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Closing for now. Iā€™ll re open this in about an hour.

2 and a half hours later reopened by someone elseā€¦

itā€™s reopen. thereā€™s no space.

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im opening destroy lonely express airlines. a subsidiary of opium airlines inc

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Metro train car procurements :
630 Siemens-Citrus Inspiro coaches for Delhi Metro standard gauge lines
150 Alstom Metropolis coaches for Mumbai Metro Line 1
210 Stadler metro coaches for Kolkata Metro Line 5
140 ICF Type 4000 coaches for Delhi Metro broad gauge lines
320 BEML 750v DC third rail metro coaches for Bangalore Namma Metro Green and Purple lines
100 Alstom Movia coaches for Chennai Metro line 1 and 2

Suburban train procurement :
80 Citrus IR130 12 coach trains for Chennai Suburban Rail
60 Siemens Desiro ML broad gauge trains for Chennai MRTS
140 ICF Type 2400 15 coach trains for Mumbai Suburban Rail

Bengaluru Kempegowda International Airportā€™s Terminal 2 is ready to support domestic flight operations. It will be opened on 30th November, 2022.
The construction of Chennai International Airportā€™s Terminal 5 has begun at a site near Kolapakkam.
The Bengaluru Metro Airport Express (Blue line) has successfully been certified for commercial use. It is underground from the Airport till Hoskote, at grade for 5km and then elevated till KSR Bengaluru.
More than 50km of border roads have been built on the Indo-Tibet border.
Construction of the first phase of the Virar-Alibaug Multimodal corridor has started.

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IR Train types

REGULAR PASSENGER TRAINS

TIER-1
a. Rajdhani (RJ)
Luxurious overnight trains connecting major cities to Delhi.
Most luxurious train service to operate on the general network and the fastest overnight sleeper service in India.

IR250-A1 : 17 coaches, 230kmph

b. Vande Bharat (VB)
Fastest trains to run on the general network. High speed, day time, long distance intercity trains.

ICF Train18 Gen2A 16 coach set (12 coach sets also exist), 265kmph

ICF-Alstom Train-18Gen2T pendolino 16 coach set, 250kmph

Siemens Velaro-D(IN) 16 coach set, 320kmph

TIER-2

a. NightJet (NJ)
Comfortable, fast long distance intercity sleeper trains

Siemens Vectron (WAP-8) hauled 18 coach CRF sleeper-seater set, 200kmph

b. InterCity (IC)
Comfortable, fast long distance intercity seater trains

WAP-7HS hauled 16 coach Tejas Seater set 16 coaches, 200kmph

WAP-8 hauled 16 coach Tejas Seater set 16 coaches, 200kmph

c. InterCity Xtraspeed (ICX)
Faster and more comfortable version of IC services

WAP-8 hauled 16 coach CRF-3A set, 230kmph

TIER-3

a. CityShuttle (CS)
Intercity commuter trains

12 coach 3rd gen BEML MEMU, 160kmph

6 coach Siemens Desiro ML, 160kmph

b. S-Bahn/Local trains
Regular suburban trains.
Livery is common for all systems. (Mumbai,Bengaluru,Chennai,Delhi,Kolkata etc)


(Mumbai S-Bahn Central Line ICF made EMU)

(Bengaluru S-Bahn Citrus IR150-B1 Mallige Line-L1 EMU)

FREIGHT TRAINS

All freight only passes through the DFCā€™s and is prohibited from the mainlines which are for passenger use only. Top speed is 130kmph and avg. speed is around 80kmph.
Locomotives used are Alstom Prima WAG-12B and ABB WAG-9HI
General freight allocation :
Single stack/Double stack containers : WAG-12B
Single stack containers : WAG-9HI
Wagons/Flatbeds : WAG-9HI/WAG-12B

Representation of freight trains on the DFC

HIGH SPEED RAIL

High speed services run on dedicated corridors, operated by NHSRCL. Top speed is 350kmph and they have limited stops and are comparable to Japanese HSR.


(16 coach Citrus IR350novo HST set)

RRTS Systems

(iā€™ll add later)

New boarding music of orange

The HAL HF-24 and HF-73 first prototypes have rolled out of their assembly line in Nagpur. They will be used as testbeds for systems.

A Bangladesh Air Force C130J is nearing its first test flight at Cambridge after being there nearly 3 months due to a bad engine issue.

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Aero India 2023 (Asia Biggest Air Show) will be Held at Yelahanka Airforce Station, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Airshow will be hold from 13th - 17th Feb 2023ā€¦

Various Air Assets of IAF & Foreign Players will take Part & Showcase their ability.

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Bangladesh Air Force C130 99-5485 flew its first air test today as MCE03

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Train-18Gen2T pendolino
first unit

top speed : 250kmph

tilting tech developed with help of alstom

The restrictions on personal vehicles and taxiā€™s have also been partially revoked.

  1. The road tax has been removed.
  2. Toll fee has been reduced by 50%. Basically a 120 rupee toll becomes a 60 rupee toll.
  3. Parking charges are the same for on street parking and garage charges depend on the garage operators but minimum cost is 50 for 2 hours and then 10 per hour.
  4. Fuel prices have been restored to their minimum costs.

  1. The ban on electric vehicles has been partially revoked. Fire services have been fully trained to handle EV fires and public transport workers and the citizens have been trained to properly handle electric vehicles. EV bans have been revoked for Buses, cars and vehicles such as golf carts. Chinese companies like BYD, Foton, Yutong and companies partnered with Chinese companies like PMI wonā€™t be able to sell their EVā€™s in India.

And just like that, all the EV tenders have been reactivated and E-buses are being bought back into service.


Due to the large number of BS-VI, hydrogen and electric vehicles, all vehicles compliant to BS-IV and lower norms shall be progressively taken off the streets,except legacy vehicles like Mumbaiā€™s old Titanā€™s or Tirupatiā€™s old Vikingā€™s.


A new dynamic bus and tram scheduling system has been launched. It is a modified version of the current system which schedules bus frequencies based on mean demand during a specific time period. The new system reads data from the ETMā€™s and CSMā€™s on 3 buses on each route at specific uniform time intervals and schedules buses depending on the data. Basically if the 3 buses are running full, an extra bus is scheduled to ease the demand and if the 3 buses are empty, the next bus is put on hold so that it doesnā€™t run half empty. All buses will have GPS navigation and will be enabled for multiple routes. If a bus starts from A and goes to B, then the same bus can go to C on a different route to meet demand and so on. Same goes for trams. Also, Travel for India will be merging into Chalo. The app and web interface will be the same as TFI, just with a different name and logo. Also the TFI cards will be replaced by Chalo cards.
Also it schedules higher capacity buses if the extra buses donā€™t help in easing the crowd in buses
Itā€™s also been found that buses are driven without closing the doors, especially SLF buses. All buses will have sensors that would prevent them from moving with open doors.


Transit rules changes

  1. In all buses in India, especially city buses, the boarding should be from the back door and alighting from the front. Only elderly and differently abled passengers can board from the front.
  2. Each bus must have a 2 member crew. A driver and a conductor.
  3. Buses should have bell pulls, basically a string running through the length of the bus connected to a bell. You pull the string, the bell rings. This will be the primary means of communication between driver and conductor.
  4. Double decker buses need to have 2 staircases, 1 each at the front and rear.
  5. Passing a bus/tram from the left is punishable with a INR1,00,000 fine and or 3 months of community service.
  6. Fares have been fixed. INR5 is the minimum fare, chargeable for 3km on a city bus, and then INR2 per km on city buses and for intercity/sleeper buses it is INR15 minimum for 5km and INR10 per km. Same goes for trams. (edited)
  7. Seats reserved for females will be made accessible for the general public and only 4 seats will be reserved for elderly and differently abled people.

The state has taken control of production and supply of green electricity and green hydrogen for vehicles. Green electricity will be generated through solar fields, wind farms, hydro plants and nuclear plants and green hydrogen by electrolysis of polluted, non usable water.

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An RCAirWing AWACS aircraft is having trouble over Poland and is most likely to divert to Rzeszow.

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