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1 Lucknow metro

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3 interview with mr nalin jain, ge

4 interview with mr NATH , TALGO

5 ABB WINS ORDER TO SUPPLY 1600 TRANSFORMERS

6 UPDATE FROM MR HARSH DHINGRA , BOMBARDIER

7 INTERVIEW WITH MR RASMI R. RAY

8 Indian Railways and the Base of the Income Pyramid

9 High Speed Rail Business & Financial Model

10 evolving market for FRP IN Metros & railways

11 Setting the wheels in motion for reducing overhauls

12 Insights : Experience on Projects in india

13 THE LAUNCH OF THE EUROPEAN SOFTWARE FOR THE READING OF TRAIN EVENT RECORDS

14 aCHIEVEMENTS OF iNDIAN rAILWAYS IN LAST TWO YEARS

15 Urban mobility india 2016

16 Year of Swiss Innovation in India

17 TESTIMONIALS & HIGHLIGHTS

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Lucknow Metro - project

September 27, 2014 : The commencement of Civil Work started for the Lucknow Metro Rail.

The Lucknow Metro Rail project will prove to be a great alternative mode of transportation for the Lucknowites since approximately 94% of the registered vehicles in the city are private. The growing population of Lucknow and the huge traffic problems has called for transforming the private convey-ance to public transport.

Lucknow metro project is the most expensive project of public transport in Uttar Pradesh. It costs around INR 6,928 Crore (US $ 1 billion) in the construction of Phase I. The first lane is expected to be operational by December 2016 and the Phase II will be started in 2018.There will be having two routes, from North to South and East to West. The total length of North-South corridor is 22.878 kilometres which starts at Amausi to Munshi Pulia.

The East-West corridor starts at Charbagh Railway Station and ends at Vasant Kunj. Both lines willintersect at Charbagh. An extension line from Indira Nagar – Gomti Nagar – Polytechnic Crossingwill extend it to Patrakarpuram, Gomti Nagar. The expected difference between the arrival of two trains at each station is 7 minutes which would be reduced to 5 and then 3 minutes in phases.After its completion, the Lucknow Metro is expected to be the fastest and most economical mode of rapid transit system in India.

History

Initially the Lucknow Metro Rail Project was planned to in-clude two corridors: North-South and East-West; and the Gomti Nagar link. The construction cost was estimated at Rs74.13 billion for North-South corridor, Rs48.79 billion for East-West corridor and Rs4.95 billion for Gomti Nagar link.

The North-South corridor was to connect Amausi airport to Munshipulia and cover a distance of 23 kilometres (14 mi), including 19.051 km elevated (11.838 mi), 0.774 kilometres ramp and 3.053 kilometres underground (0.481 mi and 1.897 mi underground). This corridor will have a total 22 stations including 19 overhead and 3 underground. The elevated stations would have included the Airport terminal, Amausi, Transport Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Singaar Nagar, Alambagh, ISBT, Mawaiya, Durgapuri, Charbagh, KD Singh Babu Stadi-um. This shall be followed by an underground section that will include Hussain Ganj, Sachivalaya (Uttar Pradesh Secretar-iat), Hazratganj. Here after, the track will be elevated again, stations in the sequence are Lucknow University, IT College, Mahanagar, Badshahnagar, Lekhraj Market, Ramsagar Mish-ra Nagar, Indira Nagar and a new terminus Munshi Pulia.

For the Gomti Nagar link, the train coming from the airport terminal was to be diverted towards Gomti Nagar at the Indira Nagar trisection Polytechnic crossing along an elevated route. The planned stations were Indira Nagar Trisection, West End Mall [Waves Multiplex], Gomti Nagar & Patrakarpuram.

The East-West corridor was planned to connect the Lucknow railway station at Charbagh to Vasantkunj on Hardoi Road and have a total length of 11 km (6.8 mi), including 4.29 km el-evated (2.67 mi), 0.5 km ramp and 6.3 km underground (0.31 mi ramp and 3.9 mi underground). This corridor was to have 12 stations including seven underground and five overhead. The stations at Lucknow Railway Station (Charbagh), Gau-tam Buddha Marg, Aminabad, Pandeyganj, Chattrapati Sha-huji Maharaj Medical University (King George Medical Uni-versity) and Niwazganj were to be below ground level, and an elevated section for the Thakurganj, Balaganj, Sarfarazganj, Moosabagh and the Vasant Kunj terminal stations.

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The designed speed of metro would be 90 km/h (56 mph) while the scheduled speed would be 34 km/h (21 mph) for North-South corridor and 32 km/h (20 mph) for East-West cor-ridor. There would be only one depot at Vasant Kunj spread over a land measuring 20 hectares (49 acres). The Amausi Depot has been done away because of its proximity to the Airport and the subsequent reasons of security and safety.

In 2013, the Department of Urban Planning did away with the two-corridor layout and recommended a dense network

of metro connectivity in Lucknow. The entire route has been proposed to be built overhead. Due to this, the overall cost of the project will go up due to an expanded network, the oper-ating cost per km will be reduced. This is because the cost of constructing one km of overhead track is 1.8 billion (US$27 million) as compared to 5.5 billion (US$82 million) for an un-derground track. Also, an underground track consumes much more energy and is less safe. There is also a proposal to start a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) as a feeder service to the metro.

The routes for running of metro rail are as given below

The state government and the central government provid-ed funds for Lucknow Metro for first phase in the financial budget of 2014–2015 and 2015–2016.[citation needed] The state government provided funds for initial stage of surveys and construction of Headquarter of Lucknow Metro in 2012 and 2013 also. Lucknow Metro got clearance from PIB in De-cember 2015.[citation needed] central government and state government ratio is 75/25 %.

Rolling stock

On 5 October 2015, French Engineering Firm Alstom bagged over 150 million euro contract to provide train coaches to Luc-know Metro. Lucknow Metro will initially have 20 train sets of 4 car each making a total of 80 cars. The trains will be manufac-tured indigenously at Sricity plant of Alstom India.

• 2.90 m wide modern rolling stock with stainless steel

body.• Axle load - 16 T• Seating arrangement - Longitudinal• Capacity of 6 coach unit - 1574 Passengers• Class of accommodation – One

Signaling

Alstom has won the contract of providing signaling and train-sets for Lucknow Metro. The system will make use of advance signaling based on CBTC, Alstom will be installing its state of art Urbalis signaling system based on CBTC. The system will be designed with 100s headway in mind.

Design of metro coach

French multinational Alstom is manufacturing the Metro train at its facility in South India. The front of the Metro has been conceived to portray the essence of some of Lucknow’s most iconic monuments, including Bara Imambara, Asifi mosque and the Roomi Gate, which is the signature edifice of the city. The Metro train’s exterior livery in golden hue is inspired by the traditional Chikankari craft of Lucknow. The blending of black in front is inspired from the modern feel of Hazratganj, Lucknow’s main commercial hub in the heart of city. Name of stations will be displayed in Hindi, Urdu and English on LCD screen.

Automatic fare collection (AFC)

An Indian firm and a Czech company were awarded the con-tract for providing the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system for the North-South corridor of Lucknow Metro in May 2016.

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22 22.878 CCS Interna-tional Airport

Munshi Pulia Alstom 1435mm

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Planned 12 11.098 Charbagh Rail-way Station

Vasant Kunj NA 1435mm

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Metro stations

North-South Corridor

• Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport• Amausi• Transport Nagar• Krishna Nagar• Singaar Nagar• Alambagh• Alambagh ISBT• Mawaiya• Durgapuri• Lucknow Charbagh Railway Station• Hussain Ganj• Sachivalaya• Hazratganj• KD Singh Babu Stadium• Lucknow University• IT Chauraha• Badshahnagar

• Lekhraj Market• Ramsagar Mishra Nagar• Indira Nagar• Munshi Pulia

East-West Corridor

• Gautam Buddha Marg• Aminabad• Pandeyganj• Lucknow City Railway Station• Medical College Chauraha• Nawazganj• Thakurganj• Balaganj• Sarfarazganj• Musabagh• Vasant Kunj

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LATEST METRO UPDATES 2016

18 Nov 2016 : Passengers To Get 4G Internet By The Year End9 Nov 2016 : Auto Aggregator “Jugnoo” to tie-up with Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation 13 Aug 2016 : Rs. 13,488-cr (US$

2015.86 million) Vizag Metro Project to be unique one in PPP21 Sep 2016 : Centre Proposes Special Packages for Metro Rail Projects

31 Aug 2016 : Delhi Metro to exe-cute Amaravati Metro Rail Project5 Sep 2016 : Land Acquisition process for Vijayawada metro to be expedited

28 Oct 2016 : Kolkata Metro plan-ning to increase revenue from private advertisements13 Oct 2016 : Joka-Majerhat Metro to be commissioned by 2018

19 Nov 2016 : New 18 km Under-ground Metro System Proposed in the Millennium City30 Sep 2016 : Metro stations get ‘new’ names

21 Nov 2016 : Lucknow Metro Ready To Roll Out On Tracks, Coaches Arrived at Depot7 Nov 2016 : Trial Run for Lucknow Metro to start from Dec 1.

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28 oCT 2016 : Land Acquisition for Metro Project in Thiruvananthapur-am and Kozhikode to speed up10 Oct 2016 : BMRCL inks pact with Candor for incubation centre

20 Oct 2016 : Greater Noida Metro Update: Parking Spaces Identified For 21 Metro Stations19 Oct 2016 : DMRC To Provide Consistent Integration Between Two Metro stations Of Different corridors

24 Aug 2016 : Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and DMRC officials meet for Land Acquisition issues for Chan-digarh Metro 27 Sep 2016 : Chandigarh Metro: people’s dream but not easy

23 Nov 2016 : Metro Fare To Be Finalised on November 3015 Nov2016 : Metro to get INR 1,350 Crore From AFD

19 Nov 2016 : NMRCL & NMC Jointly Decided to Reroute the City Buses After Metro Starts Running11 Nov 2016 : INR 970 Cr Loan Agreement Between AFD and Nag-pur Metro

21 Nov 2016 : Metro Stations To Get Sharing Autos25 Oct 2016 : Mumbai Metro ties up with Ola cab for last-mile connectiv-ity

19 Nov 2016 : Begumpet Station to be a Special Station for Hyderabad Metro Rail7 Oct 2016 : Committed To Com-plete US$ 2444.03 Million Hyder-abad Metro Project - Larsen & Toubro

17 Nov 2016 : DMRC plans housing project at Janakpuri after Okhla3 2 Oct 2016 : JICA Likely To Fund Delhi Metro’s Phase IV Project

15 Nov 2016 : City’s Biggest Under-ground Transit Hub Near Completion11 Nov 2016 : Metro Depot To Come Up Near Wimco Nagar Railway Station

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Aside from the project in Marhowra (more on that later), what are the other projects in Railways in India, GE is presently engaged in? GE Transportation has been working with Indian Railways (IR) for many years. We have been a regular supplier to Indian Railways for different engine parts for conventional as well as HHP Diesel Electric locomotives. Some of these products are manufactured in our Multi-modal facility in Pune which is one of GE’s most advanced factories in the world.

We continue to work with IR on opportunities to upgrade and modernize its current fleet of diesel-electric locomotives for better fuel efficiency, maintenance and emissions. GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming in-dustry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. We are making signif-icant investments in digital technologies which will help the industry to optimize assets usage and networks.

We have wing to wing capabilities in this space from data sensing, storage, analytics to decision making. Moreover, we are engaged with IR on several such digital initiatives which will help improve performance of trains and its safety. Some examples of the digital initiatives that can help IR to fulfill its goals for some of the missions launched earlier this year such as mission speed and safety are Distributed Pow-er Control System (LOCOTROL), Trip Optimizer, Condition based monitoring system, Driving assistance system for loco drivers through terrain imaging, optical detection and radar

technologies (Trinetra project) and rail integrity monitoring. Additionally, we are aligned with the government’s “Make in India” efforts through local manufacturing facilities. Besides the locomotive factory in Marhowra we are making invest-ments in manufacturing in our Pune facility dedicated to IR needs.

We are also in active discussions with IR on some of the new PPP projects being explored by IR for manufacturing of solu-tions such as traction alternators, rehabilitation of traction mo-tors etc.

Now, about the Mega project in Marhowra, how is the project coming about? Please tell us what is the exact scope of the project? The scope of the project is to supply 1000 diesel locomotives to Indian Railways over a 10-year period. In addition, the con-

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH Nalin Jain, President and CEO, South AsiaGE Transportation

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Nalin Jain leads GE’s Transportation and Aviation businesses in South Asia region. Addi-tionally, he has recently assumed the responsibility of coordinating the activities related to integration of Alstom with GE in India region.

He joined GE Aviation in 2005 as Director Sales and was promoted to lead the GE Avia-tion business in 2008.

Under his leadership, the Aviation business made significant gains in the region and established a strong footprint for GE. He assumed additional responsibility for GE Trans-portation’s business in India in 2012.

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tract requires GE to set up a locomotive manufacturing facto-ry at Marhowra, in Bihar, two diesel locomotive maintenance sheds one each at Roza, Uttar Pradesh and at Gandhidham, Gujarat along with delivering maintenance services for 500 diesel locomotives. The project is progressing well and has met some of its key milestones to date.

By when is the Marhowra project expected to be completed? What have been the challenges as far as the Timeline and Scheduling are concerned with the project? The Marhowra factory is planned to be operational by Febru-ary 2019, though we are working to advance the timeline. We completed the process of all approvals from the State Gov-ernment of Bihar and selection of an EPC company. We also broke ground for the construction of the factory on 6th June 2016. To support the site construction activities, we have opened our office in Patna. The good monsoon we had this year slowed the progress but now we have accelerated the construction to adjust the schedule.

Groundbreaking for the first locomotive maintenance shed at Roza (U.P.) was undertaken on 6th October 2016. The con-struction at Roza site is now on schedule for the maintenance shed to be commissioned by end of 2017.

The manufacturing and services process at our Marhowra factory and at Roza maintenance shed will be digitally en-abled. The state-of the art locomotive design and supplier de-velopment activities are also progressing as planned.

Also, majority of the locomotive design work is being carried out at our Bangalore research facility JFWTC in active con-sultation with RDSO. We expect to start assembling the first locomotive in our US factory by March 2017. While we have had a few hiccups in the last one year but with an empowered local execution team on the ground and pro-active support from Indian Railways as well as the Bihar state government we have not had any serious challenges so far. The key to overcome any challenge remains clear alignment of processes and speed of decision making. A monthly review

rhythm with all stakeholders has helped. What is your strategy for Vendor Development in India? What has been the response of the local companies so far to supply for the project? GE has a mature global supply chain to source components for its locomotives to deliver best in class quality and cost within the contracted schedule. We also develop local manu-facturing capabilities and local vendor base as appropriate to achieve project goals.

Even today, a lot of Indian suppliers are part of the GE global supply chain needs across our businesses such as energy connections, healthcare, power, oil & gas, aviation, and trans-portation. We have been very satisfied with our Indian suppli-ers and the volumes continue to grow. Moreover, with the Locomotive project, this effort has further intensified. We have encouraged some of our global suppliers to set up base in India to support our requirement on this project.

For the Indian vendors, we had organized a Supplier Meet where we invited over 300 local companies to share our ex-pectations and encourage them to participate in the locomo-tive project.

The response from Indian suppliers has been overwhelming. Since then we have gone through a rigorous supplier selec-tion process and have signed several contracts with Indian vendors while others are still under negotiation.

In addition, we will also be using our own Multi-modal facility in Pune to manufacture some of the components and this fa-cility is right now getting tooled up to start production.

What is the general process and time schedule it takes for any company in India to enlist themselves as a Vendor for your project? Our readers, many of the manufacturers of Rail components in India would be keen to know how to approach GE for the possibility of being their vendor and what are the opportunities presently available and in future? We use our proven global process to ensure we work with companies that can deliver quality products at competitive prices. The process includes audits by our experts for quality, compliance, engineering and reviews of company, financial and operations information.

For a capable supplier, we could complete the basic enroll-ment in a few days, then launch the product qualification – the duration depends on the type/complexity of the product. At GE, vendor development is an ongoing process and we will continue to look at new suppliers as our needs and supplier capabilities grow.

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Lastly, in Global Rail Landscape, what are the projects GE is presently working on and how do you view the Rail Land-scape in India by 2030? GE Transportation is a global technology leader in the rail in-dustry, providing freight and passenger locomotives, as well as rail services to help solve the world’s toughest rail chal-lenges.

As a principal manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives and industry-changing innovations such as the Evolution Series Tier 4 Locomotive, PowerHaul Series Locomotive and Next-fuel™ Natural Gas Retrofit Kits, we develop world-class solu-tions that serve global transportation needs.

Our innovations help customers deliver goods and services with greater speed and savings using our advanced manufac-turing techniques and connected machines. Our digital solu-tions, which provide data-driven insights to improve efficiency, utilize Predix which is GE’s cloud-based operating system for the Industrial Internet. With the government’s plan to invest close to $140B over 5 years in infrastructure and modernization, we expect a major transformation in the rail landscape in times to come. In fact, in the last couple years it has already started taking shape. We see Indian Railways more open to private sector invest-ment and technology as it tries to catch up on modernization of its rolling stock and infrastructure.

Further, with the lines between physical and digital world blur-

ring, Indian Railways has a unique opportunity to solve some of its efficiency and productivity challenges by transitioning to more digital solutions in its operations and maintenance activities.

We foresee that the Indian Railways’ focus on network decon-gestion, higher network velocity, improving asset utilization, energy costs etc. will help it regain its share in the freight mar-ket. In the future, we may also see private railroad operators entering the Indian market and using the Indian railways infra-structure offering higher benefits to the customer.

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How do you feel, after intense effort and perseverance , Talgo has got a start in India? How much time and pre-planning did it require to achieve this success? What has been the final feedback and result of the Trials from the perspective of the Indian Railways?

I joined Talgo January 2011. Since then we have had many meetings at different levels in Indian Railway, RDSO, RITES and other sister concerns of Indian Railway.

After years of effort it was clear that we have to do a field trial

to demonstrate the technological advantage of Talgo Trains. We were always confident of our product and sure that Talgo is the best solution for Indian railway towards its plan of high speed and modernization.

The trial was years of hard work and involvement of a lot of Indian Railway personnel and Talgo personnel.

But in the end the train has performed and proved what we claimed. Indian Railway is very happy with the trials and the performance of algo train.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW With Mr Subrat Nath , Director, Talgo - Asia Pacific

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After Our Previous Interaction with Mr Subrat Nath in August 2016 during the Trials of Talgo , Rail Analysis India Team reached out again after the Trials to share His Fresh Perspective on bringing Talgo train in India and the present and future strategy of Talgo .

Talgo, A Spanish manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high speed passenger trains, is widely acknowl-edged worldwide for its capacity for innovation, its technology, quality and reliability .

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Going further , What are the next milestones you have set to build on your presence in India?

We are looking at short term and long term activities in India. In short term we will like Indian Railway to have few Talgo trains as soon as possible to operate on its existing infrastruc-ture such that people don’t wait for long.

These trains will come from Spain and will be similar to train that has done the trial but with equal passenger capacity like Indian Railway trains. Our long term plan is to make in India. Not only make in India but a train designed for India keeping in mind all the requirements of Indian Railway and users.

It was mentioned in the News , that Talgo expects Indian Rail-way to place a minimum order of Rs.3000 Crore to make it viable to get to work , how is it so ?

We are flexible for the order quantity. Indian Railway had plans to establish Aluminum coach factory which is a good idea be-cause Aluminum is not only lighter and environmental friendly but it also has no corrosion problem which is important for a country with conditions like India.

What are the modifications that will be required to roll out the Talgo coaches on Indian Tracks?

As you know the trials have been successful so the technolo-gy is proven and no need of changes in technology required. But we are working on some changes like wider coaches with higher passenger capacity and passenger comfort keeping in mind the requirement of both Indian Railway and its users.

Incase Talgo sets up its manufacturing unit in India, what is your strategy for Vendor Development in India? What are the expectations from the Local suppliers in India?

We have already started working on local suppliers. India has a well-developed supplier network for Rail coach manufactur-ing. Talgo technology is based on a simple mechanical design therefore major parts of the coaches can be sourced locally.

What is the general process and time schedule it takes for any company in India to enlist themselves as A Vendor for Your project?

Talgo has an efficient purchasing department that works pro-actively. The vendor registration process is stringent and the CSR and Quality procedures have to be followed. There are many Indian companies that will full fill the requirements.

“ India is home to a big pool of bright and talented Engineers. We want to take advantage of it and start manufacturing in India for India and also to export from here. This will make us compet-itive too. ”

Besides the Talgo coaches , What additional developments you would like to see in the Railways in India?

Under the able guidance of our PM Mr. Narendra Modi and Minister Suresh Prabhu India Railway has poised for a mas-sive overhaul.

I am very optimistic with the intentions and the steps taken by the Government to improve passenger comfort and safety. In few years we will start seeing the implemented changes and high quality passenger experience.

Lastly, how could Rail Analysis India help you, if you set up your manufacturing unit in India?

Rail Analysis is the most popular and growing magazine of the sector.

The wide geographical penetration of this magazine in the Railway sector is the best way to pass on the message to the operator, suppliers, users and young Indians in future all of which is the key to have a successful establishment in India.

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ABB wins order to supply 1600 transformers to support railway expansion in India

Compact and reliable traction transformers to boost railways and support economic growth

ABB has won an order from Alstom to supply 1600 traction transformers for 800 new electric freight locomotives in India. The new locomotives will expand Indian Railways’ capacity, easing congestion on busy routes for both freight and passen-ger services. The transformers will be manufactured locally in ABB’s Vadodara facility in the western Indian state of Gujarat, supporting the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative to en-courage manufacturing in the country.

Indian Railways operates the largest rail network in Asia, and is the world’s second-largest rail network operated under single management. The company moves more than 12,500 trains and 23 million passengers daily, equivalent to the pop-ulation of Australia.

ABB will supply 25 kilovolt (kV)/50 hertz (Hz) underframe trac-tion transformers for the 800 locomotives (2 units per loco-motive). The compact transformers are designed for the most demanding conditions, including extreme temperatures and voltage fluctuations. They will support heavy freight loads over long distance haulage under rigorous conditions, including

steep inclines.

“ABB has been supplying traction transformers for Alstom’s electrical locomotives for more than a decade and this order confirms our position as a supplier of choice and a reliable long-term technology partner,” said Claudio Facchin, presi-dent of ABB’s Power Grids division. “These state-of-the-art transformers will be locally manufactured and are an example of how ABB delivers differentiated customer value by leverag-ing its technology strengths and global footprint, as part of our Next Level strategy.”

Traction transformers feed power at safe voltages to essen-tial train functions like traction, brakes, lighting, heating and ventilation, as well as passenger information, signaling and communication. Used by rail operators around the globe, ABB traction transformers are manufactured at its plants in Swit-zerland, India and China, and provide the highest levels of availability and reliability for uninterrupted train service.

ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology lead-er in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing more than a 125-year history of innovation, ABB today is writ-ing the future of industrial digitalization and driving the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 135,000 employees.

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Building the Future TogetherBy : mr hARSH DHINGRABombardier Transportation

We look far ahead to see and shape the future of mobility. Our goal is to continuously find better ways to bridge distances and bring people together. Across cities, countries and the globe. This is our passion says Harsh Dhingra, Chief Country Representative, India, Bombardier Transportation

The Evolution of Mobility is about creating better ways to move the world. Bombardier is mobilizing the future in more than 60 different countries and investing in communities around the globe to break new ground. After all, The Evolution of Mobility is all about what’s next.

For most large businesses today, sustainable long term growth continues to be one of the toughest challenges. Companies continue to struggle with ways and means to grow organic top line growth, and it’s surely not easy. While many factors may help drive such growth, ‘innovation’ that’s driven by how best we can move cities, and one that creates value for citizens of cities is a definite way to do so.

Never before have human beings been required to process as much information as we do today. This applies, in particular, to the transport sector. In our industry, all market players have to make the right decisions in an increasingly complex world. Here, a crucial prerequisite is the ability to reduce complexity down to the essentials and draw the right conclusions from this wealth of data. Customer focus, efficiency and reliabili-ty are the three core competencies that we have repeatedly demonstrated over the years as a global technology leader. We have the competence and know-how to guarantee to our

customers, both efficient and sustainable operations of your products.

And our services don’t end with commissioning: we also run these systems and maintain them. As a complete system pro-vider, Bombardier efficiently and effectively manages com-plex transportation system projects with multiple suppliers and partners – we are a one stop provider. Across all trans-portation sectors there is always a clear demand for improv-ing safety, availability and reliability as well as a need to drive significant reductions in whole life asset costs and enhance customer service. Bombardier has the most complete ser-vices portfolio which are modular and can be tailored to meet any customer need. This is how we use our expertise to help minimize the operating costs over the entire lifetime of the vehicles.

Today, countries and governments all across the globe are confronted with similar challenges: urbanization, pollution, digitalization, and population growth, particularly in emerging markets. Rail is already playing a key role in solving these is-sues but it can do more. At Bombardier Transportation, invent-ing better ways to move people in and between cities is at the heart of everything we do. Finding the right mobility solutions to our customers’ challenges is what drives us.Digitalisation: Shaped to Perfection

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Digital technologies are revolutionizing many industries. Bom-bardier, too, is taking advantage of virtual reality to launch its vehicles on the market more quickly and to accelerate product development.

No matter whether it’s an industrial plant or a train: it is only when all components work together perfectly that the whole system is able to run smoothly. The sooner errors are detect-ed, the better – a fact that also applies to prototypes. Today, the production of expensive advance models can be greatly improved by using virtual test runs. This way, development and installation steps can be accelerated, optimized or done away with entirely.

We ensure product quality meets customer needs by devel-oping the standardized methodology and tools across the global organization. In the end, we can view the developed vehicle on high resolution ‘powerwalls’ – and even touch it. This innovative technology enables our team, as well as at management levels, to make considerably more precise and quicker decisions in real time and in different locations around the globe.

Virtual manufacturing uses simulated manufacturing process-es and computer models. Before it existed, design technology was focused more on the concept. Now, virtual manufacturing allows designers to create a 3-D model of a product and to also virtually test the efficiency of its performance.

We recently launched the BOMBARDIER MOVIA Maxx high capacity metro to the global rail industry at the InnoTrans 2016 trade fair in Berlin and visitors got a peak of the product through virtual reality system. More and more, Bombardier is using a captivating virtual reality technology to showcase how its broad portfolio of solutions addresses the mobility chal-lenges faced by cities and societies around the globe.

High capacity for growing citiesThree major considerations when choosing any rail system are capacity, cost and time to build. Metro systems provide

the highest capacity, moving more than 50,000 passengers per hour per direction (pphpd) on a single line. Monorail typi-cally provides capacity up to 40,000 pphpd and APM’s have a similar capacity range to monorail.

According to the UITP, by late 2014, there were 157 cities with metro systems across the world, with 53 added since 2000 and in 2016, some 2,710 km of metro lines are under construction. This trend for metros is expected to continue, especially in Asia. As an example, the government of India is encouraging cities of over two million citizens to develop mass transit systems. This translates into a healthy market for approximately 3,000 metro cars in the next five years for India alone.

Metro networks are unrivalled in terms of high capacity and convenience. Bombardier metros are renowned all over the world for their appealing designs, attractive lighting concepts, safety features and spacious interiors as demonstrated in London, Singapore and Delhi.

The affordability of a metro system is, more than ever, a vi-tal precondition. Low lifecycle costs are part of the recently launched MOVIA Maxx metro’s appeal with consideration giv-en to best value for money in terms of passenger capacity, ac-quisition costs, energy consumption, reliability and availability. Large passenger loads is this metro’s key strength. Capacity is up to 374 passengers per car, that’s almost 3,000 passen-gers per eight-car train. A scalable carbody design concept enables this train to be easily adapted to system infrastructure without extensive reengineering. Fast and efficient connectiv-ity is essential for speeding up journey times for passengers. Up to four wide doors per side improve dwell time at stations. Proven energy efficient propulsion technology enables rapid acceleration and deceleration for fast journey times. The MO-VIA Maxx metro is a robust solution designed to revolutionise commuting in Asia’s cities and meeting the need for people to travel around their cities quickly, efficiently and comfortably.

At Bombardier Transportation, we believe that today’s mobility challenges are best solved together. We have been creating better ways to move cities for over a century and understand that collaboration and dialogue are the only ways to add value for operators, cities and passengers. By sharing this journey together, our mobility solutions create substantial benefits for cities, societies, operators, passengers and the environment.



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Interview with : The Head of Rail Control Solutions

Bombardier Transportation , India

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Q. How do you feel now after working with all the Major Rail-Car Manufacturing companies from all over the world? How was your experience? How did you start your journey ?

Having had the opportunity to work with large rail companies, I feel an integral part of rail industry which is shaping the mo-bility needs of billions in cities across the world.Having worked with various global conglomerates in differ-ent geographic locations like UK, Italy, Australia and France, I have had the opportunity to work on some of the prestigious projects worldwide on mainline, mass transit rail systems and mining projects. Rail sector has changed immensely in the last two decades with major focus today on digitalization.

Q. What are your viewpoints on the current work of Delhi Met-ro? What can the Other Metros in India learn from it?

India has the fourth largest rail network in the world and we at Bombardier are pleased with the efforts of Indian Railways and Metro rail organisations to modernize the rail transporta-tion in India.

When we met the Prime Minister of India earlier this year, he mentioned that Railways is one of the sectors leading his “Make in India” program and appreciated the efforts of Bom-bardier to deliver his vision on “Make in India”

The Metro rail system in India’s capital Delhi, has changed the city beyond recognition in the last few years. In Delhi, landmarks and important buildings are identified by their closeness to Metro pillar numbers. Where once existed bar-ren stretches of land is now home to vast flourishing market places, the scene of hectic commerce and business, where people seek to build fortunes.

Delhi Metro showed India how metro trains can improve mo-bility in the city and is considered as a role model for other cities in India to follow and match.

Bombardier is proud to be associated with Delhi Metro and we decided to set up a factory in Savli, Gujarat, India to meet the requirement of Delhi Metro when we received the order of 340 metro cars from Delhi Metro.

Today, we are proud to say that Bombardier trains operate on two lines of Delhi metro system managing almost 50% of their current total average ridership of 3 million passengers a day on the network.

In just eight years, our fleet in Delhi of 614 metro cars has accumulated more than 460 million kms with each car trav-eling more than 800,000 kms which is approximately 1,200 times the distance from moon to earth in just 8 years. The latest train order of 162 metro cars will increase the number of DMRC’s existing fleet of BOMBARDIER MOVIA metros from 614 to 776 and make it one of the largest Bombardier metro fleet in the world.

Mr Rasmi R Ray is currently the Head of Rail Control Solutions business for Bombar-dier Transportation in India , with over 20 years of experience in business operations, Project / Program management, business development and consulting experience across multiple industries at various geographic locations worldwide. An electronic and telecommunications engineer from Orissa, He is an active member of Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), the IET and member of Australian Institute of Management (AIM).

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Our energy efficient trains have supported the city of Delhi to maintain improve mobility and manage pollutions levels, provided effective public transport during the 2010 Common-wealth Games in New Delhi and have contributed in Delhi Metro receiving UN carbon credits, a world first for a metro project.

Bombardier has been investing in India for over 50 years. Bombardier has well-established manufacturing operations, engineering capabilities, supplier base and over 2000 highly skilled employees in India.

Mass Transit systems in over 50 cities by 2020, moderniza-tion of Indian Railways network, plans for semi-high speed and high speed trains offer a huge potential to further opti-mize the Indian transport system. With procurement outlook of around 3000 metro cars and 20 signaling lines in the 5 years, we see huge potential to actively collaborate of Indian Prime Minister’s Make in India campaign.

As per recent media reports, FDI inflows in India have in-creased by 37% in the last 17 months. In 2015,India beat China to become the top FDI destination in the Asia Pacific, with some USD 63 billion worth of investments coming in. These figures substantiate the trust and confi-dence people across the globe have in India and are very critical for the success of “Make in India”.

Bombardier also supports the Indian Government’s vision on ‘Skill India’ with locally-grown talent now delivering projects for both India and export, as well as supporting the ‘Clean India Movement’ by regularly arranging clean up drives in Va-dodara, India.

Bombardier as a leading rail technology provider can offer the infrastructure for innovations and state-of the-art railway solutions in India.

Bombardier offers the broadest portfolio of rail vehicles and technologies in the industry and can offer individual solutions

for all markets. Focusing on the most pressing public trans-port challenges in India, Bombardier offers all products need-ed for a comprehensive transport system – from metros and LRVs as well as APM and Monorails to regional commuter and high speed trains.

For cities and airports, Bombardier’s driverless systems can help to develop state-of the-art rail solutions in India.

In terms of other metro operators in India, issues related to funding and administration needs to be sorted for them to match the scale and size of Delhi Metro in the near future. In this regard, I have to comment that Ministry of Urban De-velopment and Ministry of Railways are doing a great job in supporting metro operators across India. With cities over pop-ulation over 2 million are encouraged to build mass transit systems, there is a huge potential in India for companies like Bombardier.

Q. As far as the Signaling market in Railways in India is con-cerned, what are the present practices and how are they dif-ferent from the Railway System in Japan, China or Europe?

As a global rail transportation company , we try to differentiate our product and service offering and add value to our cus-tomers across the globe. Bombardier’s pioneering advances in Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) systems are supporting system optimisation and upgrades globally, pro-viding a new dimension in overlay capability and tackling the capacity challenge.

In India, for signaling solutions, major focus will be on Bom-bardier’s portfolio of moving block, radiobased CITYFLO CBTC solutions for high density systems in cities around the world such as those delivered in Madrid, Shenzhen and Tian-jin and soon to start operation in Delhi and Kuala Lumpur.As a leader and for Bombardier to stay on top in India, we will offer wide range of products and services to mainline and metro operators. We intend to bring new skills into the organisation, to manage the various engineering capabilities collaboratively to develop the portfolio and competencies of tomorrow.We also plan to ensure that product development takes plac-es at the right time to stay ahead in the competitive rail in-dustry.

Going forward, we need to understand the mega trends in passenger communities, as they have a major impact on the way people manage their mobility. There are two significant patterns.

First, people are moving more. The second consideration, linked to this, is that they are making their individual decisions on how to travel far more quickly, which means the shape of competition is changing dramatically and that time to react is shorter. This is why we – as a sector – need to act with a

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sense of urgency to offer continuous improvement to custom-ers and passengers.

Q. On which projects are you working on yet? How many proj-ects have you completed since you are working in Bombar-dier? What are the biggest projects that had worked upon in

your career so far?

Since the early 1990’s, Bombardier has been at the forefront of advances in European Rail Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS) and CBTC. Bombardier´s CBTC solutions use a moving block (CITYFLO 650) or virtual block (CITYFLO 450) operation which allows trains to run closer to each other com-pared to a fixed block system, and reduces the headway be-tween vehicles. In India, Bombardier has been providing rail

control solutions for more than 29 years. Our presence and projects include:

• Rail Control Solutions India office at Gurgaon, Delhi NCR opened in 2014 to support various India and global proj-ects.

• Delivered Traffic Management Systems for Mumbai’s Western and Central Railways

• Bombardier is now Delhi Metro’s largest contractor for signaling and train control solutions with over 120 kms in service or in progress for delivery.

• Supporting Delhi Metro with Line 5&6 with extension and Line 7 projects.

• With 200 strong and experienced team based out of Gur-gaon, Delhi NCR, India team is supporting Delhi Metro




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to travel millions every day faster and in a more reliable manner.

I personally have been involved in executing more than 10 projects supporting operators across countries. I was involved in the 1st commercial implementation of the ERTMS Level 2 project for an Italian high-speed line, and system engineer-ing work for the West Coast Main Line ERTMS application in the United Kingdom which is really close to my heart. I’ve delivered largest rail signaling project for the mining industry in Australia

Q. What was your position while working for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation? And for which line of Delhi Metro you had worked? Tell us in brief about it?

• Bombardier is the Delhi Metro’s largest supplier of sig-naling systems and one of its largest suppliers of rolling stock with more than USD 1.2 BN worth of orders placed since 2007.

• Bombardier has delivered 614 BOMBARDIER MOVIA

metro cars with an additional order of 162 metro cars re-cently received from Delhi Metro, making it one of the largest operating fleet in the world for Bombardier.

• Bombardier has delivered or is in the process of deliver-ing signaling solutions for more than 120 track kilometers for Delhi Metro’s Lines 5 and 6 with extensions and Line 7.

For Line 7, Bombardier’s project scope covers the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the advanced, moving block, radio-based system for the 58.4km line.

This includes, both unattended and automatic train operating (UTO and ATO) modes. Bombardier’s semi- automatic train operation (STO) technology, the CITYFLO 350 solution, has been operating on Lines 5 and 6 since2010 and is currently being delivered for the extensions to both lines.



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Indian Railways and the Base of the Income Pyramid Recrafting this relationship for global dominanceBy : Dr. Hema A. Krishnan, Professor of Strategy & Global Business, Speaker, Writer. Williams College of Business, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.

Foreign and private investors are invited to reflect on these staggering statistics:

The Indian Railways services 8 billion passengers a year, moves 1.1 billion tons of freight per year, and is the fourth longest railway network in the world.

How these investors should build a mutually beneficial rela-tionship with the Base of the Income Pyramid (BOP), the crit-ical force in the Indian Railways ecosystem, is the premise of this essay.

Why the Base of the Income Pyramid mat-ters:

Towards the dawn of the 21st century, Asian giants India and China, freed from centuries of colonialism and isolation, be-gan to rewrite the economic and social global order.

Governments, Multinational organizations and other investors directed their efforts to the emerging middle income group of these nations, and as a result, this segment witnessed un-precedented growth and higher standards of living.

Today, the major focus for governments and organizations all over the world is the base of the income pyramid (BOP), which accounts for 4.5 billion of our planet’s human popula-tion, and as a potential customer, employee and entrepre-neur, represents this century’s biggest opportunity.

India’s share of the BOP population stands at approximately 800 million, with a disposable income estimated at $360 bil-lion, as per McKinsey studies.

The Indian Railways and BOP:

The institution poised to nurture, build and deliver on the BOP’s potential is the Indian Railways (IR).

Since its inception in 1840 during the British Raj era, the In-dian Railways has enjoyed a unique relationship with India’s BOP.

India’s BOP today resides in a democratic and secular nation and plays a critical role in the Indian Railways ecosystem as customer, employee, supplier, and entrepreneur.

Nurturing this ecosystem with the help of government, private and foreign investors, will uplift the economy and the eco-nomic and social lessons learned, will serve as best practices for the BOPs in Asia and Africa.

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Over a 25+ year career spanning the U.S. and India, Dr. Hema has delivered several key-notes in industry and academic institutions, in the areas of Strategy, Leadership, and Inter-national Business, in the U.S., India and Kenya.

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Railways Evolution since 1840:

The Indian Railways has been a dynamic force for the past 175 years. For the British Raj, the railways were their primary weapon for economic, political and military unification of the vast Indian subcontinent.

After India’s Independence, the Indian Railways was charged with integrating all their diverse assets and resources to help in decolonization, national integration, and nation building. The Indian Railways like other vital sectors of young India was nationalized.

As the democracy matured, the only efficient mode of trans-portation for all income segments until this century was the railways.

Heavy subsidies for passenger travel coupled with lack of funding for upgradation, modernization and innovation, and over population and unavailability of key inputs such as water and energy, resulted in poor safety and hygiene, lack of cus-tomer service, and losses in the passenger segment of IR’s

portfolio.

In the 1990s, India instituted liberalization policies which sig-naled opportunities for all sectors.

For Indian Railways, this meant an infusion of funds for mod-ernization and for the first time, customer centricity with its attributes of safety, hygiene, comfort and innovation, earned a place in IR’s strategic plan.

The IR can create a successful and profitable ecosystem if it formulates and executes a sound strategy with its key partner, the BOP. It can even exceed the predicted 2.5% GDP contri-bution to India if in addition to the government investment of rupees 8.5 crores, it can attract a large number of private and foreign investors into its ecosystem.

The following Table displays the multiple roles of the BOP- as customer, employee and supplier, and entrepreneur, sector opportunities as they relate to the BOP, and the scope for investments in this ecosystem.

BOP’s role in IR ecosystem

Sectors influenced by IR- BOP relationship

Government Investment in the ecosystem

Private and Foreign Investment scope in the ecosystem

Customer Infrastructure: Construction and Modernization AgricultureConsumer Goods TourismE-Commerce

Infrastructure: Construc-tion and Modernization Agriculture:(subsidies, Supply Chain Functions)E-commerce Education Health

Infrastructure: Construction, Modern-ization, state-of-art HSD, Premium trains, Metro; E-Commerce, IT, Data Analytics Micro financing Media & Advertising Education Health Tourism Consumer Goods

Employee and Supplier

As Labor force, direct and as third party labor pool: Manufac-turing: Railway Infrastructure, Construction Service: Platform operations, Infrastructure oper-ations, Hygiene, Safety, Food & Catering, Retailing, Entertain-ment, Media, Environmental sustainability including waste management

Railway Infrastructure, Construction, Informa-tion-technology (IT),Platform operations, Hy-giene and Safety Waste managementAgriculture

Direct employee and as a third party contract laborer in: Platform oper-ations, Infrastructure operations, Hygiene, Safety, Education, Food & Catering, Retailing, Entertainment, Media, Tourism, Environmental sus-tainability including waste manage-ment. Renewable energy

Entrepreneur Food & Catering Artisan and craft Waste management Plat-form services Retailing Agricul-ture- procurement, distribution, marketing, Tourism Consumer Goods, services E-commerce

Hygiene and Safety Waste management Construction Agriculture IT

BOP as a contractor in: E-Commerce Media and Advertising Retailing, Hy-giene and Safety, Food & Catering, Retailing and craft shops, Enter-tainment, Tourism, Environmental sustainability including waste man-agement, Renewable energy Micro-fi-nancing Advertising


The BOP as customer :

The Table on the earlier page reveals the role that the Indi-an government plays in all facets of the IR-BOP relationship. Under Mr. Modi’s leadership, processes and policies are be-coming more investor friendly as evidenced by the nod given recently for 100% direct FDI in this sector.

Railway construction and modernization of equipment, amal-gamation of the Internet, rail, air, road and ports, renewable energy expansion, and process innovations will further accel-erate.

To accelerate the pace of railway infrastructure development across all the 7,112 stations and corresponding routes in In-dia (Anuradha Jain, Rail Analysis), it is important for health and education companies to actively participate in this pro-cess by treating the BOP as a valued customer. Private and foreign investors should tap into the IR network’s physical spaces with further expansion of free health clinics, informa-tion kiosks and cybercafés to attract the BOP.

The BOP is also gravitating towards tourism and leisure in larger numbers. Private investors have an opportunity to cre-ate low budget quality accommodations within and along the railway premises.

This will complement the rapidly expanding retailing sector in the railway stations and create more A1 stations in the eco-system (Anuradha Jain: A1=station generating at least $8 mil-lion euros a year).

Agriculture is the major source of livelihood for a large num-ber of India’s BOP and they rely on the railways for buying and selling their produce. Greater private investment in re-frigerated freight trains and deeper and broader penetration of information technology across the expanse of the nation will create a more efficient system for farmers. India is treat-ed as a BOP innovation and research hub by Indian and for-eign multinational organizations. Since the Indian Railways continues to be the perfect conduit for distributing goods and

people, it is important to create a “formal BOP” hub which includes the IR.

The BOP as employee and supplier:

India has a large unorganized labor pool with the BOP ac-counting for much of this unorganized sector. There is limited data on what percentage of this pool is associated indirectly (through third party contractors) with the railways sector.

At 1.4 million direct employees- spanning all income seg-ments, IR is the second largest employer of India. This sta-tistic coupled with the 2% share (admittedly small relative to the 7% share for roads and bridges) that IR has received in total developmental expenditure since 1990s (Indian Railway News), the burgeoning Indian population and the 8 billion who travel by rail every year, reveal that millions of the BOP are employed in some form or the other in the railway sector.

The Table displays their possible occupations in the rail sec-tor. Healthcare and education opportunities for this pool, un-der the PPP umbrella (public private partnership), will lay the foundation for a better standard of living for India’s masses over time.

Waste removal and management has emerged as one of the most profitable yet dangerous sectors in the world. Private investment should be allowed in this sector with the mission to clean India, innovate India, and to create an India for all.

The ill-treatment of the labor class has been India’s curse. Particularly vulnerable are the under-aged children who are employed at and between railway stations.

Ensuring the BOP’s freedom, health and safety should be a government priority as should the enactment of labor laws, and the punishment for human rights violations. Private in-

vestment and the support of NGOs are especially critical for the children to ensure that they receive an opportunity for health and education. Here again, the vast IR network should be tapped in the PPP framework to create the infrastructure

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for non-traditional and part-time education.

The BOP as entrepreneur:

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of India’s BOP eke out a living as unorganized entrepreneurs in the railway net-work in Food & Catering, Platform Services, Waste manage-ment, Retailing, Artisan and craft sales, Agriculture- (procure-ment, distribution, marketing) and Consumer Goods sectors.

The biggest challenge for any entrepreneur is the availabili-ty of funding and secondly, the lack of accurate information.

Business acumen to succeed in his/her venture is also often lacking in budding entrepreneurs.

Banks and other financial institutions including micro loan in-stitutions and crowd funding should be willing to fund BOP entrepreneurial endeavors. India has already made major strides in the micro financing area which has helped uplift mil-lions of individuals above the poverty line.

The integration of Information Technology in all platforms in-cluding expansion of computer kiosks and internet facilities coupled with the support of NGOs and volunteers from aca-demic institutions should make timely and accurate informa-tion available to the BOP.

A number of academic institutions in the U.S.A have in recent years created entrepreneurial hubs (sponsored by private in-vestors) to nurture and support entrepreneurs in their region. Similar practices can be applied to the Indian Railways eco-system to strengthen the BOP’s entrepreneurial aspirations.

In sum, government, private and foreign investors, NGOs and academic institutions, can partner in raising the standard of India’s Base of the Income segment, and overall profits, against the backdrop of the Indian Railways.

References:Anuradha Jain. 2016. Cleanliness of Indian Railway Stations: Following the footfall factor. Rail Analysis. Consulting Partner, St. Gallen, Switzer-land.

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Recently , The Cabinet cleared the merger of Financial Bud-get with Rail Budget .

Going further , There will be no separate railway budget from next financial year, putting an end to a practice that started in 1924, with the finance ministry agreeing to the proposal to merge the transporter’s annual exercise with the general budget.

Features :

1) The common budget is most probably to be announced on 1st of February , 2017 as the government has approved advancing the budget schedule .

2) The finance ministry constituted a five-member committee of officers to work out the modalities for the merger of the budgets .

3) The Railways will get rid of the annual dividend they have to pay for gross budgetary support from the government ev-ery year which will give the national transporter an annual saving of Rs 9,700 crore .

4) The amount is the saving on dividend payment to the gov-ernment as the Rs 2.27 lakh crore, capital at charge, funds provide by government to railways over the years, ceases to be a liability.

5) The railways shall benefit if the Finance Ministry handles its burden of subsidies and pensions and waives off the annual dividend .

6) Also , Every year, the railways spend Rs 8000 crore on pension and Rs 35,000 crore as subsidies .

7) The move to discard the old practise of a separate rail budget by the Modi government came after a two-member committee comprising Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy and Kishore Desai recommended the exercise be scrapped.

8) The move to merge the railway budget with general budget aims to be in long-term interest of national transporter as well as the country’s economy.

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Railway budget merged with General budget from 2017 onwards What to Expect from the Merger ?

From Year 2017 onwards :

• Railway minister will now announce his projects after the annual budget is presented.• His dept will come under finance ministry’s oversight regarding spending & earnings.• Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu feels merger will help transporter meet its financial liability.

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High Speed Rail Business & Financial Model By : Jean-Pierre Arduin

Jean-Pierre Arduin is an Expert on

High Speed Rail Systems .

Brief Info :

He has been working as an expert in

the economics of High Speed Rail and

is still involved in High Speed Rail stud-

ies in Europe, Asia, North and South

America, Australia.

He studied the major rail infrastructure

projects in North-America (Quebec

City-Toronto, Montreal-New York, the

Texas Triangle, San-Francisco-Los

Angeles, Los Angeles-Las Vegas and

lately Miami-Orlando in Florida).

He was assigned to the New Infrastruc-

tures and High-Speed Department in

charge of all the studies of high-speed

corridors in France and connections to

Europe, especially the Channel Tunnel

Rail Link.

He developed the ridership forecast-

ing models used for rail traffic planning

and calculating passenger and freight

flows.

The French TGV system will undoubtedly go down as a landmark in European and worldwide transport, railway and High Speed Rail history.

In France, as a combination of superb rail infrastructure and extremely sophis-ticated rolling stock, the TGV system is a fast, safe, frequent, comfortable and efficient mode of transport accessible to all.

Ever since the South-East TGV was first placed in service in 1981, it has been a technical, commercial, economic and financial success. Its technical perfor-mances are well known: the world rail speed record was set at 575 km/h. TGV train-sets are lightweight push-pull train-sets with a high power to weight ratio that can be coupled together in pairs.

This HSR system in operation has spread over all Europe: France, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. The future Trans-Euro-pean interoperable high-speed rail network will be a major infrastructure of the European continent.

Basic principles of high-speed rail :

Whilst the Japanese Railways had implemented high-speed rail services at 200 km/h in 1964, it was in 1967 that French Railways began studies into the con-cept of very high-speed rail at 300 km/h and more.

First results emerged in 1970 with the proposal to build a new line between Paris and Lyon on the basis of the following three basic principles: new line dedicated exclusively to passenger traffic, compatibility with the existing net-work and operations based on greater frequency and much shorter travel times.

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New line dedicated exclusively to passenger traffic :

The following advantages are associated with this option:

• Substantial reductions in the cost of infrastructure by vir-tue of steeper gradients, cutting the number and size of the infrastructures especially tunnels and viaducts and ensuring the straightest possible alignment, thus shorten-ing the length of new line and reducing the corresponding journey times.

• Increasing the capacity of the new line through uniformity in the speed of the trains.

• Releasing substantial capacity on existing conventional lines to the benefit of freight traffic.

Compatibility with the existing network :

By ensuring compatibility with the existing network, HS trains may continue their journey over classic lines and serve city centres thus offering full territorial access to the new network.

Operations based on high frequency and short journey times :

A high-speed system based on the principle of significantly more frequent services and reductions in journey times con-stitutes a totally new departure for the travelling public. The sudden upsurge in traffic recorded may be ascribed to this phenomenon.

Economic Modeling: Demand forecast, Rail simulation & Internal Rate of Return :

In view of their economic, social, financial and technical im-portance, major high-speed railway projects require extensive studies taking their specific natures into account. Evaluation of a large railway project is divided into four major sections:

• ENGINEERING : Estimation of investments costs based on experience and market knowledge,

• DEMAND : Estimation of future traffic and revenues based on traffic forecast models,

• OFFER : Simulation of railway operation costs based on simulation models,

• ECONOMY : Estimation of economic profitability, socio-economic and environmental balance.

Knowledge of revenues, operating expenditure, investments and scheduling, makes it possible to calculate the internal rate of return. The internal rate of return shows the total economi-cal impact of the project. It depends on the updated difference between the earnings from the traffic and the operating costs

related to the initial investment. IRR is calculated using the discounting principle.

The socioeconomic rate of return takes into account the advantages of the project for the entire national community, such as advantages to railways companies, time savings for passengers, net losses of other transportation operators, net benefit to the State, reduction of road congestion, and impact on economic activity in regions related to the project.

Environmental impacts are estimated through studies. Im-pacts on the environment are very detailed, balancing for in-stance the energy required to build the infrastructure with the energy saved by the passengers shifting from air to rail.

Discounting principle

To take account of the fact that monetary flows in year j will not have the same value at the time they occur as they have today, it is necessary to project forward into the future and for this the discounting method is applied. This consists of transforming all the flows staggered from year 0 to year n into equivalent flows for a given year. The equivalent for a given year (year 0 for example) of sum Sj appearing in year j is shown as:

jj

aS

S)1(0 +

= where a is the discount rate.

The two main economic indicators used are Net Present Val-ue (discounted profits) calculated at a specified rate and on the date when the project is implemented and internal rate of return IRR attached to the project, i.e. the rate that cancels the net discounted profit. IRR is dependent on the date on which the investment is placed in service but it is independent of the discount year. IRR does not take account of inflation and thus measures the intrinsic value of the project.

Compared to the real rate of interest on the market excluding inflation, it shows the margin that should be released for the promoter of the project as against the risks he incurs in its implementation.

Finally, as shown in the diagram, for the first HSR line build and operated in France, South-East TGV, IRR has been 15%

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when Social rate of return reached nearly 30%. These results are very close to what was expected in the first studies at the end of the sixties. Others TGV projects in France have been less economically profitable but socially still very attractive.

New Financial Business Model: Public Private Partner-ship

In order to promote the development of High Speed Rail, Eu-ropean Law requires that Rail Infrastructures and Operation must be split as shown in the following diagram.

Infrastructure construction maintenance and management could be done by a private company. Fees must be paid by the Operator to the Owner of the Infrastructure. Estimation of future traffic indicates future earnings, making it possible to calculate the economic advantages of the new line.

Future traffic is estimated by econometric models explaining the passengers’ choice of transport mode.

Railway operation is estimated by models coherent with the future traffic projections. Simulation of operation provides op-erating costs, calculates rolling stock, and proposes timeta-bles.

Public Private Partnerships PPP:

Two Main Types of Contracts :

• Management contract : - Government pays a private operator to manage the facility.

- The operational risk remains with the public authorities.

• Lease contract : - The public sector leases the assets to a private operator for a fee.- The private operator takes on the operational risk.

In the frame of a concession, a private entity takes over the management of a state-owned enterprise for a given period during which it also assumes significant investment risk.

Various types of concessions are foreseeable for rail projects as described in the next diagram.

PPP are presently under development in many projects around the World, especially in the Rail industry. The next fig-ure presents the Net Present Value of a Railway Project in Asia under different assumptions of the level of Private money invested in the Project.

The equilibrium between Private and Public money is reached when the Private money is at 30 % of the total investment. More Private money leads to a situation where the Project is not privately profitable even if still publicly profitable.

Conclusion

To conclude, High Speed Rail is a success when projects are carefully studied, designed, build and operated.

Engineering is still at the root of all major transportation proj-ects, but marketing must not be neglected and Finance Engi-neering is the tool to select the best projects.

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Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles (HEVs)l An electric car is powered by an electric motor

instead of a gasoline engine and hybrids use a combination of both. Energy is stored in rechargeable batteries, which are recharged by common household electricity or at EV charging stations.

Urban Mobilityl Consists of bus, metro, monorail and light rail systems

used by general public. Public transport systems are an essential part of safe, clean and affordable transport for development. The bus market in India is expected to be worth US$ 10.34 billion by 2020, while the monorail market is expected to become $15-20 billon within the next ten years.

Traffic Control Rooms l The Traffic Management and Information Control

Centres (TMICCs) are control rooms having requisite IT infrastructure (traffic signals, CCTV camera, video walls, applications, visualisation tools, etc.) that support monitoring and management of traffic on the road network.

Smart Parkingl Automatic multi-storey automated car park systems

using information technology, sensors, etc.

Smart Aerotropolisl Regions within an airport, where related activities are

growth drivers, and these regions gain competitive advantage over other business centres by utilising the synergies between business types, proximity to transportation infrastructure, and with each other.

Smart Railway Stationsl The Indian railways are expected to invest US$ 140

billion over the next five years to redevelop and upgrade 400 stations.

India is the 7th largest automobile producer in the world, with an annual production of 23.36 million vehicles, including two-wheelers, three-wheelers, passenger and commercial vehicles. Common pollutants associated with motorized vehicles are nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides and carbon monoxide. Air pollution in most Indian cities is at dangerous levels and has affected the health of the Indian population.

Growing cities, growing population and growing traffic has invariably called for a shift from private modes of conveyance to public transport. Green concepts are the new trends by using electric or hybrid vehicles, and shifting towards public transport and Mass Rapid Transit Systems (MRTS) to reduce air pollution and combat climate change.

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evolving market for FRP IN Metros & railways - Jayesh Parmar, Business Head , MSL

Jayesh Parmar is masters in Polymer Chemistry and currently holds the position of head of operations at MSL FRP Division.

With an extensive experience of 20 years in petrochemical industry and FRP rolling stock manufacturing industry, Jayesh Parmar has worked with renowned organizations like Jubilant Organosys Ltd, Enercon, Suzlon and Kemrock Industries. His expertise include operations Management, FRP manufacturing processes, Quality Management System, Plant set up, Laboratory Set up, Research & Development and Validation.

The Indian Railways, a great national asset, is among the world’s largest rail networks. It traverses the length and breadth of the country providing the required connectivity and integration for balanced regional development. An inte-gral part of every Indian’s being it connects far flung areas of the country. It has been up and running for the last several decades.

The newest addition to the rail network is the Mass Rapid Transit System (commonly referred to as the Metro). Like many other developing countries, metros are being designed in India with the aim of providing people a modern, convenient and fairly economical mode of transportation which is well in-tegrated with other public transport.

Indian cities are among the world’s fastest developing cities in terms of population, economy and infrastructure. Growing cit-ies with their growing traffic call for a shift from private modes of conveyance to public transport.

In the current development phase, big cities in India are marching on the path of creating a world-class metro rail in-frastructure which shall help curb congestion. Initially, creating a Metro rail infrastructure in an overcrowd-ed and regulation-heavy city like Delhi was a daunting task.

However, with 2 million people hitching a ride every day, Delhi Metro Rail has become a new way of life.

The global rail industry demands faster travel time, carrying

more passengers and freight. Mega projects as such require construction material which is lightweight and corrosion-re-sistant such as fibreglass reinforced plastics (FRP).FRP has improved fire, smoke and toxicity (FST) properties that result in enhanced safety.

FRP has several applications in the rail sector like infrastruc-ture, interior and exterior parts in rolling stocks. For infrastruc-ture, FRP scores over metal with characteristically superior corrosion resistance.

FRP poles or signalling equipment have lower maintenance cost and longer lifespan vis-a-vis conventional material. FRP sleepers have lower weight than concrete enabling faster and easier installation, in addition to a longer life.

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ously strives to improve manufacturing efficiency and reduce running costs.FRP/GRP composites are a key component in modern transportation.

Compared to traditional materials, they are extremely light-weight and resistant to fire and smoke. Their flexibility also al-lows for any design or shape. They can withstand heavy-duty workloads with minimum maintenance.

The rail sector is poised to take off in a big way with sever-al projects on the anvil, most of which have affiliation with European and North American designers. The use of FRP is hence not a novelty as its use in the aforesaid applications has been time-tested and proven.

Composite has been identified as a wonder material especial-ly for the transportation sector all over the world. Moreover, it imparts an aesthetic appearance to the railway coaches. Other advantages such as easy assembly for modular panel type construction add to the maintainability of components.

For increased speed and locomotive pulling power, major roll-ing stock manufacturers are announcing momentous interna-tional contracts for new trains operating from all points on the globe.

Mobility Solutions Limited (MSL, IRIS and TS certified), an end-to-end composite solution provider in North India joined hands with M/s Group Stratiforme Compreforme, France in 2011, to cater to the emerging needs of Rolling Stocks in the Indian and International market.

MSL FRP Division manufactures and exports Fiber Rein-forced Polymer (FRP/GRP) composite products for sectors like Automotive, Railways, Metros, Locomotives, Industrial and wind energy.

A leader in the field of composites in India, MSL delivers stan-dard as well customized solutions that are ideal replacements for conventional material.

The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is located on the Chandigarh - Ambala highway at Lalru, Distt. Mohali (Punjab), India. It provides high-quality engineered advanced compos-ite solutions and reliable services, complying with customer specifications as well as national and international standards.

MSL successfully executed the front mask of Chennai Metro together in collaboration with Stratiforme & Altrom.

It has been a part of prestigious projects like talent 11 and Regio 2N in Europe and now MSL is manufacturing front end for Sydney Metro, and interior panelling Lucknow Metro in India.





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Setting the wheels in motion for reducing overhaulsBy : Sanjeev Bhatia

Innovations in design, lubrication and heat treatment have created the first railway wheel set bearings that doesn’t re-quire overhaul between wheel replacements.

Minimizing the number of overhauls for a bogie during the life of a train is key to reducing life cycle cost. Extending the ser-vice interval from four to six years can bring savings of about 3 000 EUR per bogie per year.

Looking back more than a decade the wheels were one of the main limiting factors to extend the time between main-tenance intervals. Nowadays the use of computer controlled under-floor lathes to remove flat spots and compensate for wear means that a set of wheels can last for more than 1.5 million km before replacement is required.

Until now the bearings upon which those wheels rotate have not been able to meet the longer wheel life. The service life of most components in the bearing, e.g., rings, rollers and seals can even with conservative life calculations outlast a set of wheels by a factor of two, but only if there is enough lu-brication. This leads to the critical point. Grease life of railway wheel bearings has long been a weak link in extending bogie maintenance intervals.

Grease is a vital component in railway wheel bearings – it

separates the metal surfaces inside the bearing to prevent wear and protects those surfaces against corrosion. Theproperties of grease change over time, however the base oil component within the

grease – which provides lubrication and protection – gradual-

ly bleeds out of the thickener that holds it in place. Eventually, the grease is exhausted and must be replaced.

Standard rail bearing units typically require overhaul and re-lubrication every million km, a process that requires the ve-hicle to be taken out of service and the bearings removed. As the wheel life is getting longer the bearing becomes the lim-iting component. For operators, these periodic bearing over-hauls are a costly and inconvenient maintenance requirement that they would avoid if they could. In an ideal world, bearing overhaul intervals would match the life of the wheel set, so that both jobs could be completed in a single operation.

That situation has become a reality, thanks to an intensive R&D project by engineers at SKF. The company’s latest rail-way wheel bearing has been designed to operate for 1.7million km between overhauls, allowing bearing overhaul

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schedules to match replacement of even the most durable wheels. The SKF team achieved this reduction in mainte-nance requirements, by focusing on the factors that affect the life of the lubricant within the bearing.

That process began with the lubricant itself. “To maximise the performance and service life of grease, you have to balance the rate at which the base oil bleeds from the thickener,” ex-plains Jan Babka, Senior Application Engineer in SKF’s rail division. “If the grease bleeds too fast, it will quickly become exhausted, but if it bleeds too slowly, it will not release suffi-cient oil to separate the metal surfaces.“ To find a grease with the best possible combination of characteristics for the wheel bearing application, SKF worked closely with leading rail in-dustry lubricant suppliers.

Having achieved a good starting point, the team then ad-dressed the other characteristics that affect grease life. “Grease life is influenced by a large number of factors, includ-ing temperature, rotational speed, bearing size, cleanliness, mechanical churning and other things like the presence of electric currents.” explains Babka. In a railway wheel bearing, most of those characteristics are determined already by theapplication, but three where we could have a lot of influence are smoother surfaces, cooler running and higher robustness”

SmootherEven if a rolling surface in a bearing feels smooth when you touch it – it is still not perfectly flat. The surface roughness plays an important role in how much wear and friction is gen-erated. It is important to limit wear since any lose metallic par-ticles can accelerate oxidisation of the grease and shorten grease life. It is also important to reduce friction due to surface roughness since it heats up the grease which in turns reduces grease life. For this reason SKF has refined the surface finish-ing process of our wheel bearings.

CoolerControlling the temperature of the grease required SKF to draw upon its extensive experience of rolling bearing design. “As a rule of thumb, a 15°C increase in operating temperature will halve the life of the grease in a bearing,” explains Babka. “And the main cause of a rise in temperature is friction within

the bearing.” The challenge for the SKF engineers, therefore, was to find a way of reducing friction without negativelyaffecting the strength or operating life of the bearing itself.Their solution was subtle changes to bearing geometry to op-timise the length of the contact between roller and raceway. A long contact gives a high carrying capacity of the bearing but you have to pay for that by increased friction and shorter grease life. The key is to find the right geometry for the right bearing and its operating conditions.. On a typical 130x240 size TBU, SKF’s testing revealed a 30 % reduction in rolling friction, resulting in a drop in temperature of 10°C under nor-mal operating conditions.

Higher robustnessTo ensure that the bearing would not fail even when approach-ing the service life of the grease when wear can become a problem SKF make use of its patented Xbite heat treatment technology for the bearing rings. Xbite delivers an extra tough “bainite” steel with the same hardness as conventional “mar-tensite” but with higher toughness and longer fatigue life. It also has a higher resistance to wear and a slower crackpropagation.

The new SKF TBU is now in production in a range of common sizes. The unit, which is suitable for trains operating between 160 and 250kph, is already in service with one major Europe-an rail operator. So is this the last stop for technology develop-ment in railway wheel bearings? Babka doesn’t think so. “1.7 million km is what this industry is asking for today, but there is no doubt that it will always be looking for ways to extend com-ponent life and reduce maintenance requirements. In other rail applications, like traction motors, we already make use of other methods to provide even longer grease life, for example through the use of hybrid ceramic bearings. That technology it is too expensive today for large bearings, but it shows that in the long term, it should be quite possible to create a bearing that will run for 3 million km between overhauls.”

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Insights : Experience on Projects in india By : Mr. George Kaulbeck, Global Director- Transportation at CPCS

Q. Firstly, can you please summarize a few words about your-self for our readers?

My rail operating experience is with Canadian National Rail-way where I worked in Engineering, Operations and Finance. Since 2007, I have been with CPCS (formerly Canadian Pa-cific Consulting Services) and providing expertise to rail proj-ects throughout the World.

Q. We understand that in the past your company did some project in the Indian Railways, Please let us know your expe-rience ?We are engaged by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corpora-tion of India (DFCCIL).

Our mandate is to assist with the development of plans for operations, maintenance, human resources and safety.

George Kaulbeck is a Principal and the practice leader for the rail group at CPCS Transcom Ltd. He applies his railway engineering and management experience to a wide variety of projects. Prior to joining CPCS, he worked at Canadian National Railway, and was responsible for the Engineering department in CN’s Atlantic Zone. During his tenure at CN, he worked in many areas in the railway sector, including Engineering (track, S&C, bridges), Operations, and Strategic & Financial Planning. George is knowledgeable about the evaluation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of railway infrastructure, as well as his financial and railway operations expertise to nu-merous assignments.

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Our objective is to identify international best practices and identify those that are “best” for DFCCIL and determine how those are best utilized given India’s and DFCCIL unique oper-ating environment and challenges.

Q. CPCS is a big International Company, what do you think is the future of the Railways in India?

The dedicated freight corridor project is a game changer. It will re-confirm India as an international leader in committing to rail transportation. It will have a very significant impact on India’s competitiveness vis-à-vis lower fright transport costs and improved service delivery.

Q. You are fully aware that it takes time to prepare the DPR and float the tender, for how long should the DPR be valid for

assessment for the tendering companies?

It is our understanding that DPR is meant to mean detailed project report. We are not clear as to project context. But as a general rule, I suggest a validity of no more than 3 years from the date of submission or 2 years from date of approval by Client. After that time, it should be updated.

Q. What are the difficulties that you face in preparing the DPR in India and what are your suggestions to improve the accu-racy of the DPR inline to the requirement of the Indian Rail-ways?

As opposed to focusing on the DPR, we prefer to use Working Papers or Interim Reports as a means to providing updates and soliciting Client inputs throughout the study period. In ad-dition, it generally leads to quicker delivery.

Q. Which was your Biggest Project in Railways or Urban tran-sit all over the world? Please tell us in Brief!CPCS was retained by the Lagos State Government agency, LAMATA, to develop conceptual designs, assess feasibility and assist with transactions for this proposed urban rail mass transit line – the Blue Line.

The line is set to commence operations in December of this year, and will be the first of many LRT lines planned for Lagos. In August 2012, the Blue Line project was named by KPMG as one of the World’s 100 Most Innovative Urban Infrastruc-ture projects.

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THE LAUNCH OF THE EUROPEAN SOFTWARE FOR THE READING OF TRAIN EVENT RECORDSPress Release By : ASOLA GMBH

The European Software Company - ASOLA, specializes in the logistics field, on the international railway market. Asola is the European Software Company born by an innovative and futuristic vision of the former CEO and shareholder of the railway company Crossrail, Jeroen Le Jeune, and the former Production Manager of Crossrail Alessandro Zaccaria.

The developers of Asola team, drawing on the multiannual ex-perience in the railway sector, create innovative products for the management of logistics, and, thanks to the knowledge and use of the latest technologies, have developed an inno-vative and one-of-a-kind software able to read and analyze all the data collected by any kind of Train Event Recorder (very similar to the black boxes on airplanes).

The application called TwinZone, was launched last April and, since then, is already available in a multilingual version (En-glish, Italian, French, German and Spanish).

There are various reasons that led Asola to make this product .

Most of the OTMR (on train monitoring recording) analysis systems are outdated and require old Operating Systems that are also difficult to maintain. The IT departments of each com-pany have found different solutions to run these old software on new generation computers.

But these systems are unstable and difficult to use for non-technical users, creating considerable discomfort be-tween the management of long waiting times and annoying pc blocks with the sad consequence of data loss in some cases. WEB technology, replacing outdated software that pre-vent the upgrade of internal computer devices, solved one of the biggest problems faced by the Railway Undertakings. TwinZone is a SaaS solution (Software as a Service), which requires no installation, making the program compatible with most devices and Operating Systems and Devices. To make it run on your device, you only need Internet Connection.

The second but equally good reason is the existence of dif-ferent Train Event Recorders, installed on all types of loco-motives, which made the analysis process of the OTMR files

a long and difficult, since for each type of recorder exists a specific software to read the data.

The goal of TwinZone is to be ONE FOR ALL. One system for ALL OTMRs.

“This is a real revolution in technology for railways,” says Ales-sandro Zaccaria “TwinZone is the demonstration of what used to seemed impossible: managing big data in a usable and immediate way improving quality, safety and significantly re-ducing the cost of data analysis, based on the principle work smarter, not harder”.

The TwinZone project is considered to be groundbreaking and technologically advanced in the world, that’s why the third web farm in the world OVH chosen to support this project.And so the innovative European Software Company, going towards the global market, introduced features impossible to find in the other analysis software, providing to the railway companies a drastic reduction, up to 96% of work time and costs, thanks also to removing paper waste, with a look to-ward the environment.

Finally, says Le Jeune, is not required any investments on the locomotive equipment, as all locomotives are already

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equipped with their black box.

The system is kept updated, and thanks to customer feed-back is constantly improving; besides having refined the ex-isting software functionality, TwinZone introduced other ones absolutely unique as: an interactive map, an e-mail notifica-tion system, detailed Alerts info and shareable OTMR data between Railway companies.

The drafting processes are fully automated, but at the same time the features described above are customizable.

By using of these technologies, the risk of data loss is non-ex-istent, through automatic backups stored in multiple delocal-ized data centers.

Asola collaborates with the Italian company Binary System Srl, leader of the italian market and beyond, which also devel-ops software applications for railway undertakings.

With this partnership, Binary System and Asola are able to extend and complete the range of their offered products, permitting to satisfy all railway undertakings management’s areas, from the document distribution on Mobile and the plan-ning of rolling stock and human resources to the reading of tachograph areas.

Zaccaria says: “Soon we will open ASOLA Lab, a project of launch business technology, with the aim to create a research team for the development of new technologies, the Lab will take office among our Alps, and will benefit from the advanced

Swiss structures and from the talent of our young engineers “.

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aCHIEVEMENTS OF iNDIAN rAILWAYS IN LAST TWO YEARS

• Social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter and You-Tube with the handle @railminindia launched. Ministry of Railways employed first of its kind, a real time 24x7 public grievance system through Twitter and provided medical, security and other emergency assistance to travelling passengers.

• All India Security Helpline ‘182’ setup to report any un-toward incident and seek emergency help during travel & ‘138’ to provide for all other query/complaints during travel

• A mobile based application viz. Complaint Management System (COMS) launched.

• E-catering facility launched at 250 stations. 408 railway stations designated for providing E-catering

• Catering made optional in Train No. 12025 & 12026 (Pune - Secunderabad Shatabdi) and 12953 & 12954 (August Kranti Rajdhani) Trains for a period of 45 days on experimental basis.

• A massive scheme for providing Water Vending Ma-chines (WVMs) to provide RO Water at affordable prices is under implementation by Railway PSU IRCTC

• Enhanced Reservation quota for Senior Citizens and Women from two lower berths per coach to four lower berths per coach in Sleeper class

• Tatkal reservation timings have been staggered to serve dual purpose of providing convenience to and for stag-gering traffic on the e-ticket portal. All agents are de-barred from booking tickets during first thirty minutes of opening of booking

• Automatic refund of Confirmed /RAC e-tickets on can-cellation of trains similar to waitlisted e-tickets is granted without filing of TDR

• Time limit for booking reserved tickets was increased to 120 days w.e.f. 01.04.2015

• Destination alert and wake up alarm services launched on 139

• Automatic Destination Alerts to passengers through SMS for Rajdhani and Duronto trains.

• E-ticketing facility launched for disabled persons and for accredited journalist on concession pass.

• Yatri Mitras Sewa launched for enabling old and differ-ently abled passengers requiring assistance to book wheelchair services cum porter services, at the stations

• Mobile charging facilities in all new general class coach-es initiated.

• Out of 1252 Stations identified for upgradation to Adarsh Stations’, 986 stations have so far been developed. 160 developed in last two years.

• Scheme namely ‘SMS Gateway’ launched enabling pas-sengers to get SMS alerts on the status of reserved tick-ets

• New Generation system put in place which can book 15000 online tickets instead of 2000 tickets per minute and can attend 2,00,000 enquiries instead of 50000 per minute

• Rationalization of Computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) done to enable passengers to buy tickets even after the preparation of reservation charts

• Paperless unreserved ticketing including Paperless Plat-forms tickets through mobile phone introduced in subur-ban sections of Western Railway, Central Railway, South Central Railway, Southern Railway, Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway

• Pilot Project of hand Held Terminals for TTEs launched• E-booking of disposable linen started on trains at New

Delhi Railway Station, Nizamuddin Railway Station, Mumbai Central (BCT), Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSTM), Bangalore City Junction, Chennai Central and

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• Trivandrum Central Stations.• Currency Coin cum Card operated Automatic Ticket

Vending Machines installed at select stations.• Initiated one of the largest free public Wi-Fi systems in

the world. Launched at 74 stations with a plan to extend it to 100 Stations by December this year and to 400 sta-tions by 2018.

• The booking of retiring rooms at different railway stations made online and hourly booking introduced to enhance stay capacity, make it convenient and transparent.

• E-Ticketing portal in Hindi launched• 60 lifts and 150 escalators provided in last 2 years at

Railway stations• Model Rake (a passenger carrying train with 24 coach-

es) developed with improved interiors, colour scheme, aesthetics and amenity fittings. This is running as a train between New Delhi and Varanasi.

• Cancellation of confirmed, RAC and Waitlisted PRS counter tickets made easy using IRCTC website or phone No. 139.

• Provision made for acceptance of international debit and credit cards for payment of E-ticket through IRCTC web-site

• Yatri Ticket/Sewa Kendra (YTSK) Scheme launched to allow private agents to operate ticketing terminals for selling reserved as well as unreserved tickets

• Indian Railways operated 28 pilgrims’ special tourist trains.

• Dustbins to be provided in non AC coaches also• NIFT, Delhi engaged for designing of bedroll etc.• A new ‘Rail Neer’ plant for package drinking water set

up at Ambernath (Mumbai), Amethi (UP), Parassala (Trivandrum) .

• In order to increase availability of accommodation for general class passengers on long distance Mail/Ex-press trains, GMs were delegated powers to de-reserve Sleeper Class (SL) coaches as General Coaches (GS) in identified trains & sectors

• Suvidha Trains with graded pricing structure introduced with facility for booking on PRS in addition to e-tickets and facility of limited refund on cancellation of ticket

• The Defense Travel System to eliminate exchange of de-fense warrants was rolled out on the NGeT platform. Till date about 2000 Defense units have started issuing tick-ets through this platform without exchange of warrants

• Number of berths available for physically challenged in-creased from 2 to 4

• ‘VIKALP’, Alternative Train Accommodation System (ATAS) launched with a view to provide confirmed ac-commodation to waitlisted passengers and also to en-sure optimal utilization of available accommodation. This facility is now available on New Delhi – Jammu, New Delhi – Lucknow, Delhi - Howrah, Delhi - Chennai, Delhi - Mumbai and Delhi - Secunderabad Circuits,

• Launched pre-cooked (ready-to-eat) meals of reputed brands on trains.

• Braille signage provided in 3000 coaches to facilitate travel to visually impaired passengers.

• Provision of foldable ladder in First AC coaches launched• Provision of Bio degradable garbage bags to passen-

gers started on pilot basis• In order to carry out efficient disposal of waste, Indian

Railways has decided to provide separate dustbins for collections of biodegradable (wet waste) and non-biode-gradable (dry waste) on the platforms and all passenger interface areas in A1 & A category stations apart from vending stalls.

• Escorting ladies special trains and ladies compartment by security squad

• Security helpline 182 activated and real time complaint resolution through Twitter employed with a high priority to women security issues

• Fitment of CCTV surveillance cameras for women secu-rity in trains initiated with first such fitment undertaken in Amritsar-New Delhi-Shan-e Punjab Express

• Development of security App over some of the Zonal Railways

• Middle bay reserved for women• Pilot Project of Sale of Unreserved Tickets through Hand

Held Terminals initiated at Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station of Northern Railway.

• “Janani Sewa” initiated – i.e. Hot Milk, Hot Water and Baby Food items at stations and children’s menu items on Trains.

• Integrated (Facebook & Twitter) Social Media Platforms for grievance redressal.

• Announcement of implementation of policy allowing dif-ferently abled persons to avail concession while travel-ling without escort.

• Single person accountability for all facilities on trains-along with single nodal officer for monitoring.

• Launching of optional travel insurance for passengers @ 92 paise only. Phase I rolled out with e ticket holders only.

• Ministry of Railways has introduced the flexi fare system for Rajdhani/Duronto and Shatabdi trains.

• New system of allocating vacant berths after final chart-ing to wayside stations.

• “Rail Geet” dedicated to the Nation.

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INITIATIVES UNDER THE ‘Make In India’ PROGRAM

• Indian Railways has taken a giant leap forward in ‘Make in India’ drive by signing Agreement for setting up of Die-sel Locomotive Factory (DLF) at Marhowrah, Saran dis-trict, Bihar for procurement and maintenance of mainline most modern high power Diesel Electric Locomotives

with M/s GE Diesel Locomotive Pvt. Ltd. • A separate agreement signed with M/S ALSTOM for

setting up of electric locomotive factory at Madhepura, Bihar for procurement and maintenance of most mod-ern high power electric locomotives, both major PPP and FDI tenders of Indian Railways.

• This would be one of the highest FDI’s in India amount-ing to order book of almost Rs 40,000 Crore.

• Trials for 160/200 kmph train sets carried out which will improve average speed of passenger carrying trains thereby reducing journey time significantly.

• MoU between India and Japan signed for Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project using Shinkansen Technology covering a total of 508 kms at an estimated cost of Rs. 98000 Crores.

• A new entity named National High Speed Rail Corpora-tion Limited has been set up in February, 2016 to imple-ment the project.

• Further high speed studies are being conducted by Min-istry of Railways on Diamond Quadrilateral High Speed Rail network. Feasibility studies of Delhi- Mumbai, Mum-bai- Chennai and Delhi- Kolkata are underway.

• The feasibility studies of Delhi-Nagpur and Mumbai –Nagpur corridors are being taken up through G2G coop-eration with Chinese and Spanish governments respec-tively

• Ministry of Railways launched Gatimaan Express, coun-try’s first semi high speed train with a maximum speed of 160 kmph between Delhi and Agra heralding a new era of high speed rail travel in India

• Redevelopment of 400 Stations to be developed on e-bidding on as is where is basis; 10 stations handed

over to IRSDC• Indian Railways commissioned 2828 Km of Broad

Gauge lines, highest ever in 2015-16 & 1983 km of Broad Gauge lines in 2014 - 15 against an average of 1528 Km from 2009-14.

• IR commissioned two mega bridges over river Ganga at Patna and Munger.With these, the Railway networks of North and South Bihar have been integrated.

• The executions of the biggest infrastructural projects in the country, Eastern and Western DFCs have been fast-tracked. Revised cost estimates have been approved by the Cabinet and funding has been tied up.

• Rs.25,320 Cr worth of contracts have been awarded in the last two years, which is more than double of the total contracts of Rs.12,240 Cr awarded since commence-ment.

• The first ever section on DFC of 56 km between Durga-wati-Sasaram commissioned. The project is progressing well for commissioning in phases by 2019

• Rail Wheel Plant, Bela commissioned and regular pro-duction started

• Diesel loco factory at Varanasi is being expanded by 25%

• DEMU factory at Haldia was commissioned and Midlife

Rehabilitation Workshop for coaches at Jhansi complet-ed

• One of the most challenging railway projects, conversion of 1500 V DC to 25000 V AC traction system successful-ly completed over the entire Mumbai division of Central Railway

• During 2014-16, 3105 route kilometres have been elec-trified, which is an average of 1552.5 RKM/ annum as

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• against 1236 RKM/annum during previous five years.• Construction of Electric Lolo Assembly & Ancillary Unit of

CLW at Dankuni in West Bengal completed• Modern LHB Coach manufacturing facility commissioned

at ICF Chennai.• Bogie Manufacturing Factory at Budge Budge has been

commissioned.• RITES and SAIL Joint Venture factory for repair and over-

hauling of wagons commissioned at Kulti, West Bengal.• Letter of Acceptance placed and construction work start-

ed for a forged wheel plant at Raebareli with ownership of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited to manufacture 80000 forged wheels to substitute import. Railways have provid-ed Land and Assured offtake support.

• Rail Bogie Karkhana, Yadgir, Karnataka ready for han-dover.

• Significant boost in elimination of unmanned level cross-ing has resulted in safe operations. In 2015-16, a total of 1253 unmanned level crossings were eliminated and 1024 Road over/ Road under bridges were constructed. This marks an improvement of 35% against the average number from 2009-2014

• Policy issued providing sub quota of 33 % to women with-in reserved categories for the allotment in catering units.

• Policy issued giving preference to local domicile holders for commercial licenses at stations.

• Big boost to Rail Network. Cabinet approved nine proj-ects worth Rs. 24,374.86 crore in Nine States.

• Indian Railways electrified 1730 KM of Broad Gauge lines in 2015-16 & 1375 km of Broad Gauge lines elec-trified in 2014 - 15 in comparison to 1184 KM per year from 2009-2014

• Indian Railways awarded 24000 contracts in Dedicated Freight Corridor in 2015-16 in comparison to 2600 per year from 2009-2014 .

• A Memorandum of Understanding with LIC of India for obtaining funds to the tune of Rs.1.5 lakh Cr signed.

• MOF approved issue of tax free bonds by IRFC amount-ing to Rs.6,000 Cr

• Powers delegated and decentralized for improving ef-ficiency and transparency. Measures for E-tendering, E-auctioning, E-ticketing, E-Governance, E-Freight De-mand, E-Catering, E-WheelChair, E-Concierge etc. taken for efficiency and transparency

• Ministry of Railways (MoR) signed Joint Venture agree-ment for formation of Companies with five State Gov-ernments viz. Odisha, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Gujarat. JVs would undertake project development works for an identified basket of projects, which will in-ter-alia include surveys, preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) and getting requisite approvals, processing for sanctioning of identified projects and monitoring

• Ministry of Railways conducted world’s largest online

exam for recruitment for almost 92 lakh aspirants in more than 1100 centers in 351 cities across India. With a view to increase transparency, a new system of handing over the Question Booklets to the candidates has been intro-duced. A pilot project of uploading of Answer Keys and Cut-off marks has also been initiated.

• Replacement of Paper Applications, Duplicate OMR Sheets and bulky multilingual Question Booklets with Online Applications and Computer based online Exams has led to saving 310 crore A4 size sheets, which means a saving of about 4 lakh trees from cutting, in last three examinations alone.

• Deloitte, a consulting firm has been engaged for study-ing the manpower rationalization of the Group A services. Report submitted and is under examination.

• Four Centres of Railways Research set up in premier ed-ucational institutions.

• A web enabled grievance redressal machinery (Nivaran) for both serving as well as retired railwaymen has been developed. The grievance can be tracked on real time ba-sis, alongwith provision of appeal. 2000 senior authorities in 200 offices dealing with staff grievances have been in-tegrated into one platform.

• An ERP based Human Resource Management System is proposed to be implemented all over Indian Railways and Rs. 339.72 Crores has been sanctioned for this purpose.

• Railways signed MoU to set up its own Railway Design Centre in collaboration with National Institute of Design (NID)

• The process for putting in place a regulator “Rail Devel-opment Authority” has been initiated. A concept note was uploaded to receive feedback from all stakeholders. Pro-cess for drafting of a bill/executive order underway.

• 100 % FDI allowed in identified areas of railway sector and sectoral guidelines on FDI formulated

• Ministry of Railways implemented 100% E-procurement solution for all kinds of contracts – goods, works and ser-vices. It is India’s largest e-procurement system

• A web-enabled IT-Application “Project Monitoring and Information System (PMIS)” launched which will be im-plemented in Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project, followed by other mega and complex projects of Indian Railways. This will increase transparen-cy in project monitoring

• “Technology Mission on Indian Railways (TMIR)” for De-velopment/Research/Innovations in Railway Technolo-gies in association with Department of Science & Tech-nology, MoHRD and representatives of Industry has been set up

• Cross functional Directorates have been set up in Rail-way Board for Mobility Directorate to enhance average speed of trains, for Non-Fare Revenue to enhance reve-nues from Non-Tariff sources.

• Separate Directorate for Environment Created.• Names of Members changed - Member Mechanical be-

comes Member Rolling Stock, Member Engineering

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• becomes Member Infrastructure, Member Electrical be-comes Member Traction.

• Release of Handout on ‘Railway initiatives for Ease of Doing Business’ and Nomination of ‘Key Customer Man-agers’

• Cabinet approves merger of rail budget with general bud-get; advancement of budget presentation and merger of plan and non-plan classification in budget and accounts.

• Cabinet approves Productivity Linked Bonus to railway employees.

• Monitoring of Budge Implementation on daily basis through online system of E-Samiksha

• Commissioned 26 MW wind mill power plant at Jaisalmer • 10 MW Solar Plants installed in two years. Massive so-

larisation (1000 MW Solar Power Plants) planned in next Five years with an eye on making Railways, the largest solar power producer in the country

• Railways provided 27,000 bio-toilets in trains in the last two years. A target of 30000 bio-toilets set for the next financial year

• First ‘Green’ DEMU train introduced on Northern Railway to run between Rewari-Rohtak section

• A hybrid toilet system, combining best features of a vac-uum toilet system and indigenous bio-toilet system has been installed for trial in a First Class air conditioned coach of Dibrugarh Rajdhani which is running well since September 2015. The system does not require any waste handling facilities for evacuation and processing of waste. This system uses significantly less quantity of water is used for flushing

• A new separate Environment Management Directorate formed to address all environment related issues in a fo-cused and integrated manner

• M/s. RITES has been engaged for setting up of two pilot plants at NDLS and JP for disposal for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in an environment friendly manner includ-ing conversion of Waste to Energy (bio-methanation)

• A major push was given to get additional sanction of more than 30 Water Recycling Plants during 2015-16. As against this, less than 30 WRPs have been functioning all these years

• Setting up of Automatic Coach Washing Plants in major coach maintenance depots

• After field trials, Indian Railways has now developed the

environmental friendly composite sleepers made up of recycled plastic waste, which will be used over all girder bridges in future for improved maintainability and facilitat-ing higher speeds and higher axle loads.

• Indian Railways has started a massive exercise of plant-ing trees alongside Railway Track with the signing agree-ment with Haryana & Punjab Government in the first phase.

• Tiger Express train was launched on the World Environ-ment Day.

• Indian Railways joined the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan in a big way. It formulated an integrated policy on cleanliness

• 27 Charitable Institutions/Social Organizations invited to take part in ‘Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ through Shramdaan campaign

• Criterion for qualification of OBHS trains revised to in-clude all important mail & express trains. 7 more Clean Train Stations added and 240 new trains added on OBHS in last two years

• “Clean My Coach” Service launched for any cleaning re-quirement in the coach. A passenger can send an SMS on a mobile number 58888 or book through app and his request is attended to

• 16 more mechanised laundries set up in the last two years. Now around 45 percent linen is cleaned through mechanised laundries

• Intensive mechanised cleaning of coaching in coaching depots through professional agencies – 132 Coaching Depots in different Railways already have the system

• Cleaning of 50 major stations has been outsourced to professional agencies

• Cleanliness audit through 3rd party started for Railway stations institutionalised. Ranking of stations based on cleanliness would be generated periodically

• A Nine-Day Long nationwide “Swachhta Saptah” launched from New Delhi Railway Station.

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Key Developments in Railways in India

• Indian Railways completed Udhampur-Katra Broad gauge line in the State of Jammu and Kashmir bringing Katra on Broad Gauge Railway map

• Minister of Railways Flagged Off Fast Passenger Car-rying Train namely Banihal-Baramulla Fast Passenger (DEMU) and Budgam-Baramulla DEMU in the State of Jammu & Kashmir

• Lumding-Silchar Broad gauge section inaugurated giv-ing seamless BG connectivity to Barak Valley of Assam

• Meghalaya came on the rail map with the flagging off the first ever train from Guwahati to Mendipathar in Me-ghalaya

• The Prime Minister laid the foundation for a new line to take rail connectivity to Mizoram’s capital Aizawl

• The Tripura’s Capital Agartala came on the broad gauge rail map

• Meter gauge will be fully eliminated in North-East in near future

• IR commissioned 545 KM of Broad Gauge lines in North East in 2015-16 in comparison to 110 KM per year from 2009-2014

• Massive rationalization of freight policies initiated• Launch of rationalized siding policy-a major freight seg-

ment reform easing the setting up additional private ter-minals.

• Liberalized station to station special freight rates policy• Merry-Go-Round system introduced to capture short

lead traffic near steel plants and thermal power house• Port congestion charges withdrawn which will help in in-

creasing traffic from the Ports to hinterland• Two-Point/Multi Point/Mini Rake facility extended to max-

imize traffic.

• Roll on – Roll off scheme launched on Digha Rail Bridge over River Ganga near Patna. Under this scheme loaded trucks would be moved on the flat wagons to avoid con-gested roads across Ganges. Now it has been launched on pan India basis.

• Auto hub at Walajabad in Chennai Division developed for automobiles moment

• Busy season charge withdrawn till 30th September 2016.• Dual pricing policy of Iron withdrawn.• Automatic Freight Rebate Scheme for traffic loaded in

Traditional Empty Flow Direction introduced• Computerized system to register demands for wagons

introduced. Electronic forwarding note and Electronic Railway Receipts introduced to enhance efficiency and transparency in freight operations

• Liberalised Wagon Investment Scheme allows invest-ment by End users in Special Purpose Wagons and High Capacity Wagons. So far (Apr 2014 – Sep 2016) approv-al has been given for procurement of 9 rakes under this scheme.

• Special Freight Train Operator Scheme has been launched to increase rail share of the non-traditional commodities like molasses, fly ash, edible oil, caustic soda, chemical, petrochemicals, alumina & bulk cement, etc. So far (Apr 2015 – Sep 2016) 6 rakes have been induced under this scheme.

• Automobile Freight Train Operator Scheme has been launched which permits procurement and operation of special purpose rakes by private parties. So far (Apr 2014 - Sep 2016) 9 rakes have been inducted under this scheme.

• Wagon Leasing Scheme, Private Freight Terminals, ac-celerated to improve freight.

• Flagging off of inaugural run of first time-tabled container train service from Domestic Container Terminal, Okhla (Delhi) and Whitefield (Bengaluru).

• Liberalized comprehensive parcel leasing policy & Lib-eralized policy for parcel cargo express trains launched.

• An interactive seminar with major industries and stake-holders of Indian Railways freight business organized.

• Appointed Key Customer Managers to serve as a single point of contact for all major freight customers.

• Expanded commodity basket for container traffic – 43 additional commodities in FAK

• Working towards ‘Zero Accident’ Mission.• TPWS is a safety Automatic Train Protection (ATP)

system conforming to European Train Control System (ETCS) Level-1. TPWS trials at 160 Kmph were suc-cessfully conducted.

• A cost effective indigenous safety system – Train Col-lision Avoidance System (TCAS) is being developed indigenously by RDSO and the trails are on.282 Level Crossing Gates have been interlocked with Signals to enhance safety. .

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• Pilot Project initiated for Improving Safety at Unmanned Level Crossing which include automatic warning to road users through flasher light and Sensing of Obstruction on level crossing and visual warning to train drivers

• 1253 Unmanned Level Crossings eliminated in 2015-16 and 1148 eliminated in 2014 - 15 in comparison to 1137 per year between 2009-14.

• 35 Sportspersons from Indian Railways participated in Rio Olympics. Indian Railways among all sports orga-nization in the country becomes the highest contributor for the Indian Olympic Contingent. Almost Entire Indian Women Hockey Team & Weightlifting Team Comprises of Railways Players.

• Indian Railways’ Employee Sakshi Malik won the Olympic Bronze in 58 kg Category of Women’s Freestyle Wres-tling.

• Indian Railways Men Hockey Team Won MCC Murugap-pa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament For The First Time.

• Indian Railways Team Won Senior National Powerlifting Championship.

• In the last two years, 14 MoUs/MoCs/other agreements for cooperation in rail sector have signed with Railways/Governments of Czech Republic, China, South Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan, Slovak Republic, UK, Japan, Ger-many, France, Russia & Sweden.

• Under Skill India Initiative, 53 locations across the coun-try have been identified by setting up training centres

• Indian Railways made successful arrangements to trans-port drinking water to drought-affected areas of Latur dis-

trict in Maharashtra• Indian Railways lent helping hand during the Nepal earth-

quake tragedy by providing ‘Rail Neer’ bottles and by transporting Nepal evacuees

• Railways also helped during the J&K floods• Railways were in the forefront in extending help to the

Indian nationals returning from Yemen• Indian Railway weightlifters (5 Women & 1 Men) repre-

sented India in the Commonwealth Youth; Junior & Se-nior Weightlifting Championship held at Pune from 11th to 15th November, 201. All Railway players won medals in this Championship

• International Conference on Technology for Ultra High Speed Rolling Stock jointly organised by Institute of Roll-ing Stock Engineers (IRSE) and Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers Association (IRSMEA) with ac-tive support of Indian Railways conducted.

• Railway PSU RITES Achieved Highest Ever Total Income of Rs. 1294 Crore, Higher by 11% Over The Previous Year.

• Seminar on ‘Bridging the Rural Disconnect’ organised by RailTel.

• Indian Railways Ties up with Maharaja Sayajirao Univer-sity, Vadodara for award of MBA Degree to Railway Pro-bationary Officers in Specific Railway Fields.

• To promote greater accountability and to expedite deci-sion making at fields level, MoUs between Railway Board and GMs of all Zonal Railways have been signed for the year 2016-17.

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• Organizing an Annual Conference-cum-Exhibition on ‘Ur-ban Mobility’ at New Delhi every year under the brand Ur-ban Mobility India (UMI) for dissemination of information and to facilitate exchange of ideas.

• According recognition to good urban transport initiatives taken by cities / other agencies by giving awards to se-lected good practice projects.

The 9th edition of the Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference was held from 08th to 11th November, 2016. The theme of the conference was “Planning Mobility for City’s Sustainabili-

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non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private sector participated in the conference. About 1% of participants were foreign nationals, 15% students, 36% from Municipalities and 48% from government organizations and private sector.

As part of the Conference, IUT also coordinated a Research Symposium which was organized on 09th and 10th of No-vember in which selected research work in the field of urban transport and the same was disseminated through 22 presen-tations in 6 sessions. An exhibition was also organized as part of the event at which 30 exhibitors including 7 international participated. The partic-ipating organization showcased their best practice. The par-ticipating manufacturing companies showcased latest tech-nologies & state of the art products on Urban Transport.

The Conference and Expo was inaugurated on 08th of No-vember by Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Minister of Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, and In-formation and Broadcasting, Government of India. He deliv-ered an inspiring inaugural address. Key Note address was delivered by Mr. Chang Woon Lee, President, Korea Trans-port Institute (KOTI) and Shri Rajiv Gauba, Secretary ( UD ), Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India wel-comed the gathering at inaugural session. After the inaugural session, a Special Session for invited delegates on Decon-gesting Roads/ Intersection for relieving Traffic Congestion was organized. It was chaired by Shri Nitinbhai Patel, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister, Government of Gujarat.

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1. A Quiz Competition on Urban Transport issues was organized for students as well as delegates on the sec-ond and third day of the conference.

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4. The Conference and Expo was well received by the par-ticipants and sponsors. In the valedictory session, Awards for Excellence in urban transport projects planned and im-plemented by city and state authorities were given by the Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (UD), Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India.


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Year of Swiss Innovation in India Closing Celebrations in India - Nov , 2016

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Closing Celebration of the Year of Swiss Innovation at the Embassy of New Delhi – roundtable on the future challenges of smart mobility with Indian and Swiss experts, (rtl) Mr. Michele Molinari, SwissRail Industry Association, CEO Molinari Rail, Switzerland, Dr. Anvita Arora, CEO of iTrans Solutions Pvt Ltd, India, Mr. Shirish Sinha, Deputy Director of Cooperation, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in India, Mr. Martin Stucki, CEO Transitec, Switzerland, Mr. Amit Bhatt, Head Urban Transport Strategy Head, World Resources Institute, India

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Urban Mobility India Conference, November 2016 in Gandhinagar – CEO Molinari Rail Ltd and member of the board of Swiss-Rail Industry Association, Mr. Michele Molinari, delivering his presentation on innovations in the Swiss Rail sector

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FRP

To provide Wi-Fi in Metro Station and Metro Trains

Looking for Marketing agents for communication systems

To set up workshop for repairs, refurbishment and modification of wagons/locomotives to be given on lease/rent to the Railways.

Interested in various JV - Company Interested in End Wall, Side Wall, Roof and other items widely used in Metro/ Railways production units intrested to manufacture metro coaches body/ shell

PCM manufacturer for Sleepers interested in JVneeds techonolgy to manufacture plastic sleepers

Manufacturer of Ticketing Machines for platform,

Required importers / Agents for Railway Ticketingvending machines

looking for techonolgy to manufacture FRP products for metro coaches

techonolgy required to manufacture Composite Brake Block for railways

Industrial compressors

Medical compressors

Looking for techonolgy to manufacture Draft gears of 25tons for wagons

We are interested in forming a joint venture with an Indi-an company to solve the Rail Crossing issues , specially the unmanned crossings.

RAIL CROSSING

Techonolgy provide to manufacture Railway Bridge Girders, Plate Girders ETC

Looking for Importers / Agents for

Dental, Medical and Industrial compressors.

BEARINGS

Technology required for Bridge Bearings like POT-PTFE, Rocker Roll-er and ElastomericBearings

wagons/locomotives

Projects


tenders & AWARDS HIGHLIGHTS 2016

Tender Name

Procurement of Bio diesel (B-5)

Signalling & Tele-communication WorkProcurement of Bio-Diesel (B100)

Procurement & Construction under two stage process

Supply of Composite Sleepers

T & C of 25 KV Electrification Works

Rooftop Solar PV project & (O & M)

T & C of 25 KV Thermal Power Project

T & C of Electrification Works

Supply of Curved Switches

Platform Construction & other Misc. work

Construction Road Under Bridges

Organisation

Indain Railways

South East Central Railways

Core

Indian Railways

CORE

Delhi Metro

Rites

Core

Northern Railways

North Eastern Rail-ways

Bridges & Tunnels

Date of Submission

16 Jan 2017

12 Oct 2016

26 Dec 2016

26 Dec 2016

28 Nov 2016

20 Dec 2016

18 Nov 2016

20 Dec 2016

29 Nov 2016

7 Dec 2016

8 Dec 2016

Tender value INR (Crore)

2793.00

1100

496

436.06

135.62

75.00

38.41

33.9

25.32

24.74

23.91

Tender value US$ (M)

407.88

160.64

72.43

63.67

19.72

10.95

5.56

4.83

3.66

3.52

3.387

Award Name

ABB wins order to supply 1600 transformers to support railway expansion in india.

CRRC bags order of 69 cars from Nagpur Metro Rail

Larsen and Toubro Ltd bags order from DFCCIL

Lloyd Electric & Engineering bags contract from GE Transportation

Organisation

Indian Railways

Nagpur Metro

Indian Railways

Indian Railways

Award Value(INR) Cr.

NA

851

120

290.00

Award Value US$ (M)

NA

124.24

17.52

79.42

Winning Company

Alstom

CRRC

Larsen and Toubro

Lloyd Electric & Engineering

Highlights

RET IndiaRail Forum Berlin 2016The £2.3 billion Railway - Upgrading the Railway for CrossrailMetro Rail IndiaWheelsets: Less Cost, Less Risk- The ChallengeRailway Division Young Member International VisitGrowing the Network: The Expansion of the Docklands Light RailwayThe Stephenson Conference: Research for RailwaysSmart transporterConference on Green Metro Systems 2016Tunnels Fire Safety ForumYoung Engineers’ Presentation CompetitionRITSEngineering the Railway Passenger JourneyITF 2016World Metro Rail Congress 2016Young Engineers’ Presentation CompetitionRail Depots & Workshops Modernisation 20162nd Global Geosynthetics SummitInnovation For Tomorrow’s Railway - Young Engineers’ Railway SeminarAfrica Rail 2016Rail Safety and ReliabilityImech - The Railway ChallengeModern RailwaysTrafficInfraTech ExpoImechE - Railway Division Chair’s AddressImechE - High Speed Train Technology5th Rail Engineering & Maintenance Summit 2016Africa Port And Rail4th Annual South Asia Transport & Infrastructure 2016ImechE :Progress Towards a Sustainable RailwayCILF2016Imech: Fire Safety On Trains: Where Next?African Rail Evolution NATRANS EXPORailway Division Annual Technical Tour 2016Imech - Wheels Versus RailsIntermodal Europe 2016International Exhibition TransBalticLogitrans – International Transport and Logistics Exhibition*Rail Revenue CongressInternational Rail Accident Investigation ConferenceImech - Manchester Metrolink – Growing the NetworkIndia Infrastructure Summit 2016Rail Revenue World Congress 2016Ausrail 2016\TransBalticInnorail 2016Emerging Technologies in Transport InfrastructureWorld Metrorail Congress 2017Smart Transport 2017

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With many more railway experts from India and overseas coupled with leading professionals such as Chartered accountants, legal company lawyers,

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Nick Brooks - International Experts

Nick Brooks is a European passenger rail ex-pert with a special focus on ticketing in high speed rail. Previously, he was Head of Sales at the German long distance operator HKX and introduced a number of innovations, such as ticket inspections by smartphone.

James Thomson - International Experts

James Thomson has over 40 years experi-ence with jacking methods for pipes and structures . Over a period of 40 years he has been involved with the design and installa-tion of many large jacked structures.

Joan Cardona - International Experts

Joan Cardona is acoustic consultant, project manager and business developer with more than 11 years experience in noise and vibra-tion control techniques applied to industry, environment, buildings and transportation.

Dr George Ardavanis - International Experts

Dr George Ardavanis has over 26 years of international experience in major railway infrastructure projects in Americas, Europe, Middle East and SE Asia.

KASTNER - International Experts

He has over 40 years experience in Euro-pean Rolling Stock users and Producers as well as maintainer. He started his career as a Commercial Manager in Production and Commerce of Steel Products then he worked as Sales & Marketing Manager

Kostas Tzanakakis - International Experts

Kostas Tzanakakis is working in establish-ment of a Railway Authority, Ministry of Transport and Communications, at Muscat OMAN. Previously he was Director of the “Railway Systems Directorate” at Greek Railways Organization

Ali Hasan Jadallah - International Experts

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K.J.V. Ramana Rao - Indian Experts

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Miki Granski - International Experts

Miki Granski has over 30 years of experi-ence with telecommunications, networking and consumer electronics companies. He has worked with start-ups and multinational corporations to deploy new technologies for global markets.

Anthony F. - International Experts

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INDUSTRY UPDATES 2016

20 Nov 2016 : DRDO ties up with Snecma to revive gas turbine engine for Tejas

12 Nov 2016 : General Electric Company bags Rs 270 crore con-tract from BHEL

3 Oct 2016 : France offers Alstom plant lifeline with high-speed train order

26 Sep 2016 : Innotrans 2016: Alstom Unveils Zero CO2 Emission Passenger Train

3 Nov 2016 : Provisional anti-dump-ing duty imposed on certain steel products

6 Sep 2016 : Jindal Steel to supply head- hardened rails for high-speedr

7 Sep 2016 : ARSS Infrastructure Projects announces resignation of director

27 Sep 2016 : ARSS Infrastruc-ture surges as its JV bags order worth Rs 135.45 crore

21 Oct 2016 : Kalpataru Group to kick-start cleanliness drive in Thane to mark ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign

12 Oct 2016 : power transmission towers and cables market is expected to exceed more than US$ 14 billion by 2023

23 Sep 2016 : Siemens or BHEL Rakes in use on CR may get

27 June 2016 : Siemens receives new contract from DLW/Varanasi

17 Oct 2016 : CRRC to make coach-es in Mihan for Nagpur Metro Rail

1 Oct 2016 : CRRC launches Indian joint venture CRRC Pioneer (India) Electric Co.

11 Nov 2016 : KEC International has the power with orders from Railways, SEBs

12 Oct 2016 : KEC International wins orders worth Rs 1,192 crore

16 Nov Oct 2016 : ABB bags Order to supply 1600 Traction Transformers to Railways

27 Oct 2016 : ABB India revenue up 4.4% in Sept quarter

27 Sep 2016 : Bombardier and China based CRRC Corp. Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement

26 Sep 2016 : InnoTrans 2016: Bombardier Delivers 1st Metro Car for Delhi Metro

14 Oct 2016 : Larsen & Toubro wins Rs 3799 cr order from railway

11 Oct 2016 : L&T share price rises 2% after bagging order from Lucknow

3 Nov 2016 : PowerGrid to electrify 761 km rail tracks

2 Nov 2016 : Indian Railways to collaborate with PSUs for electrification of tracks


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