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Patna Metro Update: Detailed Project Report To Be
Sent To Centre in June For Approval
National Institute of Technology (NIT)-Patna on Tuesday
made a presentation before the urban development & housing
department on the Patna Metro rail project. While Rites, is
making the DPR (Detailed Project Report) on the project, NIT-
Patna is also conducting a survey simultaneously.
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Suresh Kumar Sharma, the urban development &
housing minister, said,”The papers prepared by NIT-Patna
regarding the comprehensive mobility plan and alternative
analysis plan of Metro rail in Patna have been sent to
Rites.”
His department officers would go to New Delhi on May
21 to discuss the project with the secretary of the Union
ministry of housing & urban affairs, the minister said.
The DPR, would be sent to the Centre in June for approval,
Sharma said.
He added,”Once the DPR is sent to the Centre, we would
India’s First Deluxe Train “Deccan Queen” Completes 88 Years
of Service
The introduction of ‘’Deccan Queen’’ between the two premier
cities of Maharashtra on 1st June 1930 was a major landmark
in the history of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, the
forerunner of the Indian Railways. This was the first deluxe
train introduced on the railway to serve two important cities
of the region and was aptly named after Pune, which is also
known as ‘’Queen of Deccan’’ (‘’Dakkhan ki Rani’’).
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take up the matter of financial prospects. There are a
few foreign agencies that want to w ork in collaboration
with us.”
The Metro project is scheduled to be completed by
2021 at an estimated cost of Rs 16,960 crore.
The proposed project will have 25 metro stations.
Initially, the train was introduced with 2 rakes of 7 coaches
each one of which was painted in silver with scarlet mouldings
and the other with royal blue with gold lines. The under frames
of the coaches of the original rakes were built in England while
the coach bodies were built in the Matunga Workshop of the
GIP Railway.
The Deccan Queen, initially, had only first class and second
class accommodation. First class was abolished on 1st January
1949 and second class was redesigned as first class, which
continued up to June 1955 when third class was introduced
on this train for the first time. This was later re-designated
The Janakpuri West metro station of the Delhi Metro’s Magenta
Line will have India’s tallest escalator. The metro station will
have escalators at an elevation of 15.6 meters. The total
horizontal length of the escalators at the metro station is 35.3
meter and the height of the escalators is 15.6 meter. Also, the
total weight of each one of the escalator is approx 26 tonnes. Soon Railways is expected to roll out Moden Coaches , billed
as Smart coaches .
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Interestingly, the escalators set up at Janakpuri West
metro station will break the record held by 11.6 m long
escalators at Mumbai Airport’s Terminal 2, which are at
present, the longest in India.
It was not an easy task for DMRC to install these giant
escalators at the metro station, according to an official.
A 250-tonne crane was specifically used for the installation
of these escalators at the metro station.
The Kashmere Gate metro station on the Red Line,
Currently, has the longest elevators of the Delhi metro’s
network.
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as second class from April 1974 onwards. The coaches
of the original rakes were replaced in 1966 by anti-
telescopic steel bodied integral coaches built by Integral
Coach Factory, Perambur. These coaches incorporated
improved design of bogies for better riding comfort and
also improvements in the interior furnishings and fittings.
The number of coaches in the rake was also increased
to 12 from the original 7 coaches providing additional
accommodation. Over the year the number of coaches
in the train has been increased to the present level of 17
coaches.
Railways To Roll Out Modern Coaches Equipped with Black
Boxes , Diagnostics And Information System
Janakpuri West Metro Station of Delhi Metro’s
Magenta Line To Get India’s Tallest Escalator
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The new metro station of Delhi Metro Magenta line
has been built at 17 m below the ground level.
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These Coaches will be equipped with black boxes and
coach information and diagnostics systems.
The black boxes, a first for the railways, will have a
powerful multi-dimensional communication interface to
provide all kinds of information on coach condition and
also passenger-related information on a real -time basis .
The first smart coach will be unveiled at the Rae Bareli
Coach Factory on May 11, National Technology Day, as
a pilot project.
The most effective enabler for the system would be
monitoring of critical components that have been identified
as major causes for derailments and delays, and for
causing deterioration in rail infrastructure.
The condition monitoring system aims to strengthen
the security and safety in train operation as it will have
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integrated CCTV and information system which
will constantly update the health of the coach —
from oscillatory behavior, coach diagnostics and
heating, ventilation and air conditioning and water
management, among others.
According to the system, the on-board sensors
constantly record vibrations and temperatures.
Anomalies in vibration are the earliest indicator that
something may be wrong with the bearings in the
wheels of a coach.
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