High speed / Semi-High speed rail projects of Indian Railways
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The state-of-the-art RRTS rolling stock will be first of its kind in India with a design speed of 180 kmph. With radiating stainless steel outer body, these aerodynamic RRTS trains will be lightweight and fully air-conditioned & will transform the regional mobility of NCR. https://t.co/6fEiuXB6JS
Japan has learnt a lesson it seems from the hurdles it's investment is facing in Mumbai-Ahemdabad HSR project where land acquisition in Maharashtra has been slow.
JICA was looking to fund the Silver Line Semi HSR in Kerala, now it's has put forward a condition that it will agree to funding only when the state government completes acquisition of 80% of land acquisition first.
JICA was looking to fund the Silver Line Semi HSR in Kerala, now it's has put forward a condition that it will agree to funding only when the state government completes acquisition of 80% of land acquisition first.
No ETCS L2 for Mumbai-Delhi-Howrah 160 Km/h Upgrade, Homegrown TCAS Gets Green Signal Instead?
IR may shift strategy, planning a wider rollout of TCAS instead of adopting ETCS-L2
Plans of implementing large scale signalling upgrades on key Indian Railways routes could soon switch to another track.IR had earlier announced plans to implement ATP (Automatic Train Protection) on major routes across the network. The European Train Control System Level 2 (ETCS L2) standard was planned for adoption.
However, V K Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board, hinted at another change in strategy last week.
The Mumbai-Delhi and Delhi-Howrah 160 kph upgrade project had envisioned installation of ETCS L2 signalling on both routes. Estimates were to be revised for the upgrade from TPWS (based on ETCS L1) to ETCS L2 + MTRC based on LTE wireless technology.
A pilot project involving implementation of ETCS L2 on 650 km of routes, split into four high traffic sections, was all set to get underway. Railtel subsidiary REL was to execute the project for Indian Railways. Tenders were subsequently invited last year for the approximately 1,500 crore project.
The Railway Ministry now appears to be rethinking the plan and considering a shift to the homemade Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS).
The CRB had also hinted costs were an issue:
According to a news report, a railway spokesperson has justified the switch to the homegrown TCAS, citing a call by the Prime Minister for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ last month.
However, an official from REL, the RailTel subsidiary, was quoted in the news report suggesting REL will proceed with the ETCS L2 pilot project execution as planned.
What is TCAS
The Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is a locally developed version of an automatic train protection system. It was developed and deployed for testing in the first half of the previous decade.
Testing was conducted on the Lingampalli – Vikarabad – Wadi and Vikarabad – Bidar sections on South Central Railway. This adds up to a total of approx 250 km of route. Trials began in early 2016. By mid-2019, testing up to speeds of 160 kph was completed.
TCAS Demonstration
IR has also planned to roll out the homegrown train protection system on the Manmad-Secunderabad-Guntakal and Bidar-Parli sections. Rs. 100 crores were allocated for the project in the 2020-21 Pink Book.
As of now, 40 locomotives are fitted with TCAS equipment.
It remains to be seen if the change in the standard to be adopted will delay the rollout of an ATP system.
The effect of the change on timelines of the 160 kph Mumbai-Delhi and Delhi-Howrah projects is also unclear so far.
With the latest shift in plans, however, TCAS and its future versions look set to become the key standard for ATP systems on Indian Railways
Govt mulls making Patna a station on Varanasi-Kolkata high speed rail corridor
NEW DELHI: The government is considering making Patna one of the stations on the proposed 760-km, high-speed rail corridor between Varanasi and Kolkata, ET has learnt, a move that will give Bihar high-speed rail connectivity with Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
This was revealed in a recent tender document of the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), which was invited for the preparation of bids for the proposed high-speed rail corridor between Delhi and Amritsar that will pass through Chandigarh.
The document, which ET has reviewed, says NHSRCL is to invite bids for survey of four proposed high-speed rail corridors and mentions one of them as “Varanasi-Patna-Howrah”, specifying the alignment of this corridor for the first time.
The NHSCRL has already invited bids for preparation of detailed project report for the 865-km-long Delhi-Varanasi corridor, which will pass through the proposed Jewar International Airport in Noida and Lucknow, and this will join the proposed Varanasi-Patna-Howrah high-speed rail corridor.
Some of the country’s busiest rail routes pass through Bihar, where two chief ministers--Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad--have also been railway ministers.
The NHSCRL has also specified in the said document that the 711-km-long Mumbai-Hyderabad high-speed rail corridor will pass through Pune, while the 435-km-long Chennai-Mysore corridor will include the IT hub of Bengaluru.
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NEW DELHI: The government is considering making Patna one of the stations on the proposed 760-km, high-speed rail corridor between Varanasi and Kolkata, ET has learnt, a move that will give Bihar high-speed rail connectivity with Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
This was revealed in a recent tender document of the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), which was invited for the preparation of bids for the proposed high-speed rail corridor between Delhi and Amritsar that will pass through Chandigarh.
The document, which ET has reviewed, says NHSRCL is to invite bids for survey of four proposed high-speed rail corridors and mentions one of them as “Varanasi-Patna-Howrah”, specifying the alignment of this corridor for the first time.
The NHSCRL has already invited bids for preparation of detailed project report for the 865-km-long Delhi-Varanasi corridor, which will pass through the proposed Jewar International Airport in Noida and Lucknow, and this will join the proposed Varanasi-Patna-Howrah high-speed rail corridor.
Some of the country’s busiest rail routes pass through Bihar, where two chief ministers--Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad--have also been railway ministers.
The NHSCRL has also specified in the said document that the 711-km-long Mumbai-Hyderabad high-speed rail corridor will pass through Pune, while the 435-km-long Chennai-Mysore corridor will include the IT hub of Bengaluru.
Govt mulls making Patna a station on Varanasi-Kolkata high speed rail corridor
The NHSCRL has already invited bids for preparation of detailed project report for the 865-km-long Delhi-Varanasi corridor, which will pass through the proposed Jewar International Airport in Noida and Lucknow, and this will join the proposed Varanasi-Patna-Howrah high-speed rail corridor.
These are to run on standard guage tracks. Seperate program than T18. Rakes will be of imported design with all contemporary features. T18 is basically self propelled LHB design.
Ok. So it’ll run on metro train like tracks and is basically similar to metro train racks but for longer routes ?
BTW does T18 design is not suitable for long journeys?
If yes then Its too bad because I thoroughly enjoyed my previous journeys with Quick,Swanky, smooth and clean VB trains.
The Rapid Rail doesn't involve Indian Railways actually, but only the state governments and center and NCR Transport Corporation, I am not sure about the exact portions owned.
And NCR has had a good experience with the Delhi Metro operations, therefore for Rapid Transport System they laid out similar project specifications. And the winning consortium was Bombardier.
The IR didn't showed much interest. Have they shown interest, maybe then T18 derivative might have been offered.
As per the meerut RRTS, Bombardier rakes are world class, and it will be a real smooth ride for sure. That is a real contemporary technology.
Also one very important tech thing, the signalling will be western ETCS-2 system. The IR was going to get that too, but has recently decided against it , it seems.
I’m not sure there is much traffic on Mumbai -Hyderabad route to justify this line. Chennai - Bangalore -Mysore should get higher priority.
Following the golden quadrilateral concept plus NS, EW axis. You could see the line from Hyderabad terminating in Chennai as well as a separate one from Mumbai to Bangalore which already would be part of the Chennai - Bangalore - Mysore route & another one stretching from Kolkata to Hyderabad.
You may further see Bangalore - Delhi passing thru Nagpur & Mumbai - Kolkata passing thru Nagpur as well. You already have feasibility studies going on for Del - Ahmedabad & Del - Varanasi route in addition to Varanasi - Kol. That's the whole loop.
95% land acquisition to be completed in Gujarat for Bullet Train project by next month. Situation in Maharashtra remains bad with less than 25% land acquisition completed as of date.
As long as the MVA is in power nothing will move. The metro projects have gone for a toss too with one being redesigned following a change in its car shed incurring an alleged cost of over 4k crore & the rest running behind schedule as the MVA is asking for bribes to not create impediments. This is precisely why this cynical unholy alliance was formed in the first place.