Agra Metro’s PAC Depot Takes Shape & Tracks Arrive

With station & viaduct works on Agra Metro Line-1’s 8 km Priority Corridor grabbing all eyeballs, here’s a post on the project’s crucial train maintenance depot that is quietly shaping up.

This train maintenance depot of the 29.40 km Agra Metro Phase 1 project is under construction on a 16 hectare land parcel near the underground Taj Mahal Station (formerly known as Purani Mandi) to house the system’s Alstom 3-coach rolling stock.

Construction for it is being carried out by Lisha Engineers through a Rs. 112.63 crore contract awarded by Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) in October 2020 for Package AGCC-03 with a tight completion period of 18 months.

Location of PAC Depot on Line-1’s Priority Corridor – view Agra Metro Phase 1 info & route map

Per UPMRC’s press release from this past week, 60% of the depot’s civil construction has been completed (seems far-fetched to me) and track-laying will begin soon. Excerpt:

The civil construction work of integrated workshop, stabling yard (where trains are stabilised after revenue operation hours) and pit wheel lathe inside the metro depot is already being executed. Along with this, construction work of auto coach wash plant and underground tanks is also on the verge of completion.

Some snaps from UPMRC’s MD’s visit today:

Shed for Inspection Bay Line (IBL) – Photo via VK Chaudhary
Photo via VK Chaudhary

Additional snaps can viewed on UPMRC’s Twitter page.

This past week, Larsen & Toubro delivered the first batch of ballastless tracks. They were awarded Kanpur Metro and Agra Metro projects’ track-work contract KNPAGT-3 in January 2021.

Photo via UPMRC’s PRO

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16 Responses to "Agra Metro’s PAC Depot Takes Shape & Tracks Arrive"

  1. Rupraj Sengupta says:

    Are you who manufactured the tracks is it indian or imported, Jindal only makes the grade!

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  2. Rupraj Sengupta says:

    *I mean aware

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  3. Abhishek Threja says:

    create a new page for surat chennai expressway also.

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    • TMRG says:

      It’s in the works 🙂 Surat – Chennai is actually an economic corridor comprising of 2 corridors, Surat-Solapur and Solapur-Chennai.

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  4. Kanishka says:

    How’s the depot progress for:
    – Patna Metro
    – Bhopal Metro
    – Indore Metro
    – Surat Metro

    …seems like, the authorities will manage to commission only the small (show piece) priority corridor on these projects before 2024 general elections; just like UPMRC managed to open a priority section in Kanpur recently. Depot readiness is must to ensure opening of the priority corridor..

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  5. Jishnukrishna Venkat says:

    But any info about Hebbagodi ?? Bcoz the land still looked barren there. I couldn’t see any construction piece there..

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  6. Saqib Ajaz says:

    Greetings to TMRG. It would be great if you will add Kanpur Airport terminal progress in airport section as it will help us to stay updated about its work too.

    Reply

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