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Free Rides for Women in Delhi Metro Rail

Dear Readers, On June 3, 2019, Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal has announced free Delhi Metro and DTC bus rides for women in Delhi at a press conference. This free ride scheme will cost nearly Rs. 1200 crore (Rs. 1.2 billion) per year and will be borne by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi. The scheme to provide free Delhi Metro and DTC rides has been announced, so that women get to experience safe travel in Delhi. It has however drawn mixed reactions, with the BJP dubbing it a "false promise" announced only to lure voters ahead of the Assembly elections. Clarifying that subsidy will not be imposed on anyone, Arvind Kejriwal said that the free ride scheme is optional. The DMRC's Board of Directors is well within its right to reject the scheme citing reasons which may be technological or sheer operational. Free rides would put maximum pressure in the peak time zones - a time at which the system is least capable to endure additional load. AAP government had tried to justify the move by saying it would ensure women's safety and encourage the use of public transportation. Critics had slammed it as a move keeping 2020 Delhi Assembly election in mind. Centre rejected Delhi government's proposal to make Metro rides free for women on June 27, 2019. Our monthly supplements are designed keeping in mind curiosity of the people who are looking for information and updates on Urban Transport Mobility. Readers will come across a mixture of news, features and regular columns on a wide range of Metro Rail Projects topics. Our July issue focuses on interesting topics such as Signal and Telecommunication (S&T) and highlights the cover story on Ticketing System in Metro Rail. Further, Lucknow Metro and Kanpur Metro are chosen as our project of the month and exclusive interviews with Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (LMRC) and Sanjeev Subhedar, Executive Vice President & Head â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Engineering Solutions, Datamatics Global Services Limited, along with other regular columns such as new development in metro projects, pre/post event coverage, Technology updates, news analysis, articles, opinions, appointments, live tenders, industry contracts, upcoming events and current job openings are covered in this edition of Metro Rail News. I would also like to express my deepest appreciation to all our readers for your constant support, and our valuable authors, reviewers, for their contributions, service, and interest. I highly appreciate your support and hope to continue our successful collaboration. Please feel free to provide your valuable feedback and suggestions on this issue to my email address mentioned below. Thank you.

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Cover Story: Ticketing System in Metro Rail

Project of the month: Lucknow Metro

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Interview with Mr. Sanjeev Subhedar, EVP & Head Engineering solution, Datamatics Global Services Limited

Featured Project: Kanpur Metro

Exclusive Interview with Shri Kumar Keshav, MD, LMRC

Focus System: S&T

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Article a) National Common Mobility Card

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Light Rail Transit Systems for S r i n a g a r, J a m m u t o b e completed between four and ﬁve years: Govt.

Jammu and Kashmir Government on July 4, 2019 said the work on building elevated light rail transit systems for Srinagar and Jammu cities would start soon and that the project will be completed in four-ﬁve years. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development Department said, “In Phase One of the elevated light rail transit system in Srinagar, two corridors will be laid from HMT junction to Indra Nagar and Osmanabad to Hazuribagh. In Phase Two, two corridors will be laid from Indra Nagar to Pampore Bus Stand and Hazuribagh to airport”.

construction work will commence very shortly. Managing Director, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) Kumar Keshav said that in the first phase, the Metro rail would operate between IIT and Moti Jheel on an elevated track. He also assured officials that all hurdles are being taken care of before commencing work and that he has sought an NoC from all the depar tments concerned, so that tenders could be floated, and construction work commenced by September this year. The official inspected the Metro rail route, the sites for metro stations, the construction of Metro yard on the Poly technic premises, and directed project building agencies to fast track the work. He also directed officials to build a 7m wide road on both sides of the Metro tracks to ensure smooth flow of vehicular traffic during construction,. Vice Chairman of Kanpur Development Authority Kinjal Singh said that the metro rail project in Kanpur will be commissioned by July 2021.

run parallel to the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, while Botanical Garden station will serve as an interchange station for the commuters who would like to use Blue Line and Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden route. Though, the link connecting Delhi with Greater Noida will be part of Delhi Metro, it will be developed by Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) and will be funded by the Noida Authority. According to the report, the Greater Noida Authority board has given green signal to the Noida Metro Rail Corporation to prepare a DPR for the project. As per the estimate, the project would require Rs 1,500-2000 crore," Anup Chandra Pandey, chairman of the Greater Noida Authority, was quoted saying. At present, Aqua Line connects Noida with Greater Noida, but there is no direct connectivity between Greater Noida and Delhi.

Govt plans cost-effective Metrolite mass transpor t system for smaller cities

Greater Noida Authority gives green signal to Metro link to connect Delhi with Greater Noida

Metro work in Kanpur to b e g i n f r o m S e p t e m b e r, commercial services by 2021

The much-awaited Kanpur Metro rail project is set to become a reality as 10

The Greater Noida Authority (GNA) has approved a 14-km-long Metro link, which will directly connect Delhi with Greater Noida, via the Blue Line. According to the source, the link will start from Botanical Garden Metro station and culminate at Noida's Sector 142 Metro station, which is on Aqua Line. The 14-km-long Metro link will

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The Centre is planning to introduce a new cost-effective mass transport system — LRT-Metrolite — for Tier-II and Tier-III cities as promised in its poll manifesto. Metrolite will be dedicated rail corridors in cities and towns with tracks on surface (like railways) instead of elevated or underground stretches as is the case with Metro rail corridors across the country. According to the sources, the urban

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS affairs ministry has prepared the plan and finalized the standards and specifications for Metrolite and has sent them to the railway ministry. The cost of Metrolite corridors would be 40% less than conventional Metro rail lines, which will make them financially viable, the ToI report quoted as saying urban affairs secretary D S Mishra at a conference on road safety at IIT-Delhi. Worth mentioning here is that metro network in smaller cities like Nagpur, Kochi and Jaipur, are not getting good ridership and even in some parts of Delhi Metro the ridership is not very encouraging. According to officials Kochi Metro's annual loss was estimated to be around Rs 25 crore. Currently, 657 km of Metro rail network is operational across cities and another 800 km is under construction in 27 cities in India.

UP govt to constitute Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation to implement all proposed Metro Rail projects

Uttar Pradesh government has decided to constitute Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) to implement all proposed Metro Rail projects in the state. The decision was taken at the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi A d i t y a n a t h i n L u c k n o w t o d a y. Talking to media persons, state government spokesperson and Energy Minister Srikant Sharma said, the proposed metro rail projects in

Kanpur and Agra, will be completed under UPMRC. However, he said that the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) which was set up to pilot metro rail project in Noida and Greater Noida towns, will not be subsumed under UPMRC and will exist as an independent entity.

Mumbai Metro One c e l e b r a t e s ﬁ ve ye a r s of dedicated service to Mumbaikars

Reliance Infrastructure promoted Mumbai Metro One has successfully completed ﬁve years of dedicated service to Mumbaikars. Mumbai Metro One is India's ﬁrst PPP metro rail project that has carried over 540 million commuters, which is equivalent to transporting Mumbai's population over 40 times. Entering the MRTS space largely managed by public sector organizations, Mumbai Metro One has already proven to be a case study in the industry.

50% tunnelling completed on Mumbai Metro 3

(MMRC) has completed constructing 50% of the tunnels of the city's only underground line. The MMRC has constructed 28 km of the 56 km of tunnels, which will make up 33.5-km line. The 56 km includes two tunnels for the up and down lines of the corridor, and does not include the underground station boxes in between. The ﬁrst tunnel boring machine (TBM), Krishna 1, was launched at Naya Nagar in Mahim in September 2017, and at present, 17 TBMs are working across the alignment. According to ofﬁcials, around 80% of tunnelling will be completed by March 2020. Tunnelling work started in November 2017 and over the past nine months, 13 breakthroughs — a TBM has tunnelled an entire section and retrieved at a station.

Kerala govt approves extension of Kochi Metro to Tripunithura

The state government has approved the revised DPR (detailed project report) for the extension of Kochi Metro service to Tripunithura Railway Station. Earlier, many had raised doubts if the government would approve the extension in the wake of last year's ﬂoods.

Mumbai Metro lines 4 & 5 are to be linked at a station in Thane In barely 19 months of tunnelling work being commenced on the Metro 3, the MumbaiMetro Rail Corporation

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)has recently tweaked the design of the upcoming Metro-5 (Thane-Bhiwandi-

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Delhi-Mumbai, DelhiHowrah train travel to come down by 5 hours

Kalyan) line, to integrate it with the Metro-4 (Wadala-ThaneKasarvadavli) corridor by a common station in Thane. While line 5 was to earlier start from a station 500m away from the upcoming Metro-4 Kapurbawdi station, it has now been integrated with the same. The ofﬁcial added that the DMRC has prepared detailed project reports for most of the upcoming corridors. The Kapurbawdi station is the 6th station on the route from Thane to Wadala. With the stations integrated, citizens will ﬁnd it easier to travel from the city to upcoming metropolitan areas.

MMRDA starts putting rail lines for Metro 2A, 7: Work on track

Track laying for two metro lines – Metro-2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) and Metro-7 (Dahisar East – Andheri East)has started on the Link Road and the Western Express Highway (WEH) said by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)on Monday. Work on Metro – 2A has begun earlier in the week while track- laying for Metro-7 started on June 16, 2019.

Indian Railways is planning to reduce Delhi- Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah travel time by 5 hours. Indian Railways network have two of the busiest routes – Delhi-Howrah and Delhi- Mumbai. These two routes are set for a massive infrastructure upgrade in the coming year, with the speed being raised to 160 kmph on the important routes. According to the PM ' Narendra Modisinstructions, 100-day plan document of the Indian Railways, the train travel time on the abovementioned routes will come down by 5 hours. The 100- day plan document of the Railway Board, seen by Metro Rail News, envisages an investment of around Rs. 14,000 crores for this massive project. The Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal plans to send the proposal to upgrade infrastructure on New Delhi-Howrah and New Delhi – Mumbai routes to the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs for approval. Once the project is completed, it will reduce the train travel time between New DelhiHowrah to 12 hours from the existing 17 hours. The train journey time between New Delhi- Mumbai is also likely to come down to as low as 5 hours.

State Govt. to speed up Bengaluru Metro project work The State Government has formed a new high- power committee (HPC) of

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10 IAS Officers to hasten the construction of metro projects in the city. The committee will first meet now on June 21. T h e H P C w h i c h w a s a p p ro v e d between 2012 and 2019 will oversee Phase II, Phase II-A (KR Puram- Central Silk Board) and Phase II-B (Airport link) metro projects. The High- power committee earlier did not have a specific mandate to oversee the metro. The cost of Phase II project is over Rs. 26,000 crores. Phase II was scheduled for completion by 2020-21, but is coming across several hurdles, primarily related to land acquisition and shifting of utilities.

Only 39% of land needed for ambitious MumbaiAhmedabad Bullet Train Project acquired

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is missing on its

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS deadline of land acquisition. A senior National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) ofﬁcial said that "Till date, we have acquired about 39 per cent of the land." He said the NHSRCL has acquired 537 of the 1,387 hectares land required in Maharashtra and Gujarat. In Gujarat, the NHSRCL has acquired 471 of 940 hectares of land, while in Maharashtra, it has acquired 66 of 431 hectares. "Of the nine hectares land required in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the agency has been unable to acquire even a single piece of land," he said. The government had set a deadline for December 2018 to clear the land acquisition roadblock.

Metro Man E Sreedharan resigns as principal advisor of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation

Padma Vibhushan E Sreedharan on Sunday resigned as principal advisor of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC). Sreedharan, popularly known as Metro Man, submitted his resignation citing ill health. Sreedharan has sent his resignation to LMRC Managing Director Kumar Keshav, who has for warded the resignation letter to state government for ﬁnal approval. It is to be noted that another senior ofﬁcer of LMRC, Mahender Kumar, who is currently the Director of Rolling Stock, is also set to leave the LMRC and his working day was June 30, 2019.

CM Kamal Nath asks ofﬁcials to expedite metro projects

Chief minister Kamal Nath has directed the concerning authorities to prepare a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the metro projects in Bhopaland Indore and implement it at the earliest, according to a press release here on 25 June 2019. Nath also reviewed the progress of the metro projects along with the minister for urban development Jaivardhan Singh. On June 13, an MoU between the European Investment Bank and the Union government was reported, pertaining to the Bhopal Metro, which could be inked soon. Nath asked ofﬁcials to complete all the formalities for seeking loans from the Asian Development Bank and New Development Bank for the Indore Metro project and from the European Investment Bank for Bhopal Metro.

The Lucknow Metro has reached the ridership ﬁgure of 1.11 crore since it has started services in the state capital in 2017. The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation ( L M RC ) s t a te m e n t i s s u e d h e re c o m m e n te d , “ L M RC t h a n k s a l l passengers, who have showered such immense support and warmth ever since the commencement of commercial services in 2017. We touched the ridership ﬁgure of 1.11 crore on Tuesday. Nearly 60,000 passengers travel by Lucknow Metro every day.”

Vande Bharat Express Train New Route

Delhi-Katra route: Some great news for tourists. You can go to Vaishno Devi taking the luxurious a n d f a s t Va n d e B h a r a t Expressfrom New Delhi. The longawaited trial of Train 18 on the Delhi-Katra route will most likely be completed by next month.

Mumbai to Shirdi Route: The passengers travelling from Mumbai to Shirdi soon will be able to travel in Train 18and reach their destination in just three hours. Central Railway's (CR) ﬁrst Train 18 will ply between Mumbai and Shirdi. Currently, the trains which are operating on this route take up to nine hours to reach Shirdi.

Lucknow Metro achieves 1.11 crore ridership

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COVER STORY

Ticketing System in Metro Rail

raditionally fare collection for Metro services around the globe has involved issuing proprietary paper or plastic tickets requiring ticket vending machines to dish out tickets into peoples' hands and validating them. They tend to be cashintensive, involving high cash handling costs and are extremely expensive and time-consuming to install and operate. They also follow the traditional ticketing model of passengers buying a ticket before being able to travel on the transport network leading to long lines during peak periods as people wait in line for tickets. Metro and light rail systems all over the world are using technology to replace paper tickets with a smarter solution. Existing Ticketing System: The passengers are required to wait in the queue for booking tickets. Tokens are issued as ticket, thereafter the user must use this token for entering and exiting the platform. In addition, smart cards are for daily/frequent users where they can use it by recharging, which is also done by standing in a queue.

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Disadvantages of Existing System: Excessive waiting in the queue, results in people preferring to travel by their own vehicle instead of public transport. Booking ticket via ticket counter after killing time on the ticket window, may sometimes lead to a passenger missing the train. If the ticket coin is lost then it is difficult to enter and exit the platform, which leads to further complications in the journey. Transport operators are facing challenging times as they strive to improve profitability, deliver a positive customer experience and address legislative challenges. Beyond filling seats, operators need to drive ancillary revenues through new service offerings, and given this, the customer experience becomes a point of difference. Personalization is the key, and the effective use of data allows transport operators to form a holistic customer view across the entire sales lifecycle. Progressive rail passengers have high expectations of easy and efficient purchasing, both before and during their journey. Wi-Fi, travel updates and automated refunds, are fast becoming part of the expected customer experience. An increasing number of transport companies are using customer data to enable more effective decision-making. This enhanced

COVER STORY level of business intelligence can facilitate new opportunities and improve business growth. Forward-thinking rail companies appreciate that implementing the latest onboard technologies will improve passenger satisfaction, as well as growing new revenue streams for operators.

improving the passenger and business travel experience, by using innovative technologies to make journeys easier, quicker and cheaper. It's about helping operators to become more intelligent and allowing them to be transformative.

The next generation of Metro fare collection systems turns this process around and instead of issuing proprietary tickets enable passengers to use what they have in their pocket to travel, be it a mobile phone, contactless bankcard or existing smartcard. The importance of smart transport ticketing

What is Mobile Ticketing?

For rail and mass transit operators, smart ticketing ﬁts into this trend by enabling an improved customer experience. Customers want “frictionless travel”, and a “frictionless experience”, whereas current ticketing systems can discourage people from taking public transport. The equipment and infrastructure needed to manage and deliver paper-based tickets, such as ticket printers, is expensive to implement and maintain. In addition, this method of delivering paper tickets is subject to fraud and results in loss of revenue. It can be challenging and costly to effectively view and manage the usage of paper tickets in a dynamic real-time environment. The legacy of paper-based ticking approach restricts innovation and prevents the ability to deliver valuable additional services, such as travel delay updates or destination attraction ticketing, which are just two areas that customers have come to expect. Smart ticketing is all about

Innovative mobile-based ticketing systems offer numerous advantages, especially for smaller transport operators, and can be relatively easy to implement. A tried and tested ticketing system, used with one of our larger transport operators, promises to simplify the purchase process, improve the customer experience and reduce cost. The data held by these state-of-the-art ticketing systems can help create a more personalized passenger experience, which helps save and re-use itineraries. Transport operators can use this data to optimize travel schedules, reduce unprofitable routes and to appropriately cross-sell to their customers. With mobile ticketing, passengers can buy and display mobile tickets using their mobile phone or any other connected device. Digitizing transport cards ensures fluid and effortless ticket and card purchase. It means quick and easy access to gates for travelers. Operators enjoy reduced costs, and simplified distribution and delivery, especially in the case of single tickets.

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PROJECT OF THE MONTH

Lucknow Metro

ucknow Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Lucknow in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Construction of the line commenced on 27 September 2014 with the 8.5 km stretch from Transport Nagar to Charbagh Railway Station, which began its commercial operation on 5 September 2017, making it the fastest built metro rail system in the country. Full operation on the Red Line stretch from Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport metro station to Munshi Pulia metro station began on 9 March 2019. The Lucknow Metro covers 22.87 km with 22 stations along its route. It is the seventh longest operational metro network in India after the Delhi Metro, Hyderabad Metro , Chennai Metro, Namma Metro in Bengaluru , Noida Metro and Kolkata Metro. The Lucknow Metro project is the most expensive transport system in Uttar Pradesh to date with an estimated total cost for Phase 1A (Red Line) and 1B (Blue Line) of about $2 billion, of which Rs. 6,928 crore (US$1.0 billion) is being spent on Phase 1A. The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation, a 50:50 joint venture between the Government of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, was established to build and operate the metro. The other metro projects in the state are also under its ambit now such as Meerut Metro, Agra Metro, Kanpur

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Metro, Jhansi Metro, Allahabad Metro and Gorakhpur Metro. Its headquarters is at Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar Lucknow. It is being reconstituted as Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) to implement all upcoming metro rail projects in the state of Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Kanpur, Meerut, Varanasi, Jhansi & Gorakhpur. Once completed, the Lucknow Metro will have 2 Lines (1A & 1B), the longer Red (North-South) line, running from Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport to Munshi Pulia chauraha with a total length of 22.87 km (14.21 mi), and the Blue (East-West) line, running from Charbagh Railway Station to Vasant Kunj. Charbagh Railway Station will serve as the junction station between the two lines. Further, Metro Phase 2 & 3 will consist of 6 lines of 74 km. Phase 2 will constitute 3 lines from IIM Lucknow to Rajajipuram, Indira Nagar to CG City and CG City to CCS International Airport. Phase 3 will have 3 lines from Munshipulia to Jankipuram, Charbagh to SGPGI and Sachivalaya to CG City. Phase 4 will further see metro expanding to outer areas and to satellite towns. The current phase completed is between Munshi Pulia and Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport. The time that it takes to go from one end to another is approximately 50 Minutes with a maximum fare of Rs. 60.

PROJECT OF THE MONTH

Route Map

Red Line (Chaudhary Charan Singh International AirportMunshi Pulia) The Red Line was the ďŹ rst line which was made open to the public and connects Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in the south to Charbagh in the central Lucknow. The line covering distance of 22.87 kilometres is being extended to Munshi Pulia. It is partly elevated and underground.

Blue Line (Charbagh Railway Station - Vasant Kunj) Blue Line is a proposed metro route of mass rapid transit system in Lucknow. It consists of 12 metro stations from Lucknow Charbagh railway station to Vasant Kunj with a total distance of 11.098 km.

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PROJECT OF THE MONTH contract to build 20 four car EMU for Phase 1A, based on their Metropolis design. The vehicles are to be built at Alstom's factory in Sricity, Andhra Pradesh.

Metro Timing

The vehicles will have capacity for up to 1310 passengers, and are to be ﬁtted out with longitudinal seating, CCTV, a dedicated FM radio station for safety and onboard entertainment. Power will be provided by the 25 kV AC Overhead. The trains will use Alstom's Urbalis signalling system for CBTC to maintain a 100-second gap between each train. The vehicles will have a golden livery and be decorated with images of notable Lucknow monuments including the Bara Imambara, the Asiﬁ mosque and the Roomi Gate.

Ticketing and recharge

Station facilities WiFi is available at each station with free access for smart card holders. Other services include free puriﬁed drinking water and free toilets. The North-South corridor of the Lucknow Metro uses an automated fare collection (AFC) system, provided by Datamatics. LMRC GoSmart card is a contactless smart card working on RF Technology. GoSmart card features available for the passengers are mentioned hereunder: Ÿ

GoSmart card can be used for seamless journey in Lucknow Metro as well as other integrated transport modes of Lucknow.

GoSmart card can be used for Non-Transport (Integrated with Lucknow Metro) transaction of Lucknow.

GoSmart card can be used for other Metros of Uttar Pradesh like Kanpur, Varanasi, Meerut, Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur and Jhansi (Integrated with Lucknow Metro) etc.

GoSmart card supports multiple products in a single card like Store Value Ticket, Trip Ticket, Period Ticket, Tourist Ticket, Special Day/Occasion Ticket. Any two product between Store Value Ticket, Trip Ticket & Period Ticket can be conﬁgured in a single card while Tourist Ticket & Special Day/Occasion ticket can be conﬁgured individually on single card.

GoSmart card can be used on TOM & TVM to purchase smart journey token for your friends & family.

GoSmart card can be purchased from the Ticket Ofﬁce Machine and Excess Fare Ofﬁce of Lucknow Metro stations.

Security Lucknow Metro's security is based on a hybrid model. The Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary (UP-PAC, PAC), which has raised a dedicated squad of 393 personnel for this purpose, provides general security, which includes frisking, scanning, maintaining and having quick response teams (QRT) as per security norms, while a private security agency provides operational security, which including maintaining hygiene of the station and ensuring that people queue properly. Personnel from the PAC were especially trained for providing security by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in New Delhi. Apart from this, CCTV and metal detectors are installed at every metro station. Project timeline

Infrastructure

Rolling stock

On 5 October 2015, Alstom was awarded a ₹1,102 crore (equivalent to ₹12 billion, US$180 million or €160 million in 2018)

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September 2008: DMRC submits a concept paper after the Lucknow metro rail project is proposed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

October 2008: The project is cleared by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA).

February 2009: An agreement is signed between DMRC and LDA.

June 2009: A Bengaluru based company hired by DMRC studies trafﬁc pattern of Lucknow.

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July 2009: Geotechnical survey initiated by DMRC.

April 2010: Trafﬁc and transportation report is submitted by DMRC.

May 2010: DMRC and a committee headed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh chief secretary start consultation process related to trafﬁc issues.

June 2010: DMRC submits the route alignment plan. The Lucknow divisional commissioner is asked to coordinate with the concerned departments.

August 2010: DMRC presents detailed route plan.

September 2010: The committee headed by the divisional commissioner consults DMRC on the route once again.

July 2011: A Detailed Project Report (DPR) is submitted.

June 2013: The state cabinet headed by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav gives clearance for the metro rail network. The state cabinet also gave approval for the creation of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation.

August 2013: Government of Uttar Pradesh approves the revised Detailed Project Report (DPR) submitted by DMRC.

October 2013: LMRC, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) is formed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to build and operate the Lucknow Metro. The SPV is incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on 25 November 2013. Construction Phase to begin in December.

November 2013: DMRC submits tender for Lucknow Metro work, promises to complete the ﬁrst phase by Feb 2017.

December 2013: Government of India, in principle, approves the project.

directors being nominated by both Government of India and Government of Uttar Pradesh each, apart from the three fulltime directors. Additionally, the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh is replaced by the Union Urban Development Secretary as the ex-ofﬁcio chairman of LMRC. Ÿ

18 September 2016: 90% of the work completed in the construction of Rail Project Phase - 1A.

20 October 2016: Lucknow metro begins work on Faizabad Road, does Bhoomi puja for Phase 1A Extension.

1 December 2016: The Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh ﬂagged off the train at the Transport Nagar depot on a trial run on priority section till the Alambagh Station. The inaugural ride was piloted by two women.

20 June 2017: Fifth metro train set arrives at Transport Nagar depot.

8 July 2017: Sixth and ﬁnal metro train set arrives for ﬁrst phase requirement.

27–28 July 2017: The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CMRS) performs on-site inspection to conﬁrm readiness of the Metro for service.

29 August 2017: Inauguration ceremony, on 5 September 2017, conﬁrmed. Announcement that metro trains will run between Transport Nagar and Charbagh.

5 September 2017: Minister of Home Affairs and member of parliament for Lucknow, Rajnath Singh and chief minister, Yogi Adityanath inaugurate Lucknow metro for service between Transport Nagar and Charbagh Railway Station.

23 February 2019: Work on whole of North-South Corridor (Red Line) completed, CMRS approves for commercial run. Full line to be inaugurated on 8 March 2019. 8 March 2019: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates full stretch of Red Line of Lucknow Metro.

February 2014: E. Sreedharan appointed as the principal advisor of Lucknow metro.

March 2014: Foundation stone laid for Lucknow Metro project.

10 July 2014: Rs.100 crore (equivalent to Rs.119 crore or US$17 million in 2018) set aside for Lucknow Metro in the union budget, by Minister of Finance, Arun Jaitley.

Lost and Found For lost and found concerns please contact. Transport Nagar Station Contact Number 0522-6602518 Timings 08:00 to 20:00 hrs Closed on Sunday and All National and Gazetted Holidays

27 September 2014: Construction begins on the Lucknow Metro.

6 August 2015: Lucknow Metro receives clearance from Public Investment Board (PIB) of Government of India.

Important-

22 December 2015: Union Cabinet approves construction of Rail Project Phase - 1A.

Passengers may contact for enquiry of Lost and found articles after 48 hours during ofﬁce hours.

30 March 2016: To speed up clearance processes for Lucknow Metro, LMRC becomes a 50:50 joint venture between the Government of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh. As a result, the LMRC board is reconstituted with ﬁve nominee

Passengers must bring photocopy of any Id proof along with original to collect their articles. If the lost articles are not claimed within one-month, deposited articles at Lost and Found ofﬁce will be disposed.

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Metro Rail News interviewed Mr. Sanjeev Subhedar to understand the new trends & technologies in ticketing Metro Rail News interviewed Mr. Sanjeev Subhedar, EVP & Head Engineering solution, Datamatics Global Services Limited, to understand the new trends & technologies in ticketing. Below is an excerpt from the interview: What is your vision for Metro Rail in India? Ans: The Metro Rail transits that are being built in India are quite advanced and futuristic in many aspects. Datamatics is a contributor for Automated Fare Collection (AFC) in this domain. We provide state-of-the-art technology in our projects, which is better off than many places in the western world. This is mainly because the latter were installed few years ago. In comparison, the technology that we provide today is quite advanced.

Mr. Sanjeev Subhedar EPV & Head – Engineering Solutions, Datamatics Global Services Limited

Datamatics' vision is to provide 'futuristic AFC solutions' by using cutting edge technologies, such as Face Recognition, Blockchain for accounting, Account Based Ticketing system, Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) driven journey support, and Big Data. We also envision providing far superior user experience using Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in this field. What are the Challenges of Multi-modal transport Ticketing? Ans: The current maturity of technology is quite capable of handling multi-modal ticketing. The real challenge is that the different transport operators do not participate in the initiative of common ticketing initiatives. Many reasons exist for them staying away from such initiatives, for example, they serve different segments and price points, face issues related to profitability and social responsibility compelling them for Fare

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agencies within and outside Lucknow. This card can also be used for non-transit service payments, such as property tax, BSNL mobile payment, etc. The card can even be extended to fulﬁll the 'One Nation One Card' exemplar or multi-modal transit all over the country, in the long run.

Any comments on One Nation-One Card?

Do you think mobile ticketing will capture smartcard ticketing market?

Ans: 'One Nation One Card' is a very good initiative. Lot of work is needed from the government and regulatory authorities to realize this vision. At present, even a fullyoperational multi-modal city-wide system is not functional. So, we have a long way to go. It is a significant beginning and hopefully we will collectively achieve this vision sooner than later. What is the future of Biometric based ticketing system in India? Ans: At present the Biometric based ticketing is not fully ready to meet the requirements of ticketing scenarios mainly due to the speed of biometric recognition and some other technical limitations. But it will catch up. As far as India is concerned, the problem becomes more complex as the crowd and footfall at transit points is humongous. What are the features of ticketing solution deployed for Lucknow Metro? Ans: Lucknow Metro is by far the fastest executed AFC project in India, while abiding with all the quality parameters and setting new benchmarks in the process. The state-of-the-art AFC system is designed to be highly secure, scalable, and reliable. The system uses smart gates, which accept contactless fare media. The Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs), Add Value Machines (AVMs), Ticket Office Machines (TOM), and Excess Fare Office (EFO) machines are very user-friendly and modern, powered by the latest technology. The high usage of TVMs is a clear indicator of its user-friendly design. The modularity of the system allows integration with new technologies and fare media, such as Quick Reference Code (QR Code), Near Field Communication (NFC), etc. thus enhancing the overall capability of the system and reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the transit operators. The transactions are made fully secure through the use of unique security keys and secure access module (SAM). This inhibits editing or copying of the fare media thus preventing fraud.

Ans: Mobile is changing many things in our lives. It is expected that smart cards such as credit/debit, ID, Access, etc., will be replaced by 'the mobile' as it can emulate a smart card. As the mobile progressively replaces such smart cards, the same will happen to smart cards related to ticketing as well. However, it is a gradual process and will take some time. NFC and QR code will however speed-up the replacement of smart card tickets even before the mobile emulation method is used in AFC solutions. What is virtual ticketing concept? Does it really work? Ans: Virtualization is happening to so many things and will happen to ticketing media as well. Virtual Ticketing is another form of fare collection to manage rush hour trafﬁc and footfall in order to avoid congestion and bottlenecks. Like many other changes it is also a change that would happen at certain pace and will take its own time. With appropriate technology and implementation there is no reason it will not work. How Artiﬁcial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) can be implemented in AFC? Ans: There are many things, such as journey time optimization, ticket cost optimization, multi-stop roundtrip planning, etc., which require data, and are possible only with AI/ML. Needless to say, Big Data will be an essential component of the solution. What is Automatic Fare Collection Gate 'Swagat' and an Open Loop Automatic Fare Collection System 'Sweekar'? Ans: SWAGAT is an Automatic Gate developed by BEL in collaboration with few other government agencies and SWEEKAR is a fare collection solution developed similarly. They are designed to accept Open Loop cards and the National Common Mobility Cards (NCMC). What kind of AFC system is likely to be installed in Mumbai Metro line 2&7 and please share some of their features?

The system signiﬁcantly reduces operational costs, ensures zero revenue leakage, along with monitored access and transit. The system is integrated with a Central Clearing House System (CCHS) at Lucknow, India and is capable of extending the fare media / smart card, christened 'GoSmart card', for multi-modal transit all over Lucknow thus making the 'One City One Card' paradigm a powerful venture for the near future.

Ans: Mumbai Metro Line 2&7 AFC system is very advanced, yet very simple. It uses Mobile Ticketing with a simple and user-friendly app, QR code for a single journey, and a smart card for other types such as monthly passes, stored value mode, etc. The technology and the devices provided are fully ready for using Open Loop ticketing, such as contactless credit/debit cards, instead of using proprietary media, such as operator-speciﬁc smart cards Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation and stonepaper for Ahmedabad tickets. Metro Phase 2 The system is highly scalable Prime and can cater to many transit METRO RAIL NEWS l JULY 2019 l WWW.METRORAILNEWS.IN

INTERVIEW The equipment, which is being supplied is state-of-the-art and very robust. Special consideration has been given while designing the equipment for the Mumbai environment, i.e. its temperature, humidity, etc., as well as anticipated heavy usage due to high footfall and ridership. The ridership is expected to be 2.0 million passengers per day. This footfall volume is one of the highest in the world given that it is only 53 stations that too covering only a part of the Mumbai city. Could you please share with us some of your innovations with regards to ticketing system and how they can help Metro operators to improve efďŹ ciency and reduce costs? Ans: Datamatics is very keen on making use of innovative technologies to control and monetize increasing footfall as well as eliminate revenue leakage at all crowded transit points. We have already implemented many cutting-edge technologies available in the AFC domain in our projects. QR code is fast replacing the single journey smart tokens thus saving huge operational costs for the transport operators. Mobile ticketing is likely to save costs in a big way. As Biometrics based ticketing becomes a reality, huge costs will be saved as the need of fare media, such as smart cards,

paper tickets, etc., will substantially reduce. Do you serve to any other market segment aside from Metro Railway? Ans: We are in many other segments such as, Automatic Tolling, Parking, Payment solutions, Retail Solutions, etc. AFC is just one of our focus segments. Datamatics has an independent Engineering Solutions and services practice. The company offers development, maintenance, integration, and testing of fare media solutions, front-end devices, station-level systems, and back-end systems for metro rail, bus, light rail, mono-rail, parking lots, etc. Datamatics also provides turnkey engineering solutions for mobility, internet of things (IoT), machine-to-machine (M2M) service enablement, and smart cities. The company has expertise and domain knowledge in Automotive, Consumer, Industrial, Retail, Healthcare, Transport, and Ancillary Banking. Using this, Datamatics enables building intelligent and futuristic connected devices and solutions that leverage IoT and M2M services for smart cities.

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anpur Metro is rail-based mass transit system (MRTS)

Rail Project is likely to be completed in 5 years.

planned for the city of Kanpur, India, with a possibility of

The Kanpur Metro is a proposed fast travel framework in the city

extending it to the Kanpur metropolitan area. Kanpur is

of Kanpur, India. Kanpur Metro Rail is prone to be completed

the third biggest city in Uttar Pradesh, after by Lucknow and

around 2020 (stage 1). This is the biggest mechanical town after

Ghaziabad. The feasibility study for the project was carried out by

by Ghaziabad in the state. The plausibility investigation of metro

RITES in June 2015. The study was prepared to control trafﬁc woes

rail in Kanpur has been readied into control the activity troubles

and congestion, which are hampering the growth, development

and blockage which are hampering the development,

a n d p ro s p e r i t y of t h e m e t ro p o l i t a n a re a . W i t h t h e

improvement and ﬂourishing of the City.

commencement of the new metro rail system in Kanpur, it is being expected to result in less vehicular trafﬁc along with better movement on the roads leading to decongestion, reduction of travel time, cost of journey as well as pollution.

The proposed Metro Rail course incorporates IIT, Rawatpur, Bada Chauraha, Motimahal, Kanpur Central, ISBT Jhakarkatti and Naubasta. The proposed metro route would start from IIT Kalyanpur-Rawatpur and go along Mall Road, Phoolbagh, Kanpur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired Union Cabinet approved

Central Station, and transport terminal of Jhakarkati-Kidwai

the Kanpur Metro Rail Project on February 2019. The metro

Nagar - by means of Transport Nagar intersection to Naubasta.

system will include two corridors – IIT to Naubasta corridor and

On this highway, 17 km track would be elevated and the

Agriculture University to Barra-8 corridor, which will connect all

remaining 8 km would be underground. From IIT to Harsh Nagar,

the major public nodes and cluster areas of the city. With the

the route is to be elevated and from Chunniganj to ISBT

commencement of the new metro rail system in Kanpur, it is

Jhakarkatti by means of Parade, Bada Chauraha and Central

expected to result in less vehicular trafﬁc along with better

Station, the route will be underground. Also, from Transport

movement on the roads leading to decongestion, reduction of

Nagar to Naubasta, the track will be elevated.

travel time, cost of journey as well as pollution. The Kanpur Metro

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Govt. of Uttar Pradesh has already allocated Rs 175 crore for this Kanpur project during the ﬁnancial year 2019-20.

Project Details 'Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation', a 50:50 jointly owned Company of Govt of India and Govt. of Uttar Pradesh will be reconstituted as 'Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC)' for implementation of project. The ﬁnancing of Kanpur Metro Rail Project will be partly from Govt. of lndia and Govt. of Uttar Pradesh on equal equity basis and partly as soft loan from Bilateral/Multilateral international funding agency/agencies. Govt. of Uttar Pradesh has already allocated Rs 175 crore for this project during the ﬁnancial year 2019-20. This project will provide continuous availability of affordable, reliable, safe, secure and seamless transport system in the urban agglomeration of the city, which will reduce the accidents, pollution, travel time, energy consumption, anti-social incidents as well as regulate urban expansion and land use for sustainable development. Some facts that you would like to know about the upcoming Kanpur Metro System: The 23.785 km long IIT to Naubasta corridor will consist of 22 metro stations, including 14 elevated and 8 underground stations. The 8.60 km long Agriculture University to Barra-8 corridor will consist of 4 elevated and 4 underground metro stations. The IIT Kanpur-Naubasta corridor will cover various prominent educational institutions including CSJM University, GSYM Medical College and IIT Kanpur, as well as Jhakarkati bus stand and Kanpur Central railway station.

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The Agriculture University to Barra-8 corridor will provide connectivity to several densely populated residential areas like Govind Nagar, Kakadeo etc. The project aims to benefit residential areas along the corridors, with people residing in these areas able to commute on trains from their own neighbourhoods to reach other areas of the city conveniently. Nearly 40 lakh population is expected to be benefited directly and indirectly at the time of Kanpur Metro's commencement of commercial operations. Both the proposed corridors are likely to have Multimodal Integration with railway stations. Also, they will have a feeder network of bus services, Non-Motorized Transport as well as Intermediate Public Transport. Kanpur Metro will have non-fare box revenue from rental, advertisement and Value Capture Financing through the process of Transit Oriented Development and Transfer of Development Rights. The project will be jointly financed by the Centre and the state government of Uttar Pradesh. An amount of Rs 175 crore has already been allocated by the UP government for this project during 2019-20. On 28 February 2019, the Central government approved the metro project for Kanpur at an estimated cost of 11,076.48 crores and with a five-year deadline. Line I (Red Line) - 8 Underground, 14 Elevated Phase 1

FEATURED PROJECT Station Name: IIT Kanpur, Kalianpur railway station, Kanpur University, Gurudev Vikas Nagar, Gumti No.9, Rawatpur Railway Station, Moti Jheel Phase 2 Station Name: Harsh Nagar, Chunniganj, Parade, Bada Chauraha, Phool Bagh, Birhana Road, Norona Crossing Sagar Market, Kanpur Central railway station, ISBT Jhakarkatt, Old Transport Nagar, Kidwai Nagar North, Kidwai Nagar South, Yashoda Nagar, Baudh Nagar, Naubasta

Line II (Blue Line) - 4 Underground, 4 Elevated Station Name: CSA University, GSVM Medical College, Rawatpur railway station, Kakadeo, Vijay Nagar, Dada Nagar, Barra-7, Barra8, Jarauli Line III (Green Line) - 3 Underground, 6 Elevated Station Name: NRI City, Allen Forest Zoo, Nawabganj, CSA University, Khalasi Line, Textile Institute/Elgin Mills, Green Park Stadium, Portuguese Cemetery, Phool Bagh

Route map

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project report.

IIT Kanpur to Naubasta corridor will pass through the heart of the city covering several prominent educational institutions, Railway & Bus Stations, including IIT Kanpur. CSJM University. GSYM Medical College, Jhakarkati Bus Station and Kanpur Central Railway Station etc.

Mar 2016: Japanese team inspected metro route in the city

Agriculture University to Barra-8 corridor will provide smooth connectivity to various densely populated residential areas including Kakadeo and Govind Nagar etc. The Metro will provide Eco friendly and sustainable Public Transport to residents, commuters, industrial workers, visitors and travellers. The proposed corridors will be having Multimodal Integration with Railway Stations and will have feeder network of Bus, Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) and Non-Motorized Transport (NMT). The Project will have non-fare box revenue from rental & advertisement as well as Value Capture Financing (VCF) through mechanism of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and Transfer of Development Rights (TDR). The residential areas along these Metro Rail corridors shall be immensely beneﬁtted by this project, as the people of these areas will be able to travel on trains from their own neighbourhoods to reach different areas of the city conveniently. Airport Metro To connect the upcoming terminal of Kanpur Airport at Mawaiya with rest of the city, an airport line has been planned from the terminal to Kanpur Central railway station. The line will be underground from the station and will be elevated from Northern Railway Colony running adjacent to GT Road till Krishna Nagar station from where it will be underground with Lal Bangla and Emerald Gulistan stations in between.

May 2016: EIB ready to fund city metro project 22 May 2016: Centre approves plan for Kanpur metro 15 June 2016: Last date to submit logo for Kanpur Metro by KPMRC 20 July 2016: Scheduled inauguration of Kanpur Metro by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh which could not take place due to delay in giving NOCs various ministries under Central Government. October 2016: Final approval of Metro project by Uttar Pradesh government and Government of India 4 October 2016: Foundation stone-laying ceremony done by Urban Development minister Venkaiah Naidu in the presence of CM Akhilesh Yadav and BJP MP Murli Manohar Joshi at Brijendra Swarup Park in Benajhabar. July 2017: Civil work started. September 2017: Civil engineering work comes to a halt. Central Govt has asked Kanpur Metro to rework the detailed project report and ﬁnances and asked to make it a public-private partnership model project. October 2017: Work on preparing new detailed project report started. The new report is to take approximately three months. January 2018: Uttar Pradesh government cabinet decides to build metro in Kanpur, Agra and Meerut. Feb 2018: Work started at metro yard. Tenders ﬂoated and which are to be opened in March 2018. Apr 2018: Centre yet to approve of Kanpur Metro project.

Project Cost

Jun 2018: Tendering done but not awarded as project with new entailed project report is yet not approved by central government.

The Cost of construction is estimated at ₹11,076.48 crores for two lines.

Jun 2018: Finance ministry gave it's in principle approval to Kanpur metro along with Agra, Meerut, Indore and Bhopal.

Timeline Update

Sep 2018: Detailed project report sent by Uttar Pradesh government to central government.

Sept 2015: Proposed formation of Kanpur Metro Rail Corporation Nov 2015: Detailed project report prepared by LMRC and RITES is submitted to state government. Feb 2016: State Government is planning to lay foundation stone of Kanpur Metro in March 2016 after state cabinet approval. Feb 2016: It is expected that civil work on Kanpur metro will start by Dec 2016. Mar 2016: Uttar Pradesh government approves the detailed

4 Feb 2019: PIB approved Kanpur metro project funding. 7 Feb 2019: Uttar Pradesh government has allocated ₹ 175 Cr to start preliminary work in budget 28 February 2019: Centre approved Kanpur Metro costing 11076.48 crores with the time limit of 5 years in construction. 8 March 2019: PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for this metro rail project

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METRO RAIL NEWS Interviewed Shri Kumar Keshav to Know future plan of Lucknow Metro Shri Kumar Keshav Managing Director Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation

ucknow Metro Rail Corporation has been prioritizing the inclusiveness of its people involved across the level dto have bagged Silver Award from the International Royal Society for The Prevention Of Accidents (RoSPA) for Phase I (North-South Corridor), says Keshav Kumar, Managing Director, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation. Read on to know more about LMRC's strategic approach development of Metro Rail Network LMRC has achieved many significant milestones and engineering feats for itself in the recent past. What has been the motivation and inspiration for being in the forefront and creating a positive synergy in a government ecosystem? Lucknow Metro has set records straight by achieving significant milestones and has many firsts for any metro rail in India. It's the entire team of the Lucknow Metro alongside the support and affection of the people of Lucknow which keeps us inspired, upbeat and helps us achieve such milestones. The LMRC is fortunate to have an efficient team that beliefs in performance and on-time delivery. The 23 km North-South corridor is completed much ahead of its deadline and is operational too. How did you manage to achieve this extraordinary feat for LMRC? The Lucknow Metro has made operational the 22.878-km-long corridor much ahead of the initial deadline of April 2019. We faced uncountable challenges throughout the construction phase but with strong determination along with the continuous day and night hard work of the entire team, Lucknow Metro has emerged as a fine example of excellence in the field of Mass Rapid Transit

System. I would also attribute this achievement to the people of Lucknow, who has been immensely supportive of this project ever since its inception. It is because of their patience and cooperation that we have been able to realize this dream of a Metro in the 'City of Nawabs'. Please apprise us of Phase II and other future plans of LMRC. We have completed Phase I in record time and now the focus is on Phase II. The 11.098 km long East-West Corridor of Phase II will connect Charbagh to Vasantkunj. The corridor will have 12 stations - Charbagh (proposed), Gautam Buddha Marg, Aminabad, Pandey Ganj, Lucknow City Railway Station, Medical Chauraha, Nawajganj, Thakurganj, Balaganj, Sarfarazganj, Musabagh, and Vasantkunj. Earlier in March 2019, LMRC has cracked down on illegal parking spots. Are there any concrete and permanent measures to keep this problem at bay? Do you observe any improvement in city life after this step? Lucknow Metro is committed to removing encroachment and illegal parking in order to provide easy access to the commuters and eliminate traffic jams around the metro stations. The Chief Security Commissioner and Security Commissioner of the LMRC along with local traffic officials are keeping a regular check on the illegal parking. Due to our efforts, the traffic around metro stations is much smoother now. What plans does LMRC have in the pipeline to enhance connectivity in the city? Any specific MoU's on the cards? Phase I of the Lucknow Metro has already provided citizens with a comfortable, safe and time-saving mode of transportation. Once METRO RAIL NEWS l JULY 2019 l WWW.METRORAILNEWS.IN

INTERVIEW INTERVIEW Phase II becomes operational, the total length of the LMRC network will be around 34 km. With these two phases, LMRC will be able to provide direct connectivity to the airport, bus station as well as the city railway station and other prominent places. Thus, provides seamless and jam-free connectivity. Also, the LMRC has signed contracts with prominent players for property development, with Radio City for infotainment, with HDFC Bank for Smart Cards, besides having tie-ups with various national and international consultants and experts for providing world class services and experience to the commuters. Earlier in 2018, LMRC has received International Award for safety. Please elaborate to us, what has been the motivation behind this? How have you been able to improve this attribute further in all your projects? Lucknow Metro has received the Silver Award from the International Royal Society for The Prevention Of Accidents (RoSPA) for Phase 1A (Nor th-South Corridor) in the Project/Infrastructure category for the year 2018. We have been working not only to provide a safer mode of transport but our priorities have been to ensure health and safety for every single person associated with the execution of the project- be it staff, customers, clients or contractors. We have achieved this in Phase I and are conﬁdent enough to better it in our next projects. LMRC and HDFC bank have signed an MoU in a bid for counter-less ticketing. Please elaborate this initiative? How has the progress been and how has it beneﬁtted the common mass?' LMRC's tie-up with HDFC Bank is a big step towards the evolution of digital payment mechanisms for the metro commuters. The HDFC Bank facility has enabled customers of all banks to purchase metro tokens and prepaid cards easily by making it cashless. With the tie-up, the LMRC has made it convenient for commuters to purchase token, reload prepaid GoSmart cards using any debit card, credit card, or net banking facility, on the website of Lucknow Metro. Passengers using the GoSmart cards are getting facilities like free WiFi, hassle-free travel as well as freedom from standing in queues with online recharge facility. Earlier in 2018, LMRC asserted that its ridership will touch 3 lakhs daily. Do you see any improvement in the ridership of

Lucknow Metro Rail? How have you achieved this? LMRC had started public operations with the 8.5 km Priority Corridor from Transport Nagar to Charbagh. With the commissioning of the entire 22.878 km corridor from CCS Airport-Munshi Pulia, the Lucknow Metro has been recording a very high ridership and is hopeful of multiplying it manifolds in the coming months as the corridor connects prominent destinations like airport, bus station, educational institutes, and major markets. How important do you feel is Metro Rail for the growth of any smart cities. Your view. Any smart city is incomplete without an environment-friendly, safe, and time-saving mode of the public transportation system. Lucknow Metro fits the bill of any smart city planned anywhere in the world. It is not only a safer, faster but also energy efficient system. For the safety of the commuters, LMRC has taken a number of steps such as the use of fire retardant material, fire smoke detection & protection, the use of emergency communication facilities including talkback facility for passengers within the coaches. To create a sustainable environment LMRC's Metro stations and Depot have been designed and built as 'Green' buildings in accordance with the standards of the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). Along with it, a Waste Composting Machine has been installed in the depot. Special arrangements have been made for visually impaired, the person with disabilities and senior citizens. Lucknow Metro has taken many initiatives such as regenerative braking in the trains which will result in saving 30-35% traction energy, use of 1% criteria for underground stations in the air conditioning system, using Variable Voltage Variable Frequency (VVVF) drive for all lifts and escalators, provision of LED lights at stations, use of energy efficient equipment for Environmental Control System (ECS) and Tunnel Ventilation System (TVS) system for the underground stations etc. Currently, Lucknow Metro has planned 1.5- 2MW solar energy under the RESCO model from the roof-mounted photovoltaic cells on stabling and inspection sheds in Transport Nagar Car Maintenance Depot.

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FOCUS SYSTEM

Metro Rail Signalling and Control System a)

Actual speed of the train.

The maximum permitted speed at each point of travel.

The distance the train is currently authorized to travel (where provided).

Hand signals.

System alarms; and

(2)

The aspects displayed by Fixed signals are the same by day and by the night, in open and in tunnels

System alarms; and

II.

(3)

A Fixed signal be placed, where practicable, on the left hand side of the track to which it refers, unless authorized otherwise under special instructions, and shall be visible from such a distance as will enable a Train Operator to brake a train from twenty ﬁve kilometer per hour speed to stop before reaching the Fixed signal and a repeater signal shall be provided at locations where due to obstructions such visibility is not available, except in the depot. Further, where high speed Cut Out mode is provided, this speed shall be forty kilometer per hour. This signal sighting distance shall be speciﬁed under special instructions.

If the target speed indication and the target distance indication, where provided, are greater than zero, the indication is referred to as “PROCEED” indication.

III.

If either of these indications is “0”, the indication is referred to as “STOP” indication;

IV.

The Train Operator is authorized to drive his Train up to the indicated speed as far as authority has been given for such purpose.

(1)

The following signals shall be used for controlling the movements of trains on the Metro Railway namely:-

Cab signals.

Fixed signals. and

Description of signals (1) Cab Signals I.

Train movements on running tracks shall normally be governed by the Automatic Train Protection system, which displays to the Train Operator in the operating console-

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On main lines, Fixed signals are color light signals, either showing two 15 aspects or three aspects. Two aspects Fixed signals, where provided, shall be capable of showing a “Red” or a “White or violet” aspect.

(a) a “Red” aspect indicates that a train must be brought to STOP short of the signal. (b) a “White or violet” aspect indicates that the route is set and locked but may not be fully clear up to the next Fixed signal and a train operating under cab signals may proceed under the authority of the cab signals but a train operating on the sole authority of line side signals must stop and seek instructions from the trafﬁc controller. iii.

(a) a “Red” aspect indicates that a train must be brought to STOP short of the signal (b) a “White or Violet ” aspect indicates that the route is set and locked but may not be fully clear up to the next ﬁxed signal and a train operating under cab signals may proceed under the authority of the cab signals but a train operating on the sole authority of line side signals must stop and seek instructions from the Trafﬁc Controller (c)

a “Green” aspect indicates that the route is cleared to the next ﬁxed signal and the train may proceed as far as the next ﬁxed signal

iv.

When a ﬁxed signal is not in use, the aspect shall be covered, and the cover shall display two crossed white bars on a black background, the bars being not less than thirty centimeter long and ten centimeter wide.

Three aspect signals, where provided, shall be capable of showing a “Red”, “White or Violet” or “Green” aspect.

train may proceed in Restricted Manual mode as far as the line is clear and the Train Operator must keep a good lookout for an obstruction.

(3) Depot Signals I.

a) b)

II.

In depots, ﬁxed signals may be color light or position light type. Color light type using Red and Yellow aspects should be used in the manner as speciﬁed below: A “Red” aspect indicates that a train must be brought to STOP short of the signal; A “Yellow” aspect indicates that the route is set, locked and clear and a train may proceed in “Restricted Manual” mode as far as the line is clear and the Train Operator must keep a good look out for any obstruction.

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(4) Hand Signals I.

Hand Signals shall normally be used only for the shunting of work train in depot, or at the site of work, or in extreme emergency.

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Any light other than “Green” or any object waived violently shall be interpreted as a stop signal.

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“STOP” shall be indicated by.

A Red lamp.

Raising of both arms above the head.

In position light type, signalling a)

Two white lights displayed horizontally shall mean that a train must stop.

Two white lights displayed at an angle shall mean that a

The Depots and stabling lines shall be isolated from the running line through an approved means

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waving a white light rapidly from side to side

a Red ag;

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“PROCEED” shall be indicated by a Green lamp or green ag held steadily.

hand signals for shunting and train movements shall have the following conjurations: -

When during cautious driving or shunting, the speed of a train is to be reduced, the hand signal for movement shall be given at a slower and slower rate and when a stop is required, a STOP signal shall be given;

II.

Each Station Control Room shall have at least one hand lamp capable of displaying Red, Green and White aspects, one Red and one Green ag readily accessible and in working order and each Station Controller shall be conversant with their location and their proper use;

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Each Metro Railway employee involved in the shunting of work trains, the operation of work trains at a maintenance site and the operation of work trains within an Engineer's Possession, shall carry a hand lamp capable of displaying Red, Green and White aspects in working order and shall be conversant with its proper use and in addition, he shall also carry a Red ﬂag and a Green ﬂag.

ASPECT INDICATION Aspect

Indication

A green lamp or green ﬂag moved slowly up and down

Move away from the signals

A green lamp or green ﬂag waved from side to side across the body

Move toward the signals

Display of red light or red ﬂag

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POST EVENT COVERAGE

The UITP Global Public Transport Summit concludes to great success…as the road to Stockholm is complete The UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019 has concluded and we wrap the deﬁning event in the sector with our biggest edition yet. The world of urban mobility came to Stockholm, Sweden (9-12 June 2019) to discover… 474 exhibitors from 46 countries 53 Congress sessions featuring 300 speakers 2,718 attendees from 81 countries and over 15,000 single-entry Exhibition visitors Around 170 press and media delegates from 40 countries Held under the theme “The Art of Public Transport”, attendees were shown what an exciting and positive time it is for public transport.

Beginning with our outstanding keynote, artist and animator Christoph Niemann, displaying how true love of public transport can bring about cultural experience, ownership and opportunities across our cities. With this, the creative vision for urban mobility continued throughout. The Congress programme included numerous sessions and sideevents, as this year saw the Special Plenary “Redefining Public Transport” take centre stage with our series of minidocumentaries, produced by BBC StoryWorks, arriving on screen. The series will launch to the world shortly. With an exhibition larger than ever before, the international reach of UITP was on full display as our 473 exhibitors showcased their works and new products, allowing innovation to take centre stage. Thanks to our strong collaboration with our exhibitors, their news was more visible than ever before. Diversity also played an important role in the 2019 proceedings, with an event on ' womens employment in public transport, our #PT4ME campaign and UITP holding firm on the promise to advance female voices in the programme, with 126 women representing 42% of all speakers -more than double the figure of the 2017 Summit. “The UITP Summit is always a special event. This was my first Summit as UITP Secretary General and I know from the level of congratulatory messages I have received that it has been our most successful yet! The hard work and dedication of the entire UITP team has resulted in a Summit which is the largest ever in size, more than just size however, it was the quality of the content, innovations and diverse activities in the programme, the atmosphere, and the stunning exhibition which has resulted in the positive impact on METRO RAIL NEWS l JULY 2019 l WWW.METRORAILNEWS.IN

POST EVENT COVERAGE participants. On a personal level I am proud of what UITP has achieved alongside our members for Stockholm 2019 – and on a professional level, I am convinced that this Summit is a turning point in the way we'll talk about public transport from now on. I look forward to the next steps."

The UITP Global Summit is a unique gathering for professionals from across the sector – at almost 130 years old and at 64 editions, the 2019 Summit was held at the Stockholmassan venue alongside co-host SL, the public transport authority for Stockholm.

Mohamed Mezghani UITP Secretary General

(UITP) The International Association of Public Transport works to enhance quality of life and economic well-being by supporting and promoting sustainable transport in urban areas worldwide. As a passionate champion of sustainable urban mobility, UITP is internationally recognized for its work to advance the development of this critical policy agenda. With more than 1700 members in almost 100 countries, UITP has a long history to its name, and is the only worldwide network to bring together all public transport stakeholders and all sustainable transport modes.

It is clear from the success of the UITP Summit 2019 that the creativity and forward-looking vision of all stakeholders is pushing public transport in a leadership position. Our attendees discovered that the sector is imposing itself as the preferred choice in political decisions, and its focus on people is being embraced and implemented: It is the People's Transport. And it seems from the success of the UITP Global Summit 2019, that the people found inspiration in “The Art of Public Transport” everywhere!

The 5th Smart Cities India expo, jointly-organised by India Trade

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MARKET FORECAST

Platform Screen Doors market to be driven by rising passenger safety concerns and increasing investments in Automated Metro Trains

he global platform screen doors market was valued at ~ US$ 600 Mn in 2014 and is expected to surpass US$ 800 Mn by the end of 2019. The platform screen doors market is expected to grow at a CAGR of ~ 7% between 2019 and 2029 and is estimated to reach a global value of ~ US$ 1,700 Mn by the end of 2029. New Metro Stations to Lead the Way in Platform Screen Doors Market By product type, the global platform screen doors market is segmented into semi height, half height, and full height. Full height type platform screen doors are used only for underground metro train stations. However, semi height type platform screen doors can also be installed in underground metro train stations, however, they are not as efďŹ cient as full height type platform screen doors because they do not fully cover the station up to the ceiling. Moreover, for elevated metro train stations, half height type platform screen doors can enable passengers' access to the metro train, thereby endangering safety. By station type, the platform screen doors market is segmented into new metro stations and old metro train stations. The new metro train station segment is estimated to dominate the global market owing to a rapid increase in the number of metro train projects across the globe. The inherent aim behind the installation of platform screen doors is to provide safety to passengers. To do

this, the railway ministries of various countries are installing platform screen doors at old metro train stations. However, half height type platforms screen doors are mostly being installed in old metro stations as their cost is lower than full height and semi height type platforms screen doors. By platform type, the global platform screen doors market is segmented into one platform, two platform, and more than two platform. The two platform screen doors segment is projected to dominate throughout the forecast period. For these types of platforms, PMR has assumed that PSD's are installed only on one side of platforms. By region, the platform screen doors market has been segmented into seven regions, namely North America, Latin America, Europe, East Asia, South Asia, Oceania, and Middle East & Africa. In these regions, East Asia and Europe are estimated to grow with a paramount share in the global platform screen doors market over the stipulated time period. However, North America and South Asia are also representing a healthy potential for the platform screen doors market owing to the rising cognizant of automated metro trains. Interestingly, platform screen doors are mainly used for automated metro trains. Emerging Players to Account for 30% Revenue Shares The global platform screen doors market is characterized as

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MARKET FORECAST a new subsidiary dedicated to electronic components in China, to provide better local support for its metro rail and intelligent transportation projects

consolidated owing to the presence of a limited number of manufacturers of platform screen doors across the globe. For indepth analysis, PMR has broken down the market structure up to three levels: Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3. Here, emerging players are estimated to account for a 30% share in the global market and generate ~ US$ 200 Mn revenue through the sales of platform screen doors across the world. Moreover, leading players in the global market are adopting business expansion, acquisition, and collaboration strategies in a bid to capture a signiﬁcant share of the global market. Ÿ

In 2018, Knorr-Bremse AG acquired 100% know-how and intellectual property rights of rail vehicle systems from Federal-Mogul to develop and produce friction materials.

Some of the key players identiﬁed across the value chain of the global platform screen doors market include Nabtesco Corporation, Nanjing Kangni Mechanical & Electrical Co., Ltd., Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd., Knorr-Bremse AG, Nippon Signal Co.,Ltd., Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Overhead Door Corporation, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. (Wabtec Corporation), Samjung Tech Co., Ltd., Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd., Schaltbau Holding AG, Shanghai Jiacheng Railway Transportation Safety System Co., Ltd., Stanley Access Technologies LLC, Sai Synergy LLP, and NRT Corp.

In 2018, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. established

These insights are based on a report on Platform Screen Doors

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Aurionpro pioneers automated fare collection (AFC) system in Noida Metro project

urionpro Solutions has implemented the Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system based on the open loop ticketing concept for the Noida Metro Project. Now, commuters can purchase a QR-code ticket, RuPay contactless smart card or use Mobile ticketing application to use and pay for the ride. With this new technology Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) will save money on printing the tickets. Aurionpro has provided this new age concept in the ﬁeld of ticketing for AFC where card issued by State Bank of India & NMRC can be utilized, not only as an alternative to physical tickets but for all kinds of purchases, as it is EMV/RuPay standard.

The AFC installation was implemented under Public Private Partnership (PPP) between a consortium of State Bank of India, SC Soft & Aurionpro and the NMRC to promote smart transportation and smart mobility in India. Aurionpro, being the lead technology partner, completed this prestigious project in a record time of 9 months reinforcing its strength in acquisition and implementation of multiple projects going forward. By bringing the QR-codebased ticketing to India for the ﬁrst time, in Noida, AFC will prove to be cost effective in comparison to the traditional tickets and tokenbased systems, currently installed across metros.

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AWARDS

Matrix COSEC ARGO bags the coveted India Design Mark Award 2019

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AWARDS

adodara, (2nd July 2019): Matrix recently bagged the prestigious India Design Mark by the India Design Council, for it's new-age access control controller Matrix COSEC ARGO. The award is given in recognition for excellence in product innovation and design. India Design Mark symbolizes product excellence in form, function, quality, safety, sustainability and innovation and communicates that the product is usable, durable, aesthetically appealing and socially responsible. The India Design Council is afﬁliated with India's Ministry of Commerce & Industry and is made up of eminent people in academia, design and industry organizations. India Design Mark is initiated in cooperation with Good Design Award, Japan. Through India Design Mark, the India Design Council seeks to inspire Indian manufactures to design remarkable products that enrich the lives of people in India. On winning this prestigious award, Ganesh Jivani, MD of Matrix said “Matrix is focused on designing and manufacturing worldclass cutting-edge security and telecom solutions for modern organizations. Matrix exports these products to more than 50 countries – most of them to the ﬁrst-world technologically advanced nations. With 250+ R&D engineers and world-class infrastructure and equipment, Matrix is committed to indigenous R&D. This award is a validation of Matrix's world-class innovation and design capabilities. I thank all our customers and channel partners for their trust in Matrix and congratulate the entire Matrix team for this outstanding achievement. Such recognition would encourage us to work harder towards building world-class technologies and products.”

company is committed to keep pace with the revolutions in the Security and Telecom industries. With around 40% of its human resources dedicated to the development of new products, Matrix has launched cutting-edge products like Video Surveillance Systems - Video Management Software, Network Video Recorder and IP Camera, Access Control and Time-Attendance Systems as well as Telecom Solutions such as Uniﬁed Communications, IPPBX, Universal Gateways, VoIP and GSM Gateways and Communication Endpoints. These solutions are feature-rich, reliable and conform to the international standards. Having global footprints in Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa through an extensive network of more than 2,500 channel partners, Matrix ensures that the products serve the needs of its customers faster and longer. Matrix has gained trust and admiration of customers representing the entire spectrum of industries. Matrix has won many international awards for its innovative products. For further information, please contact: 394-GIDC, Makarpura, Vadodara-390010, India

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ARTICLE

National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launching the One Nation, One Card for transport mobility, at an event, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on March 04, 2019. Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Vijay Rupani, the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (I/C), Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Nitinbhai Patel and the Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Durga Shanker Mishra were also present at this event.

rban transport plays a crucial role in mobility of citizens. It is the backbone of a strong and prosperous economy providing an economical and convenient mode of commuting from one place to another. The fare collection across these various modes of transports including metro, bus, suburban trains, toll and parking etc. are predominantly in cash t h e re b y c a u s i n g m u l t i p l e c h a l l e n g e s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e c a s h collection/payment including cash handling, revenue leakages, cash reconciliation etc. To address these challenges, various initiatives have been taken by the transport operators to digitize the fare collection using Automatic Fare Collection Systems (AFC). As part of an AFC System, the usage of closed loop cards (Closed loop cards work only in selected establishments) issued by the Figure Simulation extent. of transport operators helped to digitize the fare collection to a2:signiďŹ cant tailgating passenger However, these AFC systems are currently imported through foreign vendors and the installation and maintenance costs of these systems are exorbitant. Apart from this, the systems being proprietary and noninteroperable, the operators are vendor locked for further supplies and maintenance. Moreover, the closed loop cards used for fare collection are not interoperable, thereby denying the consumer the ďŹ&#x201A;exibility of using the same card in different modes of transport. These cards are also not enabled for retail transactions. In order to avoid the vendor lock-in scenario and create an affordable interoperable system, an indigenous AFC system under the 'Make in India' initiative has been developed. With a view to realizing the above objective and the dream of the Government of India for introducing "One Nation One Card" for all types of digital transactions, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) took the initiative for standardization and indigenization of the complete ecosystem for the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC), covering the AFC System, Access Gate, Mobility Card and Card Reader /Validator. METRO RAIL NEWS l JULY 2019 l WWW.METRORAILNEWS.IN

ARTICLE season tickets etc. This will have increased customers convenience as it would allow customers to use the same card for variety of their needs. Consequently, this card does away with the need of carrying separate cards for banking and transport requirements.

MoHUA constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Additional Secretary in the Ministry with representatives of National Informatics Centre (NIC), Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) and the Ministry of Finance to study and provide recommendations for developing an interoperable system, which is vendor and operating system agnostic and to deﬁne the card and device speciﬁcations standards. Based on the recommendations of the Committee, MoHUA entrusted the task of standardization and indigenization of NCMC Eco-system to the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) with facilitation by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and State Bank of India (SBI). NCMC Ecosystem Development

C-DAC drafted the interface specifications of NCMC Ecosystem consisting of Card, AFC system (AFC software, Gate and reader / validation terminal) and Banking Interface. The complete specifications of Reader-Mechanical Gate Interface, Reader - AFC Interface, AFC - Bank (Acquirer) Interface were proposed and implemented by C-DAC. These specifications were reviewed and approved by an expert group chaired by MoHUA with experts from IIT Bhilai, C-DAC, NPCI, DMRC, DFS, RBI, SBI, BIS, STQC, DIMTS and Axis Bank. The specifications of NCMC Ecosystem have now been submitted to BIS for adoption as a National Standard. C-DAC also developed NCMC Compliant AFC System software, which consists of backend and frontend software (Monitoring and Control, Fare Management, Data Communication, Management Information System (MIS) including Dashboard and Customer Care etc.), Validation Terminal / Reader software and Banking Interface. Thereafter, Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) was roped in to manufacture Gates & Readers hardware. The Validation Terminal / Reader of the system is certified as per international standards of EMVCo. This is India's first indigenously developed payment eco-system for transport, consisting of NCMC Card, SWEEKAR (Swachalit Kiraya: Automatic Fare Collection System) and SWAGAT (Swachalit Gate). With this development, India will join a select group of elite nations which have successfully developed and deployed this technology on an open loop platform. NCMC Ecosystem Implementation Model The NCMC Ecosystem implementation is aimed at providing a Vendor and Bank agnostic digital fare collection platform wherein the customers may use NCMC cards (Debit/Credit/Prepaid Card) issued by any Bank for digital fare payments and Transport Operators using an NCMC Ecosystem compliant AFC System from any vendor.

NPCI defined the Mobility Card specifications that provide for a dual interface (contact & contactless) EMV card (EMV is an acronym for Europay Mastercard and Visa, the companies which developed this technology. EMV cards are chip-based payment cards and have enhanced safety features) based on open standards. It is aimed at low value payments for various segments like Transport applications, Smart cities, Toll, Parking and other low value merchant payments, in addition to normal day to day retail payments using it as a regular Debit/Credit card. These specifications are capable of supporting not only payment products but also transport applications like monthly passes,

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On one hand it will help the customers to get associated with any bank as per their choice rather than being restricted to a single bank and on other hand it will also help Transport Operators in reducing installation and maintenance costs and remove vendor locking. The acceptance of NCMC cards issued by multiple banks will further help to achieve the higher rate of digital penetration for fare collection. Advantages of NCMC Ecosystem NCMC fulﬁls the dream of One Nation One Card (ONOC). Now, people may carry only one card i.e. an NCMC card which is a regular debit/credit card equipped with an additional wallet functionality. This card can be used for all purposes like cash withdrawal, retail shopping and the wallet function and can also be used for low value payments like Metros, BRT etc. across various cities.

ARTICLE NCMC ecosystem also greatly benefits the transit operators as it reduces their dependency on foreign technology, leading to reduced installation and maintenance cost of AFC System and reduced import bill due to local development and manufacturing. NCMC ecosystem will also facilitate large scale indigenous production and deployment in Indian transit system and benefit the nation through greater job generation and self-reliance. NCMC - Field Trials at Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) In order to showcase the entire NCMC Eco-system for digital fare collection, the complete AFC system has been deployed in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) across few stations for field trials. The pilot implementation at DMRC was inaugurated by MoHUA on Jan 31st, 2019 and has been running successfully since then. This pilot will help to improve hardware reliability and will help in fine tuning of the software. Under this pilot, NCMC cards have been issued by multiple banks to the selected users for use on their daily commute on the metro trains.

International Launch of NCMC Ecosystem (AFC System, ONOC and Gate) The international launch of NCMC based AFC system swas carried out by the Honourable Prime Minister at the Vastral Gam Metro station in Ahmedabad on 4th March 2019. It was a proud moment for all of us at C-DAC. The Director General presented a commemorative plaque to the Honourable Prime Minister on this occasion. This technology developed by C-DAC is going to be adopted across various modes of transport, over a period of time. As a result, commuters will receive the beneﬁt of using a single card for paying fare of various modes of public transport in all the cities across India. PM launches One Nation, One Card in Ahmedabad for Mobility Single Card for seamless travel through different metros and other transport systems. National Common Mobility Card, NCMC- India's ﬁrst indigenously developed payment platform.

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Noida Metro Rail Corporation • Ofﬁce Assistant – 1 Post (NMRC) • Station Controller /Train Operator – 9 Posts • Customer Relations Assistant – 16 Posts • Junior Engineer / Electrical – 12 Posts • Junior Engineer /Mechanical – 4 Posts • Junior Engineer/ Electronics – 15 Posts • Junior Engineer /Civil – 4 Posts • Maintainer / Fitter – 9 Posts • Maintainer/ Electrician – 29 Posts • Maintainer/ Electronic & Mechanic – 90 Posts • Maintainer / Ref &AC Mechanic – 7 Posts • Accounts Assistant – 3 Posts

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ARTICLE

Innovative Ways In Ticketing

ravelling using public transport requires tickets and transport providers around the globe provide tickets to passengers. But that's where the similarities end, with every country, provider and transport network designing and operating their own ticketing set up. Often, these systems are still reliant on propitiatory tickets (tickets issued by the operator), on premise infrastructure and specialist expensive hardware. However, a revolution is taking place, with new ticket media and ticketing models disrupting the market. Organisations are now also able to take full advantage of the beneﬁts of cloud computing making the implementation of new ticketing technologies easier, faster and more cost-effective. Because of these changes, there are some key trends which transport providers need to be aware of, that are ubiquitous around the globe. In this article, we will run through some of the trends taking place in the fare collection industry today.

Top 11 Fare Collection Trends 01

Dematerialized (Bring Your Own Ticket or BYOT)

Reducing (to potentially eliminating at some point) issuing physical tickets is one of the key market trends at the moment (and pioneered by Masabi since 2007) is to move from cash handling and issuing paper, magnetic and plastic proprietary tickets, to the scalability of what customers already carry in their pockets; contactless bank cards and mobile phones. This empowers passengers with the ability to purchase or access public transit services any time, any place and removes the need

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to wait in line at a ticket vending machine to purchase a ticket or top up a smartcard (saving time) before travelling. Quite simply, it's a far more convenient experience for passengers and according to a survey conducted last year, convenience is the top motivating factor when choosing to ride a mode of transport, more important than price and travel time. For transit providers, this enables a reduction in investment and maintenance of ticket vending machines and associated hardware infrastructure. Digitization has also delivered a significant reduction in the costs associated with cash handling. 02. Account Based Moving intelligence to the back office enables tickets to become tokens so passengers can simply tap and ride. Account Based Ticketing (ABT) moves the ticket data traditionally stored in legacy cards or printed on paper tickets to a cloud-based back office service. This holds a number of benefits for transport providers, as passengers only need to verify their identity against their account and then associate a payment instrument with that account, meaning they don't need to use a ticket to travel, they simply tap an appropriate token. This provides transit operators with the ability to retail all fares, everywhere immediately - as there is no need to distribute or reconcile data with physical ticketing equipment or readers. ABT enables simpler tariff management with instantaneous changes and immediate replacement for lost/stolen/damaged media as only the identifier details need to be updated. Last but by no means the least, passenger choice of which fare to buy can be delegated to a best fare algorithm

ARTICLE guaranteeing best value - one less thing to worry about for the passenger and again helping make public transport even more convenient to access and utilize. 03. Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Ready Ensure the public transport network can enable MaaS and interface with 3rd party mobility services. Fare collection plays a crucial part in enabling people to access public transit and by connecting ticketing with other mobility services agencies can allow full first-last mile journeys without people needing to use private cars. This move to enabling Mobility as a Service will help to reduce congestion and place public transit at the center of connected mobility ecosystems around the globe. A fare collection system can become an open platform for ticketing, enabling third-party providers to add public transport into their services and so deliver seamless multimodal journeys, helping increase the accessibility and discoverability of public transportation. This “Practical MaaS” model is being proven, with numerous mobility players, such as Uber, Kisio Digital, Transit and Jorudan, who are currently integrating mass transit ticketing into their platforms. 04. Cloud-Native Scalability Quick to deploy, scalable, world-class redundancy customers can now bring their own media, mobile phones, contactless bank cards etc, tomorrow it could be a biosignature. So, the sales capacity and accessibility to transit can be dramatically expanded, as we effectively have a ticket machine already in everyone's pocket. Cloud-native services do a similar thing for the back-office infrastructure by taking advantage of the full benefits of cloud computing. These services are hosted with cloud providers using cloud-only features to deliver the real value of Software as a Service (SaaS). Dynamic expansion of computing resources to scale with usage gives the back-office infrastructure the ability to scale up and down as required while providing world-class redundancy. It also means new services can be delivered to agencies extremely quickly, days and weeks instead of months and years. From an AFC perspective, this makes things very interesting because the model becomes highly repeatable, regardless of the implementation size. This opens up a window for efficient productization which means cutting edge ticketing services can be made available quickly and far more costeffectively than ever before. 05. Subscribe & Go Services From “build and maintain” to “subscribe and go” productization creates an economy of scale that agencies can benefit from. Large bespoke custom development associated with traditional “build and maintain” projects can be replaced with a software-asa-service model, where agencies sign-up and subscribe to an existing ticketing service. This approach allows any city to access the greatest level of innovation without the overhead of designing, procuring and hosting their own custom-built system. When thinking about this approach there is a good example with the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software sector which was dominated by legacy technology that was expensive, had a history of failed projects and was slow to update and evolve. Salesforce came in and revolutionized the industry through successful productization making leading CRM

technology available to all, cost-effectively and through a subscribe and go model. 06. Continuous Improvements The beneﬁt of signing up to a central SaaS platform is that all agency subscribers can take advantage of regular product updates and new features as they become available on the platform, so transit agencies and operators are able to keep up with the pace of technology change. Gone are the days when you need to implement a legacy system which leaves agencies stuck with essentially the same technology purchased at the beginning of a contract, ten years later when the technology has become obsolete, for a signiﬁcant amount of time. Taking a SaaS approach to fare collection enables continuous improvements, ensures the technology does not go out of date and enhancements are tailored on the basis of lessons learned. 07.

Outcome Based

Outcome-based procurement or results-based buying procurement teams around the globe are mostly operating prescriptive procurements for fare collection in order to procure legacy technology. Which, if you are running a build and maintain project does make sense. However, to stimulate innovation, it can be beneficial to focus on business outcomes rather than on prescriptive technical specifications, opening the space for disruptive innovations, to find new solutions to old problems. Outcome-based procurement frees operators up from the legacy way of thinking while maintaining the necessary checks and balances to deliver confidence that public spending is done fairly and responsibly. After all, is it better to accurately predict the future and hold the vendor to it, or to reward performance and collaboration as we iteratively leverage ever-changing innovation and the rapidly evolving consumer technology? 08.

Open Integrations (API centric architecture)

Systems need to be open to integrate with 3rd party technologies enabling customization and upgrades. Being able to integrate with best of breed 3rd party systems and services is key to making sure new ticketing technology can be deployed smoothly. It also enables the foundation for cities to be able to add in new services as required, instead of having to settle for second rate options supplied by the same vendor. An API or Application Programming Interface is a means for allowing systems to connect and work with each other. It's an interface that receives requests and sends the appropriate response for a particular function. Open API-centric architecture is an important factor for a fare collection platform because it allows the creation of new features and functionality by connecting together best of breed services and solutions. It also enables the ﬂexibility to build and operate bespoke services if required, while allowing agencies to take advantage of using a Software as a Service platform, with all the beneﬁts that this brings. 09.

Digital Ticketing for Everyone

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ARTICLE experience and are typically the most expensive riders to serve because agencies need to provide them with a single use, throw away ticket or somehow recover and capture their ticket for recycling. Nonetheless, recent innovation has shown that steps can be taken to reduce the cost associated with this user segment. The entire interaction can be delegated to a contactless bank card or mobile wallet payment. Once again, there is no need to issue physical tickets and no need for riders to understand fares. For the cash payers, a digital ticket can be printed on cheap, off the shelf standard receipt roll printed at any merchant's point of sale. Cash can also be changed into digital credit at a retail outlet to then be used in a mobile wallet. 10.

Minimising Infrastructure

Removing all unnecessary AFC hardware and combining all the above has led to the of minimising infrastructure costs and usage, reducing the need for ticket vending machines or custom server infrastructure, possibly leaving tickets for the cash payers and

validation units as the last standing pieces of physical stuff we may still need to deal with for some time. Combining the scalability of the BYOT approach with Cloud-Native systems, transport agencies can have all the ticketing infrastructure they need without the expensive price tag. 11. Digitised Concessions Moving concessionary tickets from paper to digital is something that we are seeing at the moment focused in North America and the UK, but we thought it was interesting enough to keep it in for this ebook. Concessionary tickets often make up a large proportion of passengers for operators around the globe. For most providers, this often means a cumbersome and expensive paper or plastic-based ticket distribution. Where possible, moving people to a digital ticket is a quick and easy way to reduce the cost of issuing concessions and improving the passenger experience.

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Policy Perspective on Innovative Financing for Metro Rail Projects in India

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ass Rapid Transit Systems (MRTS) are vital for the inclusive and sustainable growth of rapidly growing urban centres. By and large, the overall urban transport sector including MRTS systems remain relatively under-invested which imposes a considerable social cost on the cities' health. However, these realizations are often lost in the jargon of project details, the apparent lack of ďŹ nances and consequently, an inability to roll out effective urban rail projects. Introspecting the Business as Usual Environment of Financing Ishita Aryan, Urban Planner, National Institute of Urban Affairs Consultant, National Capital Region Transport Corporation

MRT systems are a natural monopoly and are hence regulated. They are capital intensive with very long gestation periods and securing return on such investments through user charges is often found to be futile. Moreover, given the socio-economic context of the country, user fees have to be kept low & affordable, in order to encourage ridership in

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ARTICLE these modes, thereby enhancing sustainable and holistic development of city economies. Philosophically, the economic benefit component of these investments overshadows the financial returns. The current Govt. has put urban transport systems on a high priority. About 25 Metro projects & the proposed 'Metrolites' for tier 2 cities with approximate investment of Rs 2.0 trillion is under planning stage. Financing of metro projects is usually carried out on an equity basis where the Govt. of India has equity of 20 % and the State Governments feature as part shareholders while 50 % is financed using loans from multi-lateral agencies like Wold Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), JICA, AFD etc. Lack of effective planning of the systems, delays in implementation and in some cases, irrelevance of network alignments result in lack of adequate footfall, thereby further reducing income streams for the Metro Authorities. While “Fare Box Revenues” are insufficient to cover the cost of operations and maintenance, the burden of servicing the debt incurred usually falls on the Government of India and the State Governments. Though these loans are availed at low interest rates (1% - 2%) with repayment periods over 20 years or more, adding interest on the principal amount equivalent to a project cost of more than INR 10,000 crores adds up to hefty amount. Thus, Business-As-Usual scenario is simply not sustainable. Paradigm Shift in Indian Policy for Innovative Financing for MRTS This sector requires a bouquet of well-structured regulatory framework at various levels in which the uncertainties are minimized, risks are properly assigned, public interest is safeguarded while private sector is ensured a reasonable return. One method of breaking this logjam is to create an enabling policy framework so that government entities take initiatives for innovative methods of financing. Metro networks are being encouraged to develop ways to increase revenue through new streams/ Non Fare Box revenue which can compensate loss making in operations, boost profitability and keep the debt repayment consistent. Various streams can be envisaged to generate additional revenues. Some of them are:

nascent stage. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs under the Government of India has constantly put efforts to build up a framework at the National level which can guide the States to further opt and implement innovative financing like VCF for mass transit projects. This article sets out a timeline of evolution of policy history and also details out the salient features pertaining innovative financing in these major breakthrough policies such as National Urban Transport Policy 2006, Metro Rail Policy 2017, Value Capture Framework Policy 2017, Transit Oriented Development Policy 2016 & the most recent, the Draft National Framework Policy 2018 sets out guidelines to encourage innovative financing for mass transit. National Policies pertaining to Innovative Financing for MRTS National Urban Transport Policy, 2006: It was for the first time that raising finances, through innovative mechanisms that tap land as a resource, for investments in urban transport infrastructure was brought into picture, which further laid path for refined development on this aspect. The Metro Rail Policy, 2017: The policy sets out sub sections on Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and Value Capture Finance (VCF). Ÿ

MRTS project proposal to mandatorily contain a chapter on the TOD with proposed intermodal integration.

Adoption of VCF framework should be an integral part of the metro project proposal.

Guidance for revenue sharing mechanism between Metro SPV and Government.

Maximizing revenue through commercial development at stations and on land allocated

State Government to frame enabling policy and regulatory framework & a single window facility to the SPV/agency for easy clearance process.

Private participation and Public Private Partnership (PPP) will form an essential requirement for all metro rail project proposals seeking central ﬁnancial assistance.

Value Capture Framework Policy, 2017: The National Value Capture Policy identiﬁes a great potential to mobilize additional resource and metro agencies to capitalize on the opportunities opened up by using diverse VCF methods for ﬁnancing metro rails.

Value Capture Financing: Land based & taxation based

Commercial/ retail & Infrastructure leasing: related activities in stations, such as kiosks, shops, space, telecom assets etc. Widely used in Indian metros.

Advertising & Branding in station, on-board trains, train wrapping, on smartcards/token, Semi Naming Rights (E.g. JK TYRE ITO Metro Station) etc

Project-based value capture can be used for projects being implemented by Ministry of Railways for high-speed rail projects and expansion of railway network through SPVs.

Others streams: Digital content, merchandising, Energy selling: solar, Other non-fare revenue activities (e.g. in station events / ﬁlming, consultancy, parking etc.) Value Capture Financing: Land based & taxation based

It cites examples of Government of Karnataka which decided to create a dedicated fund for investment in MRTS by using VCF methods, such as premium FSI, levying fees for change of land use in vicinity of project etc.

MRTS generates multiple benefits & beneficiaries for each category. This gives it a strong case for innovative alternate financing streams like Value Capture Financing (VCF). While other cases such as commercial development, advertisements & branding have become popular in Indian context, VCF is at a very

On similar grounds, the Government of Maharashtra is also levying 1% surcharge on the Stamp Duty to fund MRTS

It also states that value impact assessment (revenue projection) in the area of inﬂuence, should form a part of the DPR. METRO RAIL NEWS l JULY 2019 l WWW.METRORAILNEWS.IN

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National Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Policy, 2017 Ÿ

National TOD Policy states that in the inﬂuence zones, land value capture can be done through enhanced or additional land value tax or one-time betterment levy, development charges or impact fee, transfer of development rights (TDRs), or other such mechanisms which have been adopted in various states across the country and abroad.

VCF revenues to be credited to TOD fund for funding the infrastructure upgradation/ maintenance, enhancement of viability of transit systems.

The fund should be in the form of an escrow account, from which ﬁnancing is provided to various agencies for the identiﬁed activities and the balance can be used by the ULBs for other development purposes such as public transport expansion.

Cities may encourage public private partnership in planning and implementation of TOD

Draft National Urban Framework Policy 2018

Land Value Capture: Introduces instruments like Air Space Rights, Dedicated Taxes and Levies, Betterment Levy, Cess on Turnover for applying to transit projects like Metro.

Focuses on Property Development & Land Development Along

Financing Through Cross Subsidy: Projects such as levying a Green Surcharge of Rs. 2 on petrol sold, Green Cess on existing Personal vehicles, Urban Transport Tax on the purchase of new cars etc.

Way Forward Though there have been breakthrough developments in policy regime for enabling innovative financing for MRTS projects, it still remains at a nascent stage in India due to the various challenges in its applicability & implementation. Land based instruments gets a major setback owing to issues pertaining to the complexity of land transfer & utilization. Taxation based instruments on the other hand becomes a very sensitive issue as any sort of tax imposition is seen as a burden on the society. Further, not much of guidance is available on methodological and systematic ways of selection of instrument. One instrument which might have worked successfully for a certain area might not work for the other. Thus, picking up from the western examples might not always help. The local context, location, current Real Estate market, exiting taxation tools, present controls and regulations and ease of institutional mechanism are some of the many factors which are necessary to be considered while planning for using innovative financing like VCF rationally. Also, due to lack of institutional and regulatory mechanisms of implementation, revenue flow and revenue

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Blue Star bags Rs 253 crore order from Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation

umbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) has issued a Letter of Intent on June 19, 2019, to the Company for Design, Manufacture, S u p p l y, I n s t a l l a t i o n , Te s t i n g a n d Commissioning of Tunnel Ventilation and Air Conditioning System approximately valued at Rs 253 crore. “The scope of this order includes design, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of the air conditioning, tunnel ventilation and environmental control system for nine underground stations and associated tunnels on line 3 corridor of the Mumbai Metro between Mumbai Central and Bandra,” Blue Star said in a regulatory ﬁling. Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro, also known as the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ line, is partially funded by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and is the longest continuous underground metro stretch in the country, the company added. Shares of Blue Star were trading 1.53 per cent lower at Rs 736 apiece on BSE.

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The AAP government of Delhi needs to ask itself - is sacriﬁcing a world-class system, our engineers and leaders, built over a quarter of a century, worth a price to pay for a (possible) electoral gain? (Photo: dfordelhi)

Free Metro Rides for Women in Delhi

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n June 3, 2019, The Aam Aadmi Party in the state of Delhi declared an unprecedented plan to offer free ride in Delhi transport buses and Delhi metros for all women. It setoff a new wave of political circus in the capital with roughly half a year left for the upcoming state elections. This is in the backdrop of a very discouraging performance in 2019 general elections, where AAP stood third in ﬁve out of Delhi's seven parliamentary constituencies and a distant second in the remaining two constituencies. In this context, this free ride scheme, reimbursed by the state exchequer, is a Rs. 1200 crore (Rs. 1.2 billion) per year attempt to woo voters. Of course, as with all freebies, the political class spared no attempt to color their electoral endeavor in a deceptive shade; this time in the name of "women safety".

Srijan Pal Singh Kalam is an IIM Ahmedabad graduate and was the Advisor for Policy and Technology to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India. He co-authored the book Delhi Metro: Excellence in Management published by UNDP. He is the CEO of Kalam Centre.)

“The Delhi Government's free Metro ride for women scheme has been almost unanimously debunked by experts, including the creator of Delhi Metro, Dr E Sreedharan. The scheme needs to be weighed against the ground reality of infrastructure being influenced and cost-benefit of the step” The free ride scheme has been almost unanimously debunked by experts, including the creator of Delhi Metro, Dr E Sreedharan who wrote a letter to the Union Government. urging them not to consider the proposal and advising the state government to make a direct transfer to the beneficiary itself. In response to the overwhelming logic and evidence mounting against the free ride policy, the AAP government in the state came out with a set of half-baked statistics which make quarter sense, if scratched beyond the surface. Each one of them needs to be weighed against the ground reality of infrastructure being influenced and cost-benefit of the step. Who decides? First, one must understand that the Delhi State Government is a key stakeholder in the Delhi Metro project along with the Union Government. However, as a shareholder it does not get an ultimate say in the day-to-day operations of Delhi Metro - such power and responsibility vests with the thirteen-member strong Board of Directors of DMRC, which is a mix of representatives from Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Railways, Delhi Development Authority and of course DMRC's full time directors. Delhi State Government staking claims on DMRCs operations is beyond how corporate governance should work. Even if Delhi State Government, as no more than a shareholder, is willing to reimburse the cost of travel of female travelers, the DMRC's Board of Directors is well within its right to reject the scheme citing reasons which may METRO RAIL NEWS l JULY 2019 l WWW.METRORAILNEWS.IN

OPINION be technological or sheer operational. It is the BoD of DMRC with its experts, which would understand the working of the DMRC better than the AAP government. The Reimbursement Question Then, there is the case of Rs. 1200 crore per annum reimbursement, which AAP has offered to the metro to suggest that there will be no additional cost for them to ply all the free riders. This is flawed logic at many levels. First, the Delhi government has not cracked open a treasure box to find these funds - but would garner this money from taxpayers. And this awakening idea on “women safety” came up only now with elections in sight, which means, that even if the scheme goes through, the first instalment of reimbursement will be made by the next government in the state. This sort of political "I-promise-youheavens-but-paid-by-someone-else" is a growing attitude in Indian politicians which must be stopped. Second, the state government is completely disregarding the fact that the additional free riders, who would also spend much more time at the stations, would cause tremendous amount of stress on the infrastructure of the metro. We have all seen the pictures of oceans of people thronging at some metro stations, and how that stresses the facilities, ranging from air conditioning to security and to general wear and tear. AAP government ignores these basic realities in its reimbursement carrot. Load Factor Delhi Government has put up a number to the public to justify its intent - Delhi Metro occupancy rate is 62%. This was to suggest that metros are running one-third vacant and hence can easily accommodate a few lakh extra travelers. This argument is misleading. Metros (like other public transport systems) sees phases of peak and low loading times and this also changes with the direction of the metro. Hence, their rating is often measured in a unit called PHPDT or Peak Hour Peak Direction Traffic - which measures the maximum traffic they witness in a given direction and a peak time slot. For instance, in the case of Delhi Metro's Gurgaon direction, approximately 34,000 passengers travel in peak hour (PHPDT), between 9 am and 10 am. Each eight-coach train can carry at full load a little over 2,000 people at a peak time frequency of three minutes a train. The math puts the peak loading already at an alarming100% in these times. I guess one needs to be an "aam" metro rider to witness this math in action. Free rides would put maximum pressure in the peak time zones - a time at which the system is least capable to endure additional load. How do women become safer? I fundamentally question the premise of this scheme - women safety. AAP government has two assumptions here. First, that women will be safer if more women are around them in the metro. Second, just because Rs. 10 ticket is now free, all women will leave all the work they have and start thronging themselves to the metro stations. The logic of putting some people on free tickets so that they form a cohort with other people on more free tickets is illogical and absurd. It colours an admission of self-defeat in the government's assessment of its ability to protect its women and citizens in general. Why should a woman not feel safe even if she is alone in an entire metro? What happens to her if she steps out of the metro or bus and heads to her home through a desolate street? We need to ensure that women feel safe 24x7 everywhere, and not merely in metros and buses.

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Even if there are those who see some substance in this - we need to see the cost benefit of this scheme. For instance, what else could have been achieved with the same amount of money spent for the same purpose. Let me present two cases. Every year, the state government will spend 1200 crores of tax payer's money for the free ride scheme. That is Rs. 3,600 (36 billion) crores in three years. Assuming a security camera on roads costs about Rs. 10,000 (and three-year lifetime) the math behind tells that we can install 3.6 million security cameras across Delhi with this money. Delhi, with about 28,000 kilometres of the road (including highways and smaller roads), can hence have one security CCTV camera for every 7 meters with this amount! Not only women safety but also the issue of vehicle theft, robberies, thefts and arson can all be resolved with such a setup. Also, imagine the increase in the GDP of the state and job created in the process. Don't like it? Let me suggest something else. Consider recruiting more police constables. Even better, recruit women constables. If each of them gets Rs. 25,000 a month, we can put up an additional force of 40,000 more constables on roads. To put things in perspective, Delhi police has about 80,000 police personnel out of which only 60,000 are available for public (rest are guarding VVIPs). So, we can effectively almost double the police strength and put an additional female police officer every half a kilometre of road. 40,000 families will also find new jobs to support them. True development is in building institutions and not dismantling them. You get one irreversible shot There is an unsaid law of dole-outs in a democracy - "that what is given away once, cannot be rolled back." In practicality, the free rides in buses and metros, once given to 50% of the population can never be undone - it can only be expanded further. The demand will, quite legitimately, also grow across other population segments - students, economically deprived, physically challenged and aged. Why leave them out of the benefit loop? If the Delhi Government suddenly finds itself with a treasure box of taxpayers' money, it should be prudent in how to use it. There are far better ways to protect women and all citizens of the state using perhaps much lesser amount of money - and which will create jobs and also not risk damaging a remarkable public transport system. The current state government has done some noteworthy work in schools and hospitals, and perhaps a better strategy would be to focus on that impact as an election plank than undermine it with such a whim. In 2011, my very first book was on leadership lessons from the Delhi Metro story. I remember writing about the thenseptuagenarian metro man, and how he used to visit stations regularly at 6 am in the morning and the first thing that he would do is bend down at the stairs leading to the station and he would wipe his finger across the stairs to check for dust and whether they have been cleaned properly. This is how great institutions are built by sweat, toil and humility. Then, last week, while entering the Rajiv Chowk metro I saw a signboard "25 years of Delhi Metro (19952019)". The AAP government of Delhi state needs to ask itself now is sacrificing a world-class system, our engineers and leaders built over a quarter of a century, worth a price to pay for a (possible) electoral gain?

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Supply of Brake Beam (inner) For Metro Motor Coach Bogies At Naopara, West Bengal

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Design Consultancy For Modernisation Of Existing Tvs, Ecs Of Metro Railway,kolkata Underground Section Incorporating Energy Efﬁciency And Reliability During Normaloperation, Congested Operation , Eme

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Adjuster For Trcc Of Metro Coaches. Drg No Mr/poh/0-009 Alt.a.

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Trafﬁc And Transportation Study For Preparation Of Dpr For Jaipur Metro Phase 2 Corridors

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Estimated Cost: INR 3,040,433 6.

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7/24/2019

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Development Of Working Drawings, Estimates And Boq For Multi Modal Integration Schemes Of Thirteen (13) Metro Stations Of Delhi Mrts Project, Phase-i And Phase-ii

8/19/2019

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Implementation Of Multi-modal\r\nintegration Facilities At Western Express Highway (weh) Station Along Metro Line-1(versova-andheri-ghatkopar) Corridor.

7/31/2019

Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning Of Under Floor Pit Wheel Lathe Including Spares, Training For Mandale Car Depot Of Metro Line -2b (package No. Ca-45).

8/7/2019

Maintenance Of Street Light On Road From Sector-44 Police To Chowki Bird Century Metro Station, Noida

7/24/2019

Estimated Cost: INR 985,857 11.

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7/13/2019

7/11/2019

Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning Of Under Floor Pit Wheel Lathe Including Spares, Training For Mandale Car Depot Of Metro Line -2b (package No. Ca-45).

8/7/2019

Parking Contract Of Cycie-scooter-car At Badti (bho) 2nd Entry Near Metro Station, *0’ Ctg Station, For An Area Of 3000 Mt2.

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7/11/2019

Procurement Of M&p Items For Mumbai Metro.

7/25/2019

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7/10/2019

Dredging Works In Front Of Berth Pockets, Approach And Navigational Channels Of Kochi Water Metro Project.

8/26/2019

Dredging Works In Front Of Berth Pockets, Approach And Navigational Channels Of Kochi Water Metro Project.

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7/9/2019

Break Beam (outer) For Metro Coach Bogies

8/8/2019

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7/9/2019

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7/1/2019

Design, Supply, Installation, Testing And Commissioning Of Distributed Electronic Interlocking System And Installation Of Signals, Points Msoac Cable Laying Etc Indoor And Outdoor Works At Noapara Of Metro Railway.

Estimated Cost: INR 6,760,000,000

Estimated Cost: INR 89,098,806

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