Chennai Metro collections during first week crosses Rs 1 crore
Express News Service
Chennai:
A total of 1.56 lakh passengers travelled on Chennai Metro during the
the last two days of the week, according to a Chennai Metro Rail
spokesman.
The spokesman said that during Saturday and Sunday alone, a total of
1.56 lakh passengers used Chennai Metro and the ticket sales was worth
Rs 48.6 lakh.
“We had a total ridership of 3.26 lakh passengers during the whole
week while our ticket collections was worth Rs 1.08 crore,” the
official said.
The tickets also include sale of smart cards, which has a minimum
deposit of Rs 50. Interestingly, the ridership on Sunday alone was
80,000, said the spokesman. During the inaugural day, the ridership
was 40,000 only.
Meanwhile, there had also been technical glitches that had affected
services of Chennai Metro on Sunday. “There were issues with the
software, which was being supplied by Siemens. This was resolved by
evening,” said a Chennai Metro Rail spokesman.
“We have taken up this issue with Siemens who assured us that they
will look into it,” he said.
A Siemens spokesman said that “it is taking all the necessary steps to
ensure smooth operation of this prestigious project. Our teams are
present on ground and are providing all the necessary support.”
Siemens’ scope for this project included the central operations
control center, ATP (Automatic Train Protection), ATS (Automatic Train
Supervision), electronic interlockings (Sicas ECC), ATO (Automatic
Train Operation) as well as the line electrification (25 kV AC
overhead line).
Tilak Raj Seth, Executive Vice-President, Mobility Division, Siemens
said that Siemens had to face few delays due to civil and related
work. “This is understandable in a project of this nature where
construction has to happen alongside the daily business of the city
and its related services. But our project teams put in significant
efforts also provided support in fast-tracking the clearances related
to RDSO and safety approvals,” he said.
“Installation and testing were carried out under challenging
conditions, but the Siemens teams worked very closely together with
all system contractors to ensure timely completion,” he added.
He said that Chennai Metro’s entire operations can be controlled from
the operation control centre (OCC) at Koyambedu.
The functioning is automatic and there is minimal human intervention.
The entire power supply system is been monitored and controlled
through Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA).
“There are three 110kV sub-stations planned in the project so that no
single outage affects the Metro operation. In case of grid collapse,
diesel generators sets are installed at each location to provide the
emergency back-up power supply for essential utilities at stations and
restoration of the systems,” he added
Express News Service
Chennai:
A total of 1.56 lakh passengers travelled on Chennai Metro during the
the last two days of the week, according to a Chennai Metro Rail
spokesman.
The spokesman said that during Saturday and Sunday alone, a total of
1.56 lakh passengers used Chennai Metro and the ticket sales was worth
Rs 48.6 lakh.
“We had a total ridership of 3.26 lakh passengers during the whole
week while our ticket collections was worth Rs 1.08 crore,” the
official said.
The tickets also include sale of smart cards, which has a minimum
deposit of Rs 50. Interestingly, the ridership on Sunday alone was
80,000, said the spokesman. During the inaugural day, the ridership
was 40,000 only.
Meanwhile, there had also been technical glitches that had affected
services of Chennai Metro on Sunday. “There were issues with the
software, which was being supplied by Siemens. This was resolved by
evening,” said a Chennai Metro Rail spokesman.
“We have taken up this issue with Siemens who assured us that they
will look into it,” he said.
A Siemens spokesman said that “it is taking all the necessary steps to
ensure smooth operation of this prestigious project. Our teams are
present on ground and are providing all the necessary support.”
Siemens’ scope for this project included the central operations
control center, ATP (Automatic Train Protection), ATS (Automatic Train
Supervision), electronic interlockings (Sicas ECC), ATO (Automatic
Train Operation) as well as the line electrification (25 kV AC
overhead line).
Tilak Raj Seth, Executive Vice-President, Mobility Division, Siemens
said that Siemens had to face few delays due to civil and related
work. “This is understandable in a project of this nature where
construction has to happen alongside the daily business of the city
and its related services. But our project teams put in significant
efforts also provided support in fast-tracking the clearances related
to RDSO and safety approvals,” he said.
“Installation and testing were carried out under challenging
conditions, but the Siemens teams worked very closely together with
all system contractors to ensure timely completion,” he added.
He said that Chennai Metro’s entire operations can be controlled from
the operation control centre (OCC) at Koyambedu.
The functioning is automatic and there is minimal human intervention.
The entire power supply system is been monitored and controlled
through Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA).
“There are three 110kV sub-stations planned in the project so that no
single outage affects the Metro operation. In case of grid collapse,
diesel generators sets are installed at each location to provide the
emergency back-up power supply for essential utilities at stations and
restoration of the systems,” he added
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