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streetcars or light rail lines bridge the comprising trains with depot workshop The Indian government is also
last mile on people’s journey home or equipment, the electrification system, looking into reorienting urban
to the workplace. and the signaling systems, all made by planning through its Smart City
“Today, private bus and transport Siemens. In the greater Delhi region, initiative. The aim is to place residential
companies operate their fleets on the Siemens not only built the subway districts, workplaces, and business
routes that are especially lucrative and line in Gurgaon that feeds into Delhi, centers closer together so that people
widely used, between city centers but is also expanding the entire Delhi don’t have to travel as much. This
and residential districts,” says Bernd Metro subway system. Siemens is concept includes the construction of
Bonenberger, a local transportation also providing the electrification shopping centers located next to new
expert at Siemens in Delhi. “So technology for 115 kilometers of new subway stations.
far there’s been nothing like a subway lines.
cooperative network.” To date, the New Approach to Express Trains for Long-
lobby of the various bus and transport Urban Planning distance Routes
companies has been an obstacle to the The Indian government wants to
construction of a multimodal traffic The Rapid Metro Gurgaon feeder move transregional traffic off the
network consisting of various modes line on the outskirts of Delhi transports
of transportation. But the new policy 50,000 people every day and covers nation’s roads. In the years ahead, it is
aims to end all that. Networking has all of its costs through ticket sales. planning to build a network of express
become obligatory.” As Gurgaon continues to expand, trains for long-distance transportation.
the operators expect the number of Siemens will be involved in this
Complete Package for the passengers to go on growing. “The endeavor on the route connecting
Private Sector Indian government is now promoting Chennai, Bangalore, and Mysore. A
In recent years, Gurgaon has exactly this kind of involvement by completely electrified route will be built
developed an ultramodern office private companies in order to boost for long-distance freight transport in
and business district to which many the expansion of subway networks,” the next few years in order to decrease
thousands of workers travel every says Bonenberger. “This is essential the use of diesel locomotives. The aim
day. “Previously, the access roads because, as an emerging market, India is to use improved signaling systems
were completely overburdened. It does not have the economic strength to enable trains to run at shorter
sometimes took an hour just to travel to enable its public sector to expand intervals, so that the route is more
from your office to the next main road,” the local transport networks to the effectively utilized. And that’s not all.
says Bonenberger. Siemens created extent that is needed.” Another new The Delhi Metro is also participating
an alternative to this bottleneck by aspect of this policy is that bidders
building two metro lines, each one have to submit their project proposals in a new photovoltaic facility that
several kilometers long, to serve for review by independent experts. will provide the subway system with
as feeders to Delhi’s main subway This too decreases the influence of the green electricity.
network. It was a complete package, well-established transportation lobby. Siemens Mobility GmbH

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