Patna Metro

Patna Metro
Overview
Native name पटना मेट्रो
Locale Patna, Bihar, India
Transit type Rapid Transit
Number of lines 3 (Phase 1)
1 (Phase 2)
1 (Phase 3)
Number of stations 54 (planned)
Website www.patnametro.in
Operation
Operation will start 2021 (estimated)
Technical
System length 60 km (37 mi) (planned)[1]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 2kV AC OHE
System map

Patna Metro (Hindi: पटना मेट्रो) is a planned rapid transit system for the City of Patna in Bihar, India.[2][3] It would be owned and operated by state run Patna Metro Rail Corporation.[4] It will be constructed on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode, estimated to cost ₹11545 crore (US$2 billion).[5]

On 14 September 2011, the Planning Commission of India gave approval for the Patna Metro. The Metro rail will be introduced on two routes under the public-private partnership mode. The metro rail in Patna is the second metro rail transport system in the total East India after the Kolkata Metro in the city of Kolkata.

The Metro rail is expected to run on three routes by 2016. For First Phase – Routes 1A, 1B, 2 – i.e. Danapur to Mithapur Bypass Chowk, Digha-High Court Link and Patna Railway Station to Proposed ISBT.[6][7] In the second phase, Metro Rail services would be provided between Bypass Chowk Mithapur to Deedarganj via Transport Nagar along NH 30 Bypass (13 km) Elevated along Bypass Road, and in the third phase between Bypass Chowk Mithapur to Phulwari Shariff AIIMS via Anisabad along NH 30 Bypass (11 km) Elevated along Bypass Road.[8]

Corridors

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Project detail

The Project will be based on Public-Private Partnership. The Centre would provide 20 per cent of the cost as Viability Gap Fund while the state government would spend a similar sum depending upon the final estimate of the project.[9] The remaining amount would be borne by the private company involved in the construction of the Metro Rail.[10] The project's total cost would be about ₹10000-₹15000 Crore. The entire Metro System would be elevated.[11]

On 11 June 2013, Bihar cabinet approved the proposal to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for Metro train service in Patna. Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) has been selected for the purpose, and has sanctioned ₹2.52 crore as consultancy fee to RITES.[12][13][14] On 18 June 2013 The Bihar Government has signed a MoU with the consultant -RITES- for feasibility study and Detailed Project Report preparation for the Patna Metro railway project. Under the agreement, RITES will be required to submit the feasibility report by first week of December 2013 and DPR by February 2014.[15] In its scope of works, the consultant will be required to identity the mass transit corridors on the basis of detailed traffic demand assessment study, topographic survey, soil survey at 500 meters interval on the proposed stretch among other measures.[16][17][18]

On 17 June 2014, the planned Patna Metro project received the green light.[19] With the green light, it was planned to set up the Patna Metro Train Corporation before 15 August 2014.[20] A detailed report for the Patna Metro project, now planned to proceed in four stages, is due 31 October 2014.[21]

Development

In November 2011, Union Urban development minister Kamal Nath had said that all cities that have a population in excess of 20 lakh would get a metro corridor.[22] According to the 2011 census findings, Patna has a population of a little over 20.4 lakh, which makes Patna eligible for Metro.[23] Bihar urban development department is the nodal agency for Patna Integrated Mass Rapid Transport System (PIMRTS).[24][25] Bihar government had decided to launch Patna metro or mono rail system by 2015.[26][27][28] But, the metro rail is emerging as a more viable option for the city than the monorail for the execution of the proposed Patna Integrated Mass Rapid Transport System (PIMRTS) because of load factor. Even the Planning Commission is extending its technical support to the proposed metro project.[29]

Project timelines

References

  1. ↑ "Patna Metro will run in 3 phase". Dainik Jagran. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.railnews.co.in/patna-gets-green-signal-for-metro-railway
  3. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/patna-gets-nod-for-metro-train-114061701032_1.html
  4. ↑ "Bihar fast-tracks Patna Metro rail project". Zee News. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "RITES to submit draft DPR for Patna metro rail project by May". Hindustan Times. 9 Apr 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Speed corridors on track 36km plan for Metro phase I". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). 23 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Delhi, Chennai type ISBT in Patna". The Times Of India. 4 July 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Metro rail final route map - Dainik Jagran". epaper.jagran.com. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Notice Seeking Public Opinion - Patna Metro Rail Project" (pdf). Patna Metro. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Bihar to have metro rail services soon - India - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "Metro overtakes monorail for load factor". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). 17 September 2011.
  12. ↑ "Bihar nod to preparing DPR for Patna metro rail". Zee News. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "Bihar government okays proposal on DPR preparation for metro rail". Ibn Live. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "Bihar nod to preparing DPR for Patna metro rail". Yahoo News. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "Bihar nod to preparing DPR for Patna metro rail". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  16. ↑ "Bihar Govt signs MOU for DPR on Patna Metro". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  17. ↑ "Patna to have Metro rail". Business Standard. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  18. ↑ Palaniappan, V. S. (8 October 2013). "Metro Man in city on October 25". The Hindu (Chennai, India).
  19. ↑ "पटना मेट्रो परियोजना को मिली हरी झंडी" [Patna Metro project received a green light]. Patna Hindi News (in Hindi). 17 June 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  20. ↑ "Patna Gets Green Signal for Metro Train". NDTV. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  21. 1 2 "Detailed project report for Patna metro by October 31". The Times of India. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  22. ↑ "Metro clears 20-lakh hurdle". The Telegraph (Patna). Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  23. ↑ "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  24. ↑ "Fast tracks to beat traffic". The Telegraph (Patna). Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  25. ↑ "Bid steam to metro dream". The Telegraph (Patna). Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  26. ↑ "Govt moots metro, mono rail projects in Patna". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  27. ↑ "Metro train in Bihar by 2016, to cover 40-km stretch at a cost of Rs. 8,000 crore". India Today. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  28. ↑ "Patna may get Metro rail by 2016, says Bihar minister". NDTV. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  29. ↑ "Metro overtakes monorail for load factor- Elevated corridor on radar because of cost-effectiveness, space constraint". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  30. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/patna/rites-to-submit-draft-dpr-for-patna-metro-rail-project-by-may/article1-1335328.aspx
  31. ↑ "Detailed project report for Patna metro by Oct 31". Business Standard.

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