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Indian Railways To Invest Rs 75,000 Crore To Bring Most Modern Technology Of European Train Control System ( ETCS ) In India
The Indian Railways would invest Rs 75,000 crore on a signalling system project to be implemented across India , Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said . He said ,” We will bring the most modern technology of European Train Control System ( ETCS ) in India and it will be implemented across the country . It will ensure safe journey .”
January that instead of 80-20 ratio of cost sharing between Karnataka government and Railways , where Karnataka ’ s share would be 80 %, he has proposed a 50- 50 cost sharing , he said .
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• The South Western Railway officials have prepared the pre-feasibility report for the Bengaluru suburban railway and come up with a Rs 12,000 crore investment plan , he said .
• 68 km of the 160 km suburban railway network will be elevated , Goyal said .
• In addition , the Railways would invest Rs 5,000 crore for upgrading the stations and for bringing in the most modern locomotives rail coaches .
• Goyal had written to the Karnataka chief minister in
Newly Installed Platform Screen Doors ( PSDs ) Starts Functioning At Chawri Bazar & Chandni Chowk Metro Stations
The Delhi Metro , on Wednesday , made operational the newly installed platform screen doors ( PSDs ) at the Chawri Bazar & Chandni Chowk stations on the Yellow Line , officials said . 4 more stations on the line — New Delhi , Central Secretariat , Rajiv Chowk & Kashmere Gate — will get PSDs shortly . barriers between the platform and the tracks .
• PSDs were installed at the 2 stations on the nearly 50 km-long corridor that connects Samaypur Badli in north Delhi to Huda City Centre in Gurgaon .
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• A senior DMRC official said , the installation & commissioning of PSDs at these stations will be done in a phased manner after examining their performance at the Chandni Chowk & Chawri Bazar stations .
• The DMRC said , this is the first time that the Delhi Metro has installed PSDs at the already existing operational Metro stations .
• At present , the Airport Express Line and the newly opened stretches of the Magenta & Pink lines have PSDs at all their stations .
• All upcoming stations on these two lines ( Pink , Magenta ) will have PSDs — mechanised screens which act as www . railanalysis . com