L&T Metro Rail
(Hyderabad) Limited aspires and is also striving hard to transform the lives of
the people of Hyderabad with the best-in-class mobility, connecting and
creating some of the best and vibrant urban spaces. Currently, more than 3
million personalized vehicles ply on Hyderabad’s roads, followed by addition of
0.20 million vehicles each year. It is estimated that 8 million motorized trips
are made each day and out of this, only 3.2 million or roughly 40 percent are
made by means of Public Transportation System (PTS). The personal
vehicles results in traffic bottlenecks, high levels if pollution levels and a
sharp increase in fuel consumption
Hyderabad Metro is
designed to cater to a peak volume of 50,000 commuters during peak hours,
nearly 17 lakh passengers per day by the year 2017 and 22 lakh by the year
2024. New technologies and equipments have helped the Metro project to include
high-end efficiencies. The trains utilize Regenerative Electric Braking, which
converts the momentum into electrical energy and feeds back to power supply
system during the process of braking. This would reduce the overall energy
requirement from the grid. L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited has installed
the advanced signaling & train control technology, Communication Based
Train Control (CBTC) for Hyderabad’s Metro which is used for advanced control
of the trains. Hyderabad Metro is the first such Metro Project in India where
the trains would be controlled by CBTC technology.
The automated
Communication Based Train Control System (CBTC) technology is considered
practically as a step short of driverless mode. Hyderabad Metro is also India’s
first two-track elevated city based transit system developed under the
public-private participation (PPP) model. The choice of CBTC for Metro is for
the purpose of enhanced frequency and safety. Most such technologies accompany
ability to even be upgraded to driverless technology in the future.
CBTC represents an
automatic train operation where the trains are controlled by means of commands
from the central control centre. Due to this, enhanced safety is provided due
to applying brakes automatically in case there is any manual mistake by the
driver.
The Hyderabad Metro Rail
network would be covering a total distance of around 72 km across three
corridors, Corridor-I stretches from Miyapur to LB Nagar while Corridor-II is
from Jubilee Bus Station to Falaknuma and Corridor-III is scheduled from Nagole
to Shilparamam.
Given the high stakes
involved in terms of development for a city like Hyderabad, the Communication
Based Train Control System (CBTC) is a welcome addition that can make travel
more safer and reliable. L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited leaves no stone
unturned to make the Metro rail project, truly world-class, in all technological
aspects that offers nothing but the best for the Mass rapid transit system,
that is Hyderabad Metro rail project.
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