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India's 1st Standard Gauge takes Delhi Metro to Mundka​

 

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Map of Delhi Metro ( by Sept. 2010)​

 

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New Coaches of Delhi Metro Airport Express Line​

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Hyderabad is getting the same exact trains. Phase III of the MMTS will see that train run from Nampally and Lingampally to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, following the route of Nampally > Hussein Sagar > Secunderabad JN > Kacheguda > Falaknuma (which will become a junction), with a 3-odd km track to RGIA.

It will be so awesome to catch a train at Hi-Tec City that will drop you 200 meters from the airport (especially for the businessmen and frequent fliers).

 

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Siemens bogie facility at Aurangabad commences operations

Siemens Rolling Stock Pvt. Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of Siemens Ltd. has set up India's first dedicated bogie plant at Aurangabad. Set up with an initial investment of Rs. 200 crore, the factory will provide direct employment to about 250 people and indirect employment to about 1,000 people. In view of the fast paced growth of rail infrastructure in India, Siemens Rolling Stock Pvt. Ltd. has set up a greenfield facility for manufacturing railway bogies at Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The factory will manufacture high performance and superior quality bogies for locomotives, passenger coaches, electric multiple units and metros. Spread over an area of 15 acres, this state-of-the-art plant has been set up in technological collaboration with the Siemens AG bogie facility at Graz, Austria. With this world-class manufacturing facility, Siemens will provide the latest bogie solutions for the Indian as well Asian markets. The factory has the capacity to manufacture about 800 customized bogies per annum, with scope for expansion to suit the market requirement. The bogies manufactured with the high-end technologies and top grade steel, meet the European standards i.e. EN norms and will have a minimum codal life of 25 years and a lower life cycle cost. This factory has been designed in harmony with Siemens' approach to incorporate eco-friendly, sustainable practices at its facilities.

Commenting on setting up of a bogie plant in India, Dr Armin Bruck, Managing Director, Siemens Ltd. said, "Our new plant at Aurangabad was envisaged, keeping in mind the tremendous growth potential of the Indian Rail infrastructure segment. India has emerged as the preferred destination for us, as we continue to build and bring technology-intensive manufacturing plants of international standards to India. This bogie factory is the first outside Europe and US, and it enables us to offer our customers localized products at highly competitive rate."Bogies form a part of the undercarriage of the coach and consist of a bogie frame, wheels, axles, suspension systems and brake equipment, etc. Usually two bogies are fitted to each carriage, wagon or locomotive, one at each end. They are primarily responsible for the ride quality, safety and comfort of the passengers on board.


The new facility has the required capacities and capabilities to produce high performance bogies for locomotives, passenger coaches, EMUs and metros. The range will include metro bogies with 18 tonnes axle load with speed upwards of 80 kmph, bogies for local trains with 21.5 tonne axle load with maximum speed of 130 kmph, bogies for high speed trains with a speed range of 350 kmph, high comfort bogies for passenger coaches with speed upwards of 160 kmph and high axle load locomotive bogies.Siemens Ltd., in which Siemens AG holds 55.18% of the capital, is the flagship listed company of Siemens AG in India. Siemens in India, which comprises 19 legal entities, is a leading provider of industry and infrastructure solutions with a business volume aggregating about Rs. 12,000 crore. It operates in the core business areas of Industry, Energy and Healthcare. It has nation-wide Sales and Service network, 20 manufacturing plants, a network of around 500 channel partners and employs about 16,800 people

http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-98144.html

 

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Images of and from Siemens Aurangabad factory:

Some of the high-quality bogies they will be making there:

 

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On May 2, 2010, Western Railway finished conversion of its electric traction from DC to AC 25 kV, on the Pune-Mumbai stretch. Below is a picture of one of the last DC electric locomotives WCG-2 making its way out of Bhor Ghats towards Pune. In the coming months all DC traction lines in Mumbai will be converted to AC 25 kV.

Credit: Arzan Kotval for IRFCA.

 

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Mumbai local trains to get cosier

The Mumbai rail journey has been synonymous with profusely sweating passengers struggling to find a footing, stepping on others' feet, travelling on footboards, rooftops and connecting bumpers, besides latching on to the windows. This means great discomfort and huge risk.

Now, Lucknow's Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) — the sole R&D wing of the Indian Railways — is all set to help better the scene. The Research Design and Standards Organisation on Thursday inked a multi-crore MoU with Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) to considerably improve the quality of journey on board trains there. This comes as a major boost to the Research Design and Standards Organisation itself especially with major research work being shifted to West Bengal and its relevance being questioned in the wake of failure of safety projects leading to back-to-back accidents. "For the common passenger, we're going to up the trains speed up to 110 kmph, increase the number of coaches per train from the existing 12 to 18 for load-shedding, introduce a better ventilation system and ensure a smooth ride by controlling jerks," said AK Mathur, RDSO's Executive Director (Admn & PR).

The project file

The Mumbai Urban Transport Project was formulated by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority for improvement in traffic and transport situation in Mumbai metropolitan region. Under this project, the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), a joint venture of Indian Railways and Maharashtra, was set up for implementation of railway projects in the Mumbai metropolitan region.

MoU signed

The MoU — meant for development and augmentation of sub-urban rail infrastructure in Mumbai's metropolitan region — was signed RDSO DG KBL Mittal and MRVC MD PC Sehgal. The RDSO will also help evolve a system for electrical sub-urban trains in Mumbai. This will mean saving of 35 per cent energy. The Mumbai local trains carry more than 6.1 million commuters on a daily basis. It has the highest passenger density of any urban railway system in the world. However, the passenger density is not synonymous with the infrastructure.

Stats

The Mumbai Urban Transport Project is to cost Rs 45.26 billion (approximately 1 billion US dollars). Most of the money is to be spent on railway projects. This project is a sequel to the Bombay Urban Transport Project (BUTP) which was completed in the year 1984 at a cost of about Rs. 390 million The World Bank has sanctioned a loan of Rs. 26020 millions ($ 542 million) i.e. 57% of the total cost. Mumbai's Suburban Rail System carries about 64 lakhs (6.4 million) passengers per day. About 4,700 passengers travel in a 9-car rake during peak hours.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mumbai-local-trains-to-get-cosier/Article1-540855.aspx

 

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By year-end, Metro to add 100 new trains

NEW DELHI: With Delhi Metro's operational network extending to more than 200 km, it will join the COMET group for Metros worldwide. "This will give us access to a lot of data sharing and knowledge with other major Metros in the world. Since we are a relatively new Metro, we can learn a lot from others' experiences and adapt that to make our operations smoother," said an official. As a new train arrives in the Metro depots every fortnight, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) presently has over 107 trains for Line 1, 2, 3 and 5. Of these, about 100 trains are operational at any given time and are ferrying about 11 lakh commuters daily. The shortage of trains and high ridership is leading to congestion on the system.

"I sometimes have to wait for 7-8 minutes for a train to arrive, by which time the platform gets crowded. On some days, the trains are so packed that I can't even stretch," said Mrinalini Pant, who takes the Metro from Botannical Gardens station in Noida.

But commuters can now expect relief as 131 additional trains ordered for Phase II is now fast being delivered. About 30 new trains have already been delivered. By the end of this year, DMRC is expecting about 100 more trains to be added to the network. "By December, 83 four cars broad gauge trains and about 40 standard gauge trains will be running on the lines, in addition to 70 trains that we earlier there. We are expecting a ridership of about 20 lakh and these trains will be more than enough to cater to this demand," said HS Anand, Director (rolling stock), DMRC.

Once the additional trains are operational by December, the frequency of all the operational lines will also touch international standards. On Line 2, trains will run at a frequency of 2.30 minutes between Vishwavidyalaya and Green Park and at 5 minutes from Jehangirpuri to Vishwavidyalaya and Green Park to Huda City Center. Similarly, on Line 3, between Dwarka and Yamuna Bank, trains will run at intervals of 2.45 minutes. The frequency from Yamuna Bank to Noida and Anand Vihar will be around 5 minutes. This will be a relief from the present scenario where trains reportedly run at a frequency of 4-10 minutes on the operational lines.

In addition to improving frequency, the corporation is also going to increase capacity of existing trains from four-coach to six-coach. For this, special coaches have already been ordered for which will be attached to existing trains to make them longer. "The special coaches will start arriving towards the year end and we are expecting to add them to the existing rolling stock and run six-coach trains by December this year," Anand added. There will be 48 six-coach trains running on the network. DMRC ultimately plans to increase the size of trains to eight-coach.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...to-add-100-new-trains/articleshow/5908479.cms

 

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Sanskriti Express flagged off from Howrah

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday flagged off the Sanskriti Express exhibition train from Howrah station as part of the celebrations of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary and to showcase his life and philosophy. The five-coach train, adorned with various literary creations and paintings of Tagore, will touch important stations in various parts of the country before returning to Kolkata May 8 next year.

'It is our tribute to Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary. This train will travel across India for one year. This train will carry various literary creations and paintings of Kabiguru,' said Banerjee at the flag off ceremony in the presence of several intellectuals and artists. The five air-conditioned coaches have been modified at the Liluah Railway Workshop in Howrah to depict Tagore's achievements and thoughts. The first coach, named 'Jibon Smriti', will depict the life of Tagore through photographs, while the second 'Gitanjali' will exhibit his poems and songs. 'Jogajog'/'Muktodhara' will exhibit his literature, the fourth 'Chitrarekha' will depict paintings of Tagore and other eminent artists. The last 'Smaranika' will exhibit and sell handicraft and other items from Santiniketan, founded by the poet.

Singer Dwijen Mukhopadhaya, veteran dancer Amala Shanker, leading theatre actor and Railway Committee on Heritage & Culture chairperson Shaoli Mitra, painter Suvaprasana and writer Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay were among those felicitated by Banerjee on the occasion. We will construct a Rabindra Museum at Howrah and Gitanjali Museum at Bolpur. We will also form a cultural promotion board of railways just like its sports promotion board. The board members will be constituted by Suvaprasana, Shaoli Mitra, Bratya Basu, and many other intellectuals,' said Banerjee. 'We are also having plans to open rail service between Epar Bangla (West Bengal) and Opar Bangla (Bangladesh). We want a union of the culture and traditions of the two Bengals,' she added. Tagore, who was born in 1861 and died in 1941, is among the most revered writers in the world who churned out poems, plays, songs, novels and short stories. He was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in 1913
http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20100509/812/tnl-sanskriti-express-flagged-off-from-h.html

 

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Mumbai local trains to get cosier

The Mumbai rail journey has been synonymous with profusely sweating passengers struggling to find a footing, stepping on others' feet, travelling on footboards, rooftops and connecting bumpers, besides latching on to the windows. This means great discomfort and huge risk.

Now, Lucknow's Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) — the sole R&D wing of the Indian Railways — is all set to help better the scene. The Research Design and Standards Organisation on Thursday inked a multi-crore MoU with Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) to considerably improve the quality of journey on board trains there. This comes as a major boost to the Research Design and Standards Organisation itself especially with major research work being shifted to West Bengal and its relevance being questioned in the wake of failure of safety projects leading to back-to-back accidents. "For the common passenger, we're going to up the trains speed up to 110 kmph, increase the number of coaches per train from the existing 12 to 18 for load-shedding, introduce a better ventilation system and ensure a smooth ride by controlling jerks," said AK Mathur, RDSO's Executive Director (Admn & PR).

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mumbai-local-trains-to-get-cosier/Article1-540855.aspx

first i like to tell that mumbai suburban train are either 12 cars (mostly) or 9 cars rake. we have only one 15 car rakes running on western railway that too on experiment basis so train of 18 car rake is out of question plus it doesn`t run regularly

second i want to know when was(date) and why research work is beign shifted to westbengal wasn`t the branch at Lucknow is working properly is it do something with present railway minister who is from bengal.if yes when we will have an Indian railway minister ? working for Indian raiway

 

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WDP3 Pushpak locomotive. Designed and built from scratch by Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi, in the 1990s. It was a new high for Indian Railways' indigenization efforts that kicked off in the 1960s. W = broad gauge; D = diesel-electric; P = passenger services; 3 = 3000 ~ 3999 HP.

The 3300 HP Pushpak met a sad fate with an American lobby pitching the General Motors EMD GT46PAC (subsequently WDP4) and GT46MAC (subsequently WDG4). After a ToT between GM and IR, the WDP4 and WDG4 are made in Varanasi. Only a few Pushpaks ended up being made and entered service with the IR.

Photo by: Shashanka Nanda

 

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But then the Pushpak team hit back with the WDM3D which took the GM loco's best design features and bettered them. WDM3D = board gauge diesel-electric mixed-use 3000~3999 HP class. It returns to the traditional ALCO DM single-cab chassis, but uses the same 3300 HP engine, advanced computer control, desk-type cabin, fuel-efficiency, and other features that make it a better option for Railway zones than WDP/G4.

Photo by Pavan Kumar.

Here's the WDP4 "Baaz":

Loco pilots simply call it P4.

 

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But then the Pushpak team hit back with the WDM3D which took the GM loco's best design features and bettered them. WDM3D = board gauge diesel-electric mixed-use 3000~3999 HP class. It returns to the traditional ALCO DM single-cab chassis, but uses the same 3300 HP engine, advanced computer control, desk-type cabin, fuel-efficiency, and other features that make it a better option for Railway zones than WDP/G4.

Photo by Pavan Kumar.

Here's the WDP4 "Baaz":

Loco pilots simply call it P4.

hi tarunraju thanks for providing the information. its too bad that India having second largest railway network imports railway engine and kills local product .what are railway minister doing?second i want ask is Pushpak is being used in large numbers. third why donot railway minister start a separate research,design+manufacture unit that will concentrate on exporting railway related stuffs to world this would bring good money to railways and improve its health. look china its exporting railway locomotives , equipments to most countries in world

 

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hi tarunraju thanks for providing the information. its too bad that India having second largest railway network imports railway engine and kills local product .what are railway minister doing?second i want ask is Pushpak is being used in large numbers. third why donot railway minister start a separate research,design+manufacture unit that will concentrate on exporting railway related stuffs to world this would bring good money to railways and improve its health. look china its exporting railway locomotives , equipments to most countries in world

1. The WDP4 and WDG4 were imported because the railways found that running two 4000 HP engines gave nearly the same hauling power as three 3000 HP engines, while being much more fuel-efficient (2 units vs. 3). In Triple WDG3A, the three engines also end up hauling their own weight (called "dead-weight"), and in the process their efficiency goes down. Further, with increases in air-conditioned coaches per express service, a single WDM3A engine isn't sufficing in 21-coach rakes. An AC coach adds more load to the engine because each coach has its own alternators. IR got over this with powerful electric engines such as the 5000 HP WAP4 and WAM4-P, but in routes that are not electrified, they were having to use two WDM3A engines (fuel-efficiency takes a beating, especially when just a few more hundred HP is required). WDP3 was able to solve the problem, but wasn't able to offer 'future-proofing', if railways decides to further increase the number of AC 3-tier coaches per service (Indian middle-classes are increasingly able to afford travelling by AC 3-tier). Hence WDP4 came to be. Ironically, the same IR decided that the 3300 HP engine is much more fuel-efficient for most services, and invested in the development of WDM3D (picture above the WDP4). The second solution which is implemented on trains such as Rajdhani Express (which have 100% AC coaches) is that it has a dedicated Generator Van, which houses powerful diesel generators, while being hauled by a simple WDM3A. In such rakes, the coaches lack their own power-plants, and draw power from the generator van. Fuel-efficiency is a problem then. IR is limiting this approach to Rajdhani services.

Only some 50 of the GM locomotives were imported full-build. (engine number 20001 to 20050). Rest are made and assembled in India, at DLW Varanasi. Only the electronics and on-board computers are imported from US.

2. They did produce a few batches of Pushpak. Currently the sheds of Tughlaqabad in the north, and Golden Rock shed in the south have WDP3 locomotives, which haul important services such as Rajdhani Express.

3. IR does have a formidable R&D facility which develops world-class locomotives. Our locos are exported to several African and south-east Asian countries. The problem is that most of the R&D is concentrating on electric locomotives, as dedicated freight corridors are coming up, and more lines are being converted to electrical. The IR however, is working on a 6000 HP diesel locomotive. When completed, India will become only the second country to have crossed the 6000 HP mark with diesel locomotives. More details here: http://irsme.nic.in/files/6000hp_report.pdf

 

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Europe? Canada? Alaska? Nah, it's our very own Sikkim. India's highest Railway Reservation Counter near Nathu La pass, Sikkim, India. Altitude 13,200 feet above sea level.

Photo by Shashanka Nanda .