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Vijayawada Metro Rail

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Native name
  
విజయవాడ మెట్రో రైలు

Number of lines
  
2 (planned)

Chief executive
  
N P Ramkrishna Reddy

Transit type
  
Rapid transit

Number of stations
  
25


Locale
  
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

Vijayawada Metro Rail is a proposed rapid transit system in the Indian city of Vijayawada. The system is proposed to reduce traffic congestion in the city and consists of two corridors in phase-I covering 26.03 km. The project is estimated to cost 6,769 crore.

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History

The Metro rail project is proposed by N Chandrababu Naidu to reduce traffic congestion in the city. The project was awarded to E.Sreedharan led Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), keeping in view its successful execution of the Delhi Metro Rail project. Survey work for the project began in 2014. RVR Associates was appointed to conduct household and traffic surveys. Following the completion of these two surveys, topographical, environmental and soil surveys were also conducted. A detailed project report on the Vijayawada Metro was submitted by Principal Advisor of DMRC, E.Sreedharan to the Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on April 27, 2015.

The AMRC floated tenders for the construction of two lines for the project on 28 November 2016. Larsen and Toubro (L&T), Afcons Infrastructure Limited (AIL), and Simplex Infrastructures Limited (SIL) submitted bids for the project.

DMRC has been asked to complete phase-1 of the project by December 2018.

Plan

As Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu planned a new capital for Andhra Pradesh, he planned to develop Vijayawada as a smart city & rolled out plans for metro in the city.

Network and route

The proposed interchange of two lines is Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS), a bus station located at the southern side of Vijayawada city and beside the Krishna River. The proposed first line will follow Bandar Road from Pandit Nehru Bus Station to Penamaluru via Mahatma Gandhi road and the second run from PNBS along Eluru Road to Nidamanuru via Vijayawada Railway Station. An extension to Amaravati (state capital) is proposed in a subsequent phase. The project does not serve One Town area, where commercial locations such as KR Market, Vastralatha and the temple of Kanaka Durga are located.

Funding

The corridor from Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS) to Nidamanur is estimated to cost 969 crore (US$140 million), and the corridor between PNBS and Penamalur will cost 831 crore (US$120 million).

German bank KfW agreed to provide a loan of 2,500 crore (US$370 million) to the AMRC in February 2017. The Andhra Pradhesh Government had previously considered taking a loan from JICA, but chose not to, as JICA's loan proposal mandated that 30% of the loaned amount should used to procure rolling stock from Japan.

References

Vijayawada Metro Rail Wikipedia