DMRC Invites Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-2A’s Station Facade Works
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday and Saturday invited bids from architectural detailing firms for external facade works at 17 stations on the 18.6 km Mumbai Metro Line-2A (Yellow Line) which’ll connect Dahisar East and DN Nagar (Andheri West) neighborhoods.
Bids have been invited in 4 packages with a bid submission date of July 14 (4 pm) and bid opening date of July 15 (4 pm).
Package DMRC/MU/LINE2/AC-11: External Facade Works of 05 (five) elevated stations i.e. Dahisar (E), Anand Nagar, Rushi Sankul, IC Colony and Eksar of Line 2A on Dahisar (East) to DN Nagar corridor of Mumbai Metro Rail Project, Mumbai.
Package DMRC/MU/LINE2/AC-12: External Facade Works of 04 (four) elevated stations i.e. Don Bosco, Shimpoli, Mahavir Nagar and Kamraj Nagar of Line 2A on Dahisar (East) to DN Nagar corridor of Mumbai Metro Rail Project, Mumbai.
Package DMRC/MU/LINE2/AC-13: External Facade Works of 04 (four) elevated stations i.e. Charkop, Malad, Kasturi Park and Bangur Nagar of Line 2A on Dahisar (East) to DN Nagar corridor of Mumbai Metro Rail Project, Mumbai.
Package DMRC/MU/LINE2/AC-14: External Facade Works of 04 (four) elevated stations i.e. Goregaon, Adarsh Nagar, Shastri Nagar and D.N.Nagar of Line 2A on Dahisar (East) to DN Nagar corridor of Mumbai Metro Rail Project, Mumbai.
15 of these stations have been renamed by the MMRDA – see their new names here.
Here are some tender drawings prepared by AECOM Asia – Kirti Structural Consultants – Absolute Architects JV with station designs showing a heavy use of glazing and yellow lovers (similar to window blinds) in its facade to represent the line’s colour.
Back in April 2020, Studio Archohm had released a small render of Mandapeshwar Station (formerly IC Colony) with a design similar to that of Line-7’s Akurli Station which is in an advanced stage of completion. Here’s a new full blown render of it:
In May, MMRDA invited bids for similar facade works on its 16.5 km Line-7 stations, so with this development, local residents in Mumbai’s western suburbs should start seeing facade works commencing on both Line-2A and Line-7’s stations by the start of Q4 2020.
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1) What’s the progress of DN Nagar Station of the Yellow Line, it’s hardly any progress have been done, even the concourse pier haven’t been erected.
2) According to the sources the Mumbai Metro Green Line will have 2 depots, one in Mogarpada and one in Gaimukh, but I think 2 depots aren’t enough for a 57 km metro corridor, it should require at least 3 depot to operate the corridor.
1. Definitely behind schedule on DN Nagar Station. See images shot earlier this week here: https://twitter.com/denverdsouza/status/1270289662171463683
In the replies, MMRDA’s unofficial Twitter handle blames it on the labour shortage from COVID-19. That’s definitely true for the past 3 months, but doesn’t explain the lack of progress from 2018-2020.
2. There’s another depot planned in Vikhroli on Godrej’s land. Further up north, there’ll be only one depot at Mogharpada and not two. See the last paragraph of this post –
https://themetrorailguy.com/2020/02/18/mmrda-invites-bids-for-234-coaches-for-mumbai-metro-line-4-4a/