L&T will take up the balance work. Out of 3616m of twin tunnels, only 1835m and 1700m have been completed.

UAA01

• The Afcons-Transtonnelstroy JV started tunneling from Egmore to Central in October. Tunneling on that section will take another 7 months to be completed. For the High Court – Central section, the contractor had launched two TBMs from the High Court last year which are expected to make a breakthrough one after the other by March 2016.

• Between May Day Park and Central, the Afcons-Transtonnelstroy JV had completed the up-line tunnel in July 2014. For the down-line, while the newsletter indicates 172m is left, as per an engineer – on December 12 only 138m were left to be tunneled. A breakthrough on this section is expected to take place in January 2016!

Images of the progress here

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 16 Dec 2015 20:12

Namma Metro's Mock Drill Gives Bengaluru Commuters a Minor Shock

BENGALURU: To check the safety preparedness of its staff, Namma Metro carried out a mock drill session near Vijayanagar Metro station on Monday night. However, it caused anxious moments among a few, with some assuming two Metro trains had collided with each other.

One train with nearly 100 Metro staff on board taking the place of passengers to duplicate a real situation was halted midway near Vijayanagar station. Vijayanagar is on Reach-2 of Metro on the newly inaugurated Mysuru Road-Magadi Road section.

One Metro train was made to stop midway and another Metro train was brought close to it and it was made to drag the stopped train away along with it. It was misunderstood to be a collision by onlookers. Namma Metro Operations Manager B L Yashvant Chavan told Express, “This is a mock drill we conduct twice a month. Since this is a newly inaugurated stretch, we decided to assess the safety preparedness of our staff to handle emergencies.”

These drills are generally done only very late at night after Metro shuts down for the day, beyond 10 pm. “Since Metro had already announced reduced timings on Reach-2 (from 9 am to 7 pm only) from December 11 to December 20, we conducted our mock drills a bit earlier in the day,” he said. “We also conduct another big mock drill once a year which is a disaster management assessment test jointly with fire personnel, police and other government agencies,” added Chavan.

U A Vasant Rao, Chief Public Relations Officer, said in a message, “BMRCL does such mock drills periodically.”

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 16 Dec 2015 21:12

Wow Rohit_K,
Impressive work putting every thing together. You are literally single-handedly running this very very interesting thread!

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 17 Dec 2015 08:16

Gagan - Cheers

Jaipur Metro’s TBM 2 to Begin Journey Underneath Chandpole Gate Today

Today afternoon, TBM 2 in Jaipur will begin a 5 day long tunneling journey underneath the historic Chandpole Gate! This TBM was launched in late October 2015 and is following TBM 1 which successfully crossed the gate in early October with some minor damage reported to buildings & the road above. Both TBMs are driven by operators employed by the CEC-CICI JV company which is executing the 2.35 km Phase 1B of the Jaipur Metro project from Chandpole to Badi Chaupar via Choti Chaupar.
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Work on this 55 meter section (ring 68-105) which is officially called “Influence Zone” in the metro construction circles will take 5 days to complete during which the TBM (see images of it) will proceed with caution under the guidance of international tunneling experts. As per an engineer, 12 prisms have been installed on either sides of the gate to record vibrations & halt work if necessary. Eight multipoint recording devices have also been installed at a depth of 2.5m and 5m along the road above it.

vsunder · Post by **vsunder** » 17 Dec 2015 09:37

Phase 2, NM has started west on Purple line at Nayandahalli, on Mysore Rd. between Nayandahalli and Kengeri. Saw about 10 structures demolished yesterday on the left of Mysore Rd, driving into the city. But the area is a nightmare and there are two roadside temples also, wonder what will happen to those. Guys were busy with jackhammers, pulling the structures down.

Damn, I just heard the LCA while typing and ran to the window and got a fleeting look.

vina · Post by **vina** » 17 Dec 2015 09:47

vsunder wrote:Phase 2, NM has started west on Purple line at Nayandahalli, on Mysore Rd. between Nayandahalli and Kengeri. Saw about 10 structures demolished yesterday on the left of Mysore Rd, driving into the city. But the area is a nightmare and there are two roadside temples also, wonder what will happen to those. Guys were busy with jackhammers, pulling the structures down.

Damn, I just heard the LCA while typing and ran to the window and got a fleeting look.

When is the Mysore Road to Byappanahalli stretch fully getting opened, especially the underground section ?
What about the Green Line ? If the Green line opens (the southern part to Puttenahalli) and the KG interchange is opened, my commute would change from the present nightmare to a nice pleasant experience.

kvraghav · Post by **kvraghav** » 17 Dec 2015 09:51

^^^
Mysore Road stretch will open by Feb. Metro says Jan but can be assumed to be Feb. The green line will be 2017 since there is a lot of tunneling to be still completed.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 17 Dec 2015 19:33

DMRC Releases Official 103.93 km Phase 4 Map of the Delhi Metro Project

Extensions:
• Rithala – Narela (Red line) – 21.73km
• Janakpuri West – R.K. Ashram (Magenta line) – 28.92km
• Mukundpur – Maujpur (Pink Line) – 12.54km
• Inderlok – Indraprastha (Green line) – 12.58km

New Lines:
• Tughlakabad – Aerocity (20.20 km)
• Lajpat Nagar – Saket G-Block (7.96 km)

Maps by TMRG:

1. By Line:

2. By Phase:

The maps have been embedded in this post to play around with. After Phase 4 is complete in 2023 (est), the network will become 453 km long.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 17 Dec 2015 19:57

HC stays proposal to hike Mumbai Metro fares

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday in an interim order stayed the proposal to hike Mumbai Metro fares. A division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Gautam patel said that they would first consider the report of the fare fixation committee and then give its ruling on the validity of the fare hike.

MMRDA had challenged the report of the FFC as well as the proposal by Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) to hike fares. The FFC had allowed a price band of Rs 10 to Rs 110. At present, the R-Infra-promoted MMOPL levies fares of Rs 10, 20, 30 and 40 for the 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar stretch. MMOPL had proposed to raise the fares to Rs 10, 20, 25, 35 and 45.

arshyam · Post by **arshyam** » 17 Dec 2015 20:09

My only complaint here is that the southern part is not that well connected to the western/northwest part of the city.

From line 3, the only interchange to the west line to Mundka through Paschim Vihar is at Ashok Park Main, which requires hopping off Line 3 at Kirti Nagar and taking a short ride towards Inderlok before switching again (perhaps there are through services from Kirti Nagar to Mundka?). Both the Inner Ring Road line (phase III) and the proposed Outer Ring Road line (phase IV) cross the western line at Punjabi Bagh and Peera Garhi respectively, but there seem to be no interchanges marked on the map. In fact the ORR line in phase IV does not connect with the northwest Narela line at Rohini either - the next interchange after Janak Puri (in south west) seems to be only at Haiderpur (way up north). What gives?

Or is it just the map, and these stations are close enough to work as an interchange? Especially the Punjabi Bagh, where construction is going on - any observations?

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 17 Dec 2015 20:35

It's just the map. The ORR line (Magenta) will connect with the Green line at Peera Garhi and with the Red line at Pitampura. Both of those existing stations are adjacent to the ORR. The Green line does run services from Kirti Nagar to Mundka on the Green line.

Punjabi Bagh & Dhaula Kuan are two places in Phase 3 which will not have an easy interchange between the lines intersecting at those locations. Both places will connect with other stations in the vicinity via 1 km FoBs packed with travelators like at airports:

Pink line's Punjabi Bagh station <=> Green line's Shivaji Park station
Pink line's South Campus station <=> Airport Express line's Dhaula Kuan station

more details: http://thefirstmail.in/news/news-detail ... rI9lr.dpbs

arshyam · Post by **arshyam** » 17 Dec 2015 20:45

^^ Thanks!

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 17 Dec 2015 22:20

^ YW

MMRDA Invites Bids for Mumbai Metro’s 16.5 km Dahisar (E) – Andheri (E) Line

Here are the details of the 3 packages which the successful bidder will have to design & construct:

• Package 1: Andheri (E) to New Ashok Nagar with 5 stations at Andheri (E), Shankarwadi, JVLR Junction, Mahanand and New Ashok Nagar.
• Package 2: New Ashok Nagar to Mahindra & Mahindra with 6 stations at Aarey, Dindoshi, Pathan Wadi, Pushpa Park, Bandongri and Mahindra & Mahindra.
• Package 3: Mahindra & Mahindra to Dahisar (E) with 5 stations at Megathane, Devipada, National Park, Ovaripada and Dahisar (E).

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 17 Dec 2015 22:27

Varanasi Metro DPR to be submitted with UP govt by year-end

LUCKNOW: The detailed project report (DPR) of the Varanasi metro is to be submitted with the Uttar Pradesh government by December 2015 end, said Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC). LMRC officials made a presentation on the draft DPR of Varanasi Metro to the Metroman, E. Sreedharan who is also the principal advisor to LMRC.
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He also gave inputs for speedy preparation of Varanasi metro DPR to the LMRC. The DPR is being prepared by RITES in coordination with LMRC. The regional development authority will be the nodal agency for executing the project. Likewise, metro projects in other districts of UP are also proposed and work regarding their DPR preparation is in the pipeline. Apart from Lucknow, metro is set to run in Kanpur, Agra and Meerut along with Varanasi.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 17 Dec 2015 22:35

Rohit_K wrote:After Phase 4 is complete in 2023 (est), the network will become 453 km long.

Just for comparison

Code: Select all

City	Country	Name	Year opened	Year of last expansion	 Stations	System length	Ridership (millions)
Shanghai	 China	Shanghai Metro[Nb 22]	1993	2014[67]	337[68][69][Nb 23]	548 km (341 mi)[67]	2828 (2014)[R 23]
Beijing	 China	Beijing Subway[46][47]	1971[Nb 11]	2014[48]	318[49][Nb 12]	527 km (327 mi)[48]	3410 (2014)[R 15]
London	 UK	London Underground[201]	1890[4][Nb 82]	2008[4]	270[202]	402 km (250 mi)[202]	1305 (2014*)[R 119][R Nb 14]
New York City	 USA	New York City Subway	1904[218][Nb 89]	2015[219]	422[218][Nb 90]	375 km (233 mi)[220]	1751 (2014)[R 121]
Seoul	 South Korea	Seoul Subway (Lines 1-9)[Nb 55][Nb 56]	1974[143]	2015[143][Nb 57]	311	331.5 km (206.0 mi)[143]	2620 (2013)[144][R Nb 9][R Nb 10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems
sort it by sys length

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 17 Dec 2015 22:55

When all gets built out by 2030-2050 time period, India will end up with 35+ cities (largest in the world) with some form of metro rail. This is a result of having larger number of city clusters than even China.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 18 Dec 2015 08:28

9 Injured At Metro Station In Kolkata After Escalator Malfunctions

KOLKATA: Nine people were injured today when an escalator malfunctioned at a metro station in Kolkata. The incident occurred around 8:33pm at Girish Park metro station when the escalator that was going up suddenly started moving downwards.

Three people with head and leg injuries were rushed to the hospital. Six other injured were given first aid at the station. Metro Railway General Manager AK Kapoor has ordered a high-level probe into the incident and asked for a report within two days.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 18 Dec 2015 08:29

Delhi Metro to Begin Pushing Truss Bridge for Pink Line Over Punjabi Bagh Underpass

By the end of this month, the Delhi Metro’s contractors are going to start pushing a steel truss bridge for the Pink line over the Punjabi Bagh underpass on Rohtak Road! This bridge is similar to the recently launched ones at Guindy in Chennai and the one locally at Rajouri Garden.
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The line & bridge here will not only cross over the underpass, but will also go beneath the Green line’s section between Shivaji Park and Punjabi Bagh stations. The bridge is currently being assembled to the north of the Punjabi Bagh West station.

More images

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 18 Dec 2015 09:04

would be more costly since it is going to be all galvanized steel. no? but they are a beauty to look

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 18 Dec 2015 09:34

Why are some sections flat (not the U-girders) ?

member_29247 · Post by **member_29247** » 18 Dec 2015 09:46

Probably gradient manipulation is much easier with flat simply supported beam than U structure
From concrete casting process.

The precast cast can be shimmed up,with the flat rectangular slabs that you notice

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 18 Dec 2015 10:34

boy those kochi roads are small and jam packed! they better remove some shops/bldgs to either sides.
^for the above section, seriously they should have gone underground.

and that green structure has in-roaded big time!

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 18 Dec 2015 21:06

Bade wrote:Why are some sections flat (not the U-girders) ?

The parapet walls will be cast on-site. Even the ones in the back seem to be done that way.

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 18 Dec 2015 22:37

Aha... I missed that. Yes, they do not look like U-girders being used elsewhere in the background ones too.

SaiK, more than green or orange or white structures they need to remove those bill-boards, an eye-sore.

Rohit_K · Post by **Rohit_K** » 19 Dec 2015 09:33

• AYESA-KRNA-Aarvee-Geodata JV Appointed as General Consultant for Lucknow Metro

• Hyderabad: Metro Rail Services From Nagole, Miyapur Early Next Year

HYDERABAD: Two stretches of Hyderabad Metro Rail from Nagole to Mettuguda (8 km) of Corridor-III and Miyapur-Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar (12 km) under Corridor-I which are completed, will be thrown open to public services by the first quarter of 2016, IT minister KT Rama Rao said here on Friday.

“The state government has also directed Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) to explore the possibility of expanding the metro rail network for another 83 km on five different streches. Presently 72 km of metro rail line is being constructed on three different corridors in the twin cities,” he said.

• First U-Girder Launched for Noida – Gr.Noida Metro at Knowledge Park V

Yesterday at around 11:45 am, the CEC-SAM JV launched the first U-shaped girder for the 30.016 km Noida – Greater Noida metro line at sector Knowledge Park V! This girder was launched and placed between piers #962 and #963 in the NC03 section of the line. I must note that barely 2 weeks ago, the contractor had erected the pier caps on these 2 piers

more images here