HMR - Hyderabad
Metro Rail
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Pride of Hyderabad city
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World’s largest Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project in Metro
Rail sector.
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A MRTS – Mass Rapid Transport Project
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An integrated urban transport development project with inter
modal connectivity and convenient sky walks
- for seamless commuting across busy Hyderabad city.
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Gauge : Standard Gauge 1435 mm ( where as Broad guage -1676 mm is
used in Indian Railways)
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Standard Gauge is also called as uniform gauge, UIC gauge,
International gauge etc. 60 % of the World
Railway tracks are operated in Standard guage only.
- Maximum capacity per 3 car train - 965
(Each car – 40 seats)
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Brand Mantra of HMR – “My
City, My Metro, My Pride”
Why Metro in Hyderabad city
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Population stands at 1
Crore + . Projected to touch 1.36 Crores
by 2020
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Currently 50 lakhs personalized vehicles ply on Roads with
addition of 5 lakh vehicles every year.
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80 Lakh motorized trips – every day . Out
of which 32 Lakh trips are made by Public transport system i.e., Local Trains
& Buses. Rest of 48 Lakh trips are
made by personal vehicles leading to bottlenecks, high pollution levels &
steep increase in fuel consumption
DBFOT –Design, Build, Finance, Opeation & Transfer
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35 years (5 years construction + 30 years Operation)
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Can be extended to another 25 years
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After 35 years, entire structure incl: Track, Corridors, Station
Buildings etc, Rolling stock, Malls etc should be transferred to State
Government i.e., Telangana.
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Central Metro Act extended to Hyderabad city.
Salient features
1. Three Corridors -69 KM
2. Corridor 1 – Red Line - From Miyapur to LB Nagar -29 KM
3. Corridor 2 – Green Line –
From MGBS – Mahatma Gandhi Bus Stand to JBS – Jubilee Bus Stand – 11 KM
4. Corridor 3 – Blue Line –
Nagole to Raidurg – 29 KM
5. Concessionaire (the
holder of a concession or grant, especially for the use of land or commercial
premises or for trading rights.) is LTMRHL – Larsen & Toubro Metro Rail Hyderabad
Limited. It is a SPV – Special Purpose
Vehicle
6. Eco friendly, fully
automated and best-in-class transportation, reduction of carbon footprints
7. RBT – Regenerative Braking
Technology
8. CBTC – Communication Based
Train Control technology – virtually one train can speak to another train
9. Comfortable Air Conditioned coaches
10. HMRL – Hyderabad Metro Rail
Limited, a Govt of Telangana enterprise
11. Every KM (approx) –
One Station
12. Automatic ticket vending
machines - reducing waiting time in queues and counters.
13. Automatic fare collection
system - hassle free entry and exit from the stations.
Partners
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Operations &
Maintenance – Keolis (Paris based
organisation- World leaders in public transport business)
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Rolling Stock
(Coaches) - Hyundai Rotem of South Korea
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Communications –
Thales, Portugal
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Signal & Train
Control – Thales, Canada
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Ballast less Track – Tata
Corus (France), Voest Alpine (Austria) & Vossloh (Germany)
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Automatic Fare
Collection (AFC) – Samsung (South Korea)
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Elevators &
Escalators – OTIS (USA)
Green
Metro
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Reduce Carbon
footprint -10 thousand tons of CO2, 200
tonnes of volatile organic compounds & 12 tonnes of particulate matter are
eliminated
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Efficient power
consumption
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Rainwater harvesting –
One lakh litres of water per day is recycled
- One ton of waste paper per year is recycled. Thus saves
23 trees per year.
Financials:
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Total Estimated Cost –
Rs. 14.132 Crores
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Central Govt support
through VGF – Viability Gap Fund – Rs. 1458 Crores
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Amount spent by State
Govt. i.e., Telangana - Rs. 3000 Crores
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Revenue Model - TOD – Transit Oriented Development
A. Passenger fares – 50 %
B. Retail Malls (as TOD) -40 % (57 acres given by State Govt on lease basis)
C. Advertisements & stalls at Stations – 5%
Status of Metro trains – World over
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Approx 200 Metro Trains in Cities worldwide
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Out of that, only 4 are in profits (Tokyo,
Taipei, Singapore & Hongkong)
Prominent features of Rolling Stock
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3 Cars Train set (can be extendable to 6 Cars
Train set)
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Maximum Design Speed – 90 kmph
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Maximum Operating Speed – 80 kmph
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Average Speed – 33 kmph
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Dwell/Halt time at Station – 20 Seconds
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Energy regeneration during electro dynamic braking
Timeline
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Conceived in 2007 (HMR formed)
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Agreement with L&T – 2010
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First Corridor started – 2017 (28th
November)
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Last Corridor started – 2020 (7th
February)