UK-based engineering firm Mott MacDonald has won a contract from Larsen and Toubro (L&T) to design six stations for the Hyderabad Metro Rail project in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
The Rs164bn ($3bn) three-line metro rail network will cover a distance of 71.16km and serve 66 stations.
The deal will see Mott MacDonald offer architectural, structural and public health design services for three interchange stations located in the city at Ameerpet, Parade Grounds and the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, and design three more stations at Panjagutta, Hi-Tech City and Jubilee Hills Checkpost.
Mott MacDonald said that it will use building information modelling (BIM) to provide better solutions, faster project delivery, improved sustainability and performance.
Mott MacDonald project director Karthikeyan Ramalingam spoke of the company’s involvement in metro projects that are being implemented in seven Indian cities.
“Mass Rapid Transit System has become a key area for infrastructure development in the major cities of India,” Ramalingam said.
“Our appointment builds upon our existing work for Larsen and Toubro as detailed design consultants on the Chennai Metro Rail project,” Ramalingam added.
Construction work for the entire network is expected to be completed in phases from late 2014 to 2017; the finalised metro is expected to carry about 1.5 million passengers a day.
The first section of the fully automatic rail network is expected to open by late 2014 or early 2015 and will be capable of carrying 60,000 passengers per hour at peak times.
Thales India secured a Rs7.4bn ($136m) contract from L&T in December 2012 to provide signalling and communications systems for the metro.
Thales is responsible for installing communications-based train control and integrated communications and supervision systems on the three lines of the Hyderabad metro.
In September 2012, South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem won an Rs18bn ($324m) to deliver 57 three-car trainsets for the metro project, and French firm Keolis secured a contract in May 2012 to operate and maintain the new metro system for eight years.
Source: www.railway-technology.com, 20 February 2013
Image: Mott MacDonald will provide architectural, structural and public health design services for Hyderabad metro’s six stations. Photo: courtesy of Keolis.
