COMMON MOBILITY CARD can be now used in METRO FEEDER BUSES too

COMMON MOBILITY CARD INTEGRATED WITH METRO FEEDER BUSES AND PARKING

            In line with the objective of ensuring last mile connectivity to its commuters, DMRC has now integrated the Common Mobility Card in its Feeder Buses and a few of the parking lots of the Delhi Metro network.

The Metro smart card users who are using feeder buses can now use their smart cards for making payment for travel in these buses. The Delhi Metro is currently running a fleet of more than 200 Feeder Buses in Delhi covering over 40 routes spanning across different lines of the Delhi Metro network. Around two lakh people are currently availing the Metro feeder bus services on a daily basis. 

The Common Mobility Card can now also be used at parking lots of 13 stations for paying parking charges namely; Vishwavidyalaya, Saket, Karkarduma, Dilshad Garden, Akshardham, Patel Chowk, Kashmere Gate,  Rohini Sector (18,19), Shastri Park, NHPC Chowk, Mewala Maharajpur, Old Faridabad, and Sector 28. This service will be extended to cover all the parking lots in the coming months.

DMRC has also updated the software in the Hand Held Terminal (HHT), the device that is used to read the Card and deduct the amount, in Feeder Buses. The new software will simplify the ticketing process in the Feeder Buses and will also save time in the ticketing transaction. The minimum and maximum fare of the Feeder Buses is Rs. 5 and Rs. 15 respectively.

Delhi Metro, in the past weeks has undertaken a host of measures to make travelling for its commuters a more comfortable experience by deploying additional housekeeping staff at the stations and marshalls at the entry and exit points of stations. The metro trains are also being cleaned at terminal stations after each trip to keep the trains spotless.

DMRC taking steps to make Hassle free travel

DELHI METRO UNDERTAKES HOST OF MEASURES TO FACILITATE HASSLE FREE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE TO ITS COMMUTERS

The Delhi Metro has undertaken number of initiatives in recent days covering prominent Metro stations and all of its trains. The objective of these initiatives is to promote cleanliness standards and curb various issues around Metro premises to make travel experience pleasant and hassle free for its commuters.

A number of stations across the network (like Shahdara, Welcome, Kashmere Gate, New Delhi, Noida City Centre, Karol Bagh, Anand Vihar, Laxmi Nagar, Govindpuri, Badarpur etc.) have been identified where additional housekeeping staff are deployed whose job is to keep the immediate station surroundings clean and prevent public from dirtying the area. Therefore, this step is to inculcate a sense of cleanliness amongst general public to help in keeping the outside station premises as clean as the inside. This extra housekeeping initiative outside station premises in line with Swachh Bharat Mission, will help in providing a pleasant ambiance to its users when they enter or exit from the stations.

Similarly, Marshalls have been also deployed outside the entry-exit gates of  prominent Metro stations (like Dilshad Garden, Pitampura, AIIMS, Huaz Khas, Malviya NagarKarol Bagh, Uttam Nagar East, Laxmi Nagar, GTB Nagar, Anand Vihar etc.) to keep a watch on unauthorized people blocking station access and creating bottlenecks for passengers in the process. Local civic and police authorities are kept in close coordination to stop such practices outside the entry-exit gates.

In an effort to keep the trains spotlessly clean during passenger services, it has been decided to clean them after every trip at terminal stations throughout the day. For this, specially trained housekeeping staff has been deployed to clean the train while it is in the process of reversal.

DMRC has always been appreciated for the cleanliness maintained by it at its stations and inside trains.These steps will help in further improving the travel experience for its commuters and encourage everyone to keep their premises clean and well maintained in its true spirit. These initiatives and the zeal to keep the area neat & tidy would propagate the importance of cleanliness and a sense of belongingness & ownership amongst the public. 

JOSHI APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR (ROLLING STOCK) IN DMRC

S.S. Joshi has been appointed as Director (Rolling Stock) in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

Joshi was earlier working as Executive Director (Rolling Stock) in DMRC where he has been working since June, 2007. He has also worked with Indian Railways in various capacities and has over 34 years of experience.

He has a Post Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Power Electronics, and has several technical papers to his credit. He was actively associated with Indian Railway’s efforts in upgradation of conventional electric locomotives and introduction of three phase technology in Traction.

In Delhi Metro, he was in charge of introduction of Unattended Train Operation (UTO) of Rolling Stock. He had earlier been associated with the introduction of the first Standard Gauged Rolling Stock in DMRC besides various other Rolling Stock procurements for DMRC’s internal requirements as well as for Kochi & Jaipur Metros

Test run on pink line

TEST RUNS COMMENCE ON THE PINK LINE BETWEEN

I.P. EXTENSION AND MAUJPUR

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today started test runs on the 10.47 kms stretch between the I.P. Extension and Maujpur elevated section of the upcoming 59 kms long Majlis Park - Shiv Vihar corridor (Line 7) of Phase-III, also known as the Pink Line. The Test Runs were flagged off by Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director, DMRC.

                                            

During these test runs, the interface of the Metro train will be checked to ensure that there is no physical infringement with civil infrastructure during the movement of the train on the track and also testing of various subsystems of coaches shall be done.

The new signaling technology known as Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) will be implemented on this corridor and will undergo rigorous testing in stages. The response of the train at different speeds, braking of the train and the interconnection with the Operations Control Centre (OCC) will also be monitored during the trials. The behavior of the track system and the Over Head Electrification (OHE) will be checked repeatedly.

This section from I.P. Extension - Maujpur consists of 09 elevated stations i.e. I.P. Extension, Anand Vihar, Karkardooma, Karkardooma Court, Krishna Nagar, East Azad Nagar, Welcome, Jaffrabad and Maujpur Station.

The trains for this section have already arrived and are stabled at Vinod Nagar Depot. This depot is equipped with 4 inspection bay lines, 2 workshop lines. Total 32 trains can be stabled in this depot. To minimize the occupation of land, this depot is constructed with a double deck system, in which the stabling yard has been created on both decks.

Interchange Facility on this Section

This section has three interchange stations at Anand Vihar, Karkardooma and Welcome. The facility of interchange of Metro trains between line7 & line 3/4 is available at Anand Vihar and at Karkarduma Station and between line7 & line 1 at Welcome Station. The Maujpur Station is a four (4) track station having provision of connection from Maujpur to Mukundpur, a corridor proposed in Phase-IV of Delhi Metro project.

Interchange Station	Connectivity	Length of FOB / Ramps
Anand Vihar	With Line 3/4 (Dwarka Sector 21 – Noida City Centre / Vaishali)	Integrated Station
Karkardooma	With Line 3/4 (Dwarka Sector 21 – Noida City Centre / Vaishali)	85 M
Welcome	With Line-1 (Dilshad Garden –Rithala)	110 M

Special Spans

This section between I.P Extension and Maujpur consists of 5 Special Spans including 2 Steel Spans over existing DMRC Red line(Line 1) and Northern Railway track between Welcome & Shahdara.

                   

Cantilever Construction (CLC) Spans of lengths total 255 mtr over Anand Vihar Railway Yard and Main line tracks were constructed over running track with 25 KVA OHE System.

Sharp Curves

Due to uneven twist and turns in this alignment, Delhi Metro had to construct as many as 10 curves on this stretch that passes through very congested areas like  I.P. Extension, Anand Vihar, Welcome, Seelampur, Jaffrabad and Maujpur.

S.no	Location /Area	Radius of curvature (Curve) In meters
1	Over Jogger’s Park (I P Extension)	225
2	Over TD I Nallah Crossing	202
3	Patparganj Industrial Area (over TDII Nallah crossing)	252
4	Anand vihar Crossing (Raod no 56 from EDM Mall to Anand Vihar Interchange Metro Station)	200
5	Anand Vihar Railway Track Crossing	308
6	Near Karkarduma Metro Station	302
7	Maharaja Surajmal Marg (near MTNL office)	200
8	Swami Dayanand Marg	237
9	Before Welcome Metro Station	252
10	Seelampur Cornor (towards Maujpur)	235

Curves of less than 300 meters of radius are considered “Sharp Curves” in Urban Rail Construction. The work of building sharp curves requires great deal of engineering skills and several factors have to be kept in mind while designing special segments/spans at the concerned turn/juncture. DMRC had to form especially dedicated beds in its casting yard for casting of special segments. The segments were constructed according to the already defined ”radius of curvature” and then put on the viaduct.

Cantilever piers and portals were constructed at appropriate places to provide smooth transition for the curves, wherever required to take care of the shifted alignment due to curvature.

Earlier DMRC had constructed sharpest broad gauge curve on its elevated section in Gurgaon near IFFCO Chowk with at radius of 282.05 meters in Phase II and 242 meters curve on standard gauge between Okhla and Jamia in Phase III.

                          

Other challenges faced by DMRC during construction

As part of Delhi Metro’s one of the most challenging corridors of Phase 3, the construction of this section had to be completed by managing heavy traffic at various points on the Patparganj, Anand Vihar, Welcome, Jaffrabad and Maujpur.

The construction in running drain, land acquisition at Patparganj, Anand Vihar, Welcome, Jaffrabad and Maujpur also posed a bottleneck during construction.

Major utility diversions like shifting of water pipelines at Jaffrabad were avoided by re-aligning of station foundations. Electrical installations were shifted for the construction of Anand Vihar ISBT station.