Even the Pinoys are buying Chinese metro trains。
MRT3 GM reports fabrication of new train cars in China on track
by
Kris Bayos
May 18, 2015
Fabrication of the prototype unit of the brand new train cars for the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 is nearing completion in China, according to the government.
MRT 3 General Manager Roman Buenafe said the fabrication of the prototype unit is on track and the winning supplier can meet the government’s deadline to deliver the prototype unit by August。
“Fabrication of the train body of the prototype unit will be finished by end of May,” said Buenafe, who visited the manufacturing plant of Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company (Dalian) in China last week.
With only three months left to fabricate and deliver the prototype unit, it is unclear when Dalian can finish the fabrication and transport the unit from China to the Philippines.
“Even from a technical perspective, I cannot estimate the progress they have made so far. But we were assured that the prototype will be in Manila by August,” he added.
Buenafe and other representatives of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) are set to fly to Dalian again next month to conduct monthly progress inspection. Once the prototype unit runs in the MRT 3 system, Dalian will deliver the rest of the 48 brand new LRVs in monthly tranches over the succeeding 12 months.
Of the 72-car fleet of the MRT 3, between 42 to 54 cars are operational, according to Buenafe, as the rest are awaiting spare parts to operate again. Ideally, there should be 18 to 20 trains operating during peak hours but the existing maintenance provider has only been able to to deploy a maximum of 16 trains since January.
This underperformance has been the reason for the plummeting capacity of the MRT 3, which is originally designed to carry 350,000 passengers a day but actually ferries about 540,000 riders due to overloading. The MRT 3 runs along Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue daily from Taft Avenue to North Avenue.
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Connecting the Metro stations: Karnataka looks to China to usher in LRTS
DC CORRESPONDENT | June 05, 2015, 07.06 am IST
The delegation of Shandong International Economic and Technical Co Operation from China called on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Thursday (Photo: DC)
Bengaluru: The state government is seriously considering introducing the Light Rapid Transport System (LRTS) to provide connectivity among metro stations in Bengaluru city. With citizens of Bengaluru not making adequate use of metro trains due to lack of connectivity from residential layouts to metro stations and bus stands, the government wants to introduce LRTS to link first, second and third phase metro stations.
Already, a project report has been prepared by Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation to have a 40 km mini train route in Bengaluru. A delegation from China’s Shandong International Economic and Technical Co-Operation Group Limited made a presentation on the metro rail and high speed train and also held discussion with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah here on Thursday.
The Chief Minister discussed three grade separators — Hebbal to Chalukya Circle via Central Silk Board (16 km); Goraguntepalya to KR Puram (21 km) and Jnanabharathi to Whitefield (27 km). This would ensure connectivity on all four sides of the city. The Chinese company had shown interest to take up this project on a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis besides investing in all these three projects.
Construction of overpasses will reduce the travel time from Hebbal to Silk Board to 20 minutes, KR Puram to Goraguntepalya to 21 minutes and from Jnanabharathi to Whitefield to 40 minutes. Discussions were also held for building another corridor from BBMP circle to Hoskote.
Information and Infrastructure Minister R. Roshan Baig told mediapersons that the China-based company is known for construction of important highways, high speed trains and overpasses. The state government would be signing an agreement with that company at the Global Investors Meet(GIM) to be held in Bengaluru in November this year.
Six-lane express corridor
A project report is being prepared for a six-lane express corridor from Bengaluru-Mysuru in co-operation with a China-based company. The project cost is around Rs 6,500 crore and resources would be mobilised by Shandong International Economic and Technical Co-Operation Group Limited. This corridor would reduce journey time considerably.
High Speed train to link Chennai-Mysuru
Mr Roshan Baig said the CM discussed the high speed train project between Chennai and Mysuru via Bengaluru and a six-lane express corridor on the Bengaluru-Mysuru section. Already, the BJP led NDA government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had referred to a high speed train on the Chennai-Mysuru section via Bengaluru.
The meeting with the Chinese company was a prelude to this, he added. According to sources, there is a proposal to construct an overpass near Kengeri and Bidadi in view of sharp curves not suitable for high speed trains.
Recently, a team of officials inspected the existing railway track on Bengaluru-Mysuru section to find out feasibility of the high speed train.
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