Lucknow Metro

Lucknow Metro
Overview
Native name लखनऊ मेट्रो
Owner Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC)
Locale Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Transit type Metro
Number of lines 2 (planned, Phase I & II)
Number of stations 33 (planned, Phase I & II)
Key people E. Sreedharan
(Chief Advisor), Alok Ranjan
(Chairman, LMRC), Kumar Keshav
(MD, LMRC)[1]
Headquarters Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Administrative Headquarters, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow 226010
Website http://www.lmrcl.com/
Operation
Operation will start December 2016[2]
Train length 4 coaches
Headway 100 seconds[3] (planned)
Technical
System length 35 km (22 mi) (planned)[4]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Top speed 80 km/h (50 mph)
System map

The Lucknow Metro is a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) being constructed to provide the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh with an environment friendly atmosphere. The commencement of civil works started on 27 September 2014.[5] Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Limited or LMRC is working on this project which will be an alternative mode of transport since approximately 94% of the city’s registered vehicles are private.[6][7] Growing population and huge traffic has called for the transformation of private modes of conveyance to public transport. The metro project will be the most expensive public transport system in the state of Uttar Pradesh, costing ₹6928 crore (US$1 billion) in phase 1 of construction, first lane of which is expected to be operational by December 2016.[7][8] Phase 2 will be started in 2018.

Lucknow Metro will be having two routes, from North to South and East to West. The North-South corridor starts at Amausi to Munshi Pulia, with a total length of 22.878 kilometres (14.216 miles). The East-West corridor starts at Charbagh Railway Station and ends at Vasant Kunj. Both lines will intersect at Charbagh. An extension line from Indira Nagar – Gomti Nagar – Polytechnic Crossing will extend it to Patrakarpuram, Gomti Nagar.[9] The difference between arrival time of trains at each station is expected to be 7 minutes. This would be reduced to 5 minutes and then to 3 minutes in phases. The work would be finished by 2017 of first phase.

The Lucknow Metro system, when completed, will be the fastest and most economical high speed rapid transit system project in India.[10]

History

Initially the Lucknow Metro Rail Project was planned to include 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.[11][12]

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).[13] This corridor will have a total 22 stations including 19 overhead and 3 underground.[3] The elevated stations would have included the Airport terminal, Amausi, Transport Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Singaar Nagar, Alambagh, ISBT, Mawaiya, Durgapuri, Charbagh, KD Singh Babu Stadium. This shall be followed by an underground section that will include Hussain Ganj, Sachivalaya (Uttar Pradesh Secretariat), Hazratganj. Here after, the track will be elevated again, stations in the sequence are Lucknow University, IT College, Mahanagar, Badshahnagar, Lekhraj Market, Ramsagar Mishra Nagar, Indira Nagar and a new terminus Munshi Pulia.[14]

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 elevated (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), Gautam Buddha Marg, Aminabad, Pandeyganj, Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (King George Medical University) and Niwazganj were to be below ground level, and an elevated section for the Thakurganj, Balaganj, Sarfarazganj, Moosabagh and the Vasant Kunj terminal stations.

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 corridor. 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.[15]

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 operating 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 underground 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.[16]

Project timeline

Status

The collection of soil samples for metro construction began on 3 August 2009.[24] and was completed in September the same year. The report concluded that the soil condition was feasible for metro rail.[25] The Uttar Pradesh state budget for 2013–14 provided funding for the metro project.[26] In February 2013, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had given the final clearance for establishing the metro in Lucknow.[27] A committee headed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan will oversee the initial stages of development of the project.[28][29] In May 2013, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) offered financial assistance to the Uttar Pradesh government for the metro rail project.[19][30]

Routes

The routes for running of metro rail are as given below:[32]

Line First operational Last Extension Stations Length
(km)		 Terminals Rolling stock Gauge Power
     North-South Corridor Under Construction NA2222.878CCS International AirportMunshi PuliaAlstom 1435mm 25kV OHE
     East-West Corridor PlannedNA1211.098Charbagh Railway StationVasant KunjNA 1435mm 25kV OHE

Funding of Lucknow Metro

The state government and the central government provided funds for Lucknow Metro for first phase in the financial budget of 2014–2015 and 2015–2016. 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 December 2015.

Infrastructure

Rolling Stock

On 5 October 2015, French Engineering Firm Alstom bagged over 150 million euro contract to provide train coaches to Lucknow Metro. Lucknow Metro will initially have 20 train sets of 4 car each making a total of 80 cars. The trains will manufactured indigenous at Sricity plant of Alstom India.[33]

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.[33]

Automatic Fare Collection (AFC)

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

Metro Stations

North-South Corridor

East-West Corridor

Operation

Phase 1B

The trial of metro train at priority section is scheduled to be started in August 2016 and final operation will be started in December 2016.

Awards

Lucknow Metro was awarded 'Best Metro for Excellence in Innovative Designs' at 5th Annual Metro Rail Summit in New Delhi. It competed against the other metro projects of the country like Delhi Metro, Mumbai Metro, Jaipur Metro etc.[35]

References

  1. ↑ "LucknowMetroRail". www.lmrcl.com.
  2. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Lucknow-Metro-adjudged-as-best-metro-for-excellence-in-innovative-designs/articleshow/51474304.cms
  3. 1 2 "Alstom to provide metro trainsets and a signalling solution for Lucknow’s first metro line". www.alstom.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Metro construction to hinder traffic on Kanpur Rd". The Times of India. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Lucknow Metro construction begins, Akhilesh fulfils promise to father". The Times of India. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Work on Metro project initiated". The Times of India. 6 March 2008.
  7. 1 2 "Cabinet approves Lucknow Metro project at an estimated cost of Rs 6,928 crore". Economic Times. 22 December 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Approval for Lucknow Metro Rail Project Phase-1A". pib.nic.in (Press Information Bureau Government of India Cabinet). Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Lucknow gets projects worth Rs 2400cr". The Times of India. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  10. ↑ "Lucknow Metro Rail fastest and most economical project in India". Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "DMRC proposes new changes in Lucknow Metro corridors". Indian Express. 7 February 2010.
  12. ↑ "UP in search of financial model to make metro cost-effective". Indian Express. 8 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "Updated Final Detailed Project Report for Lucknow Metro Rail Project (phase – i) " (PDF) (Revised October 2013): Page 20.
  14. ↑ "Lucknow Metro Rail gets a blueprint from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation". Indian Express. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  15. ↑ "Lucknow metro rail makes a turn towards Gomtinagar". Lucknow Properties. 7 June 2011.
  16. ↑ Priyanka Singh (21 February 2013). "New Metro plan recommends network across Lucknow". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  17. ↑ "Work on Lucknow Metro to begin December". Zee News. 21 August 2013.
  18. ↑ Ashish Tripathi (30 June 2013). "Design Lucknow metro logo, win Rs 20,000". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  19. 1 2 "Uttar Pradesh government approves detailed project report of Lucknow metro". The Economic Times. 20 Aug 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  20. ↑ "Metro Rail Construction at Lucknow to begin by December". Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  21. ↑ "DMRC pitches for Lucknow Metro work, assures first phase completion by Feb 2017". The Economic Times. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  22. ↑ Priyanka Singh (28 December 2013). "UP gets Centre's sanction letter for Lucknow Metro". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  23. ↑ "Budget 2014-15: Rs 100 crore for metros in Ahmedabad, Lucknow". Business Today In. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  24. ↑ Lalmani Verma (3 August 2009). "Lucknow Metro: collection of soil samples begin". Indian Express. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  25. ↑ "DMRC team discusses tech details with LDA". The Times of India. 22 October 2009.
  26. ↑ "This week Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow Metro still has miles to go". Indian Express. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  27. ↑ "Lucknow Metro will be built on PPP model, says Akhilesh". Indian Express. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  28. ↑ "Panel to oversee Lucknow metro rail project". Zee News. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  29. ↑ "Lucknow metro rail: UP Chief Secy to oversee the ambitious project". India Today. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  30. ↑ "Japanese agency offers funds to UP govt for Lucknow Metro project". IBN Live. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  31. ↑ "Lucknow metro MD gets Shaan-E-Lucknow award, special postalenvelope launched - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  32. ↑ Dehi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (8 October 2013). "Updated Final Detailed Project Report for Lucknow Metro Rail Project (Phase – 1)" (PDF). Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  33. 1 2 The Economic Times (5 October 2015). "Alstom bags 150 million euro contract from Lucknow Metro". Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  34. ↑ "UPDATED FINAL DETAILED PROJECT REPORT FOR LUCKNOW METRO RAIL PROJECT (PHASE – I)" (PDF): Page 8.
  35. ↑ "Lucknow Metro adjudged as best metro for ‘excellence in innovative designs’ - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-03-20.

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