Afcons Begins Work on Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Yamuna Bridge
Afcons Infrastructure in January launched site preparation works to construct a 1.35 km long bridge over the Yamuna River for Package 6 of the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line which was awarded by National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) in November 2020.
Since then – work this month has moved on to build well foundations for its piers on the river’s floodplains. The deck of this new bridge for semi high-speed trains will be constructed using box girders and will be 626 meter long over the river portion. It will consist of 32 piers with each span being 44m long.
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The bridge is coming up about 600m north of the DND Flyway and link Sarai Kale Khan (Nizamuddin) and New Ashok Nagar stations.
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Afcons had emerged as the lowest bidder among 5 for constructing an approximately 9.3 km section within Delhi between Sarai Kale Khan – New Ashok Nagar in September 2020. The team conducted a bhoomi puja near New Ashok Nagar Station’s site in January 2021 to formally launch construction works.
Their scope includes building a viaduct from Sarai Kale Khan Station to New Ashok Nagar’s Down-Ramp, a bridge over the Yamuna River, an entry ramp leading to the Jangpura Stabling Yard where a few Alstom (which acquired Bombardier) train-sets will stabled overnight for morning services, and two elevated stations at Sarai Kale Khan and New Ashok Nagar.
Some snaps shot earlier this month:
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Here’s a nice video which shows the sequential activities required for building a well foundation:
Afcons is chasing a 910 day deadline to complete civil works.
Roughly 15 km north, as the crow flies, Longjian – KEC JV is constructing another new bridge for the Delhi Metro’s Pink Line just north of Signature Bridge at Wazirabad. When both are ready in 2023-24, Delhi will have 6 bridges over the Yamuna River for modern MRTS trains (RRTS + 2 x Pink Line + Red Line + Blue Line + Magenta Line).
For more updates, check out the NCR RRTS section or my Home Page!
– TMRG
Sir bullet train ka station bhi sarai kale khan mai hi banega???
Yes, recent reports suggest Sarai Kale Khan for Delhi – Varanasi line and Bijwasan for Delhi – Ahmedabad line. In the future, I’m sure both will be extended to meet at New Delhi Railway Station.
Why 2 stations for different bullet train lines?. Make it all over at Sarai Kale Khan. It will be inconvenient if different stns. will built for different Bullet Train lines. I hope they will make that same at Sarai Kale Khan with a massive 20 platforms. Just like Japan’s Nagoya and Shin-Osaka station.