LUCKNOW: Meerut metro trainset was unveiled and handed over to National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) at Savli, Gujarat on Friday.
The 23 km North-South corridor of Meerut metro infrastructure development is expected to be completed by the end of the current fiscal year, but the service is likely to be commissioned by June month following several weeks of trials and testing of the track signaling system with the trainset.
According to NCRTC, French multinational Alstom (erstwhile M/s Bombardier) was awarded the manufacturing contract, under which they will deliver 10 three-car train sets for the Meerut Metro, bundled with rolling stock maintenance for 15 years.
The trainsets, with their sleek and modern design, will be energy efficient, lightweight and equipped with a regenerative braking system, compatible with Automatic Train Protection (ATP), Automatic Train Control (ATC), and Automatic Train Operations (ATO). The Metro train has a maximum operational speed of 120 kmph.
“Both Namo Bharat (RapidX) trains and Meerut metro will run on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS (Regional Rapid Transit System). The prospect of two distinct systems, RRTS and MRTS, operating concurrently on a single infrastructure is a vision now materializing,” said Vinay Kumar Singh, MD, NCRTC.
He said ,”NCRTC has implemented the European Train Control system (ETCS) Level 2 signalling with Hybrid Level 3 over Long Term Evolution (LTE), marking a pioneering endeavour in global rail transportation. It seamlessly integrates the RRTS and metro services within Meerut, allowing for closer headways and increased service frequency.”
The ceremony of unveiling and handing over the transit was led by Vinay Kumar Singh, MD NCRTC along with Nitin Ramesh Gokarn, Additional Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh, Olivier Loison, MD Alstom and other officials.
With this unveiling, the delivery of the Meerut metro trainsets has commenced, and the first trainsets will arrive at the NCRTC Depot at Duhai in a few weeks.
Metro service in Meerut will have 13 stations including Meerut South, Partapur, Rithani, Shatabdi Nagar, Brahmpuri, Meerut Central, Bhainsali, Begumpul, MES Colony, Daurli, Meerut North, Modipuram and Modipuram Depot and is expected to register around 70,000 to one lakh footfall per day.
“Out of the 18 km long elevated section, viaduct construction has been completed in about 12 km. More than 10 launching gantries have been installed to expedite viaduct construction in the rest of the section,” said NCRTC official.
The 23 km North-South corridor of Meerut metro infrastructure development is expected to be completed by the end of the current fiscal year, but the service is likely to be commissioned by June month following several weeks of trials and testing of the track signaling system with the trainset.
According to NCRTC, French multinational Alstom (erstwhile M/s Bombardier) was awarded the manufacturing contract, under which they will deliver 10 three-car train sets for the Meerut Metro, bundled with rolling stock maintenance for 15 years.
The trainsets, with their sleek and modern design, will be energy efficient, lightweight and equipped with a regenerative braking system, compatible with Automatic Train Protection (ATP), Automatic Train Control (ATC), and Automatic Train Operations (ATO). The Metro train has a maximum operational speed of 120 kmph.
“Both Namo Bharat (RapidX) trains and Meerut metro will run on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS (Regional Rapid Transit System). The prospect of two distinct systems, RRTS and MRTS, operating concurrently on a single infrastructure is a vision now materializing,” said Vinay Kumar Singh, MD, NCRTC.
He said ,”NCRTC has implemented the European Train Control system (ETCS) Level 2 signalling with Hybrid Level 3 over Long Term Evolution (LTE), marking a pioneering endeavour in global rail transportation. It seamlessly integrates the RRTS and metro services within Meerut, allowing for closer headways and increased service frequency.”
The ceremony of unveiling and handing over the transit was led by Vinay Kumar Singh, MD NCRTC along with Nitin Ramesh Gokarn, Additional Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh, Olivier Loison, MD Alstom and other officials.
With this unveiling, the delivery of the Meerut metro trainsets has commenced, and the first trainsets will arrive at the NCRTC Depot at Duhai in a few weeks.
Metro service in Meerut will have 13 stations including Meerut South, Partapur, Rithani, Shatabdi Nagar, Brahmpuri, Meerut Central, Bhainsali, Begumpul, MES Colony, Daurli, Meerut North, Modipuram and Modipuram Depot and is expected to register around 70,000 to one lakh footfall per day.
“Out of the 18 km long elevated section, viaduct construction has been completed in about 12 km. More than 10 launching gantries have been installed to expedite viaduct construction in the rest of the section,” said NCRTC official.