Alstom-ATSA bags Rs. 1497 crore Eastern DFC award.

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation has awarded a major contract worth Rs. 1497 crore to Alstom-ATSA for carrying out electrification and signalling system on the Bhaupur-Khurja section of the Eastern DFC

The system contract has been awarded for the 343-km long Bhaupur (Kanpur)- Khurja section to Alstom India-ATSA joint venture, said a senior DFCC official.

The work in the section is funded by the World Bank. The work involves design and construction of electrification, signalling, telecommunication, buildings and other associated works.

The electrification work includes traction power supply and over head equipment (OHE) among others while the signalling and telecommunication work includes automatic signalling, electronic interlocking, train detection using Multi Section Digital Axle Counters (MSDAC), train management system, optic fibre cable-based communication system, GSM-R based Mobile Train Radio Communication.

The Bhaupur-Khurja section will have 10 stations at a spacing of 35-40 km of which four are junction stations connecting to Railways for exchange of freight traffic.

The system shall be designed to carry long haul (1500 metre) freight trains of 13,000 tons at a maximum speed of 100 kmph and will improve the present average speed of 25 kmph on Indian Railway to 65 kmph.

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