DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND COMMISSIONING OF ENGINES OF SKY BUS

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LOK SABHA

Technology for 3 phase AC asynchronous motors and interfacing with Konkan Railway’s Anti Collision Device (ACD) for driving the Sky Bus will be jointly developed.

The Austrian Company will be involved in developing the entire three phase AC traction system with electronic controls suitable to operate in Sky Bus Guideway and will also reveal the interface requirement to match with Konkan Railway’s Anti Collision Devices. The name and address of the firm with whom Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is: "ELIN EGB Traction GmbH, CumberlandstraBe, 32-34, A-1141, Wein Austria".

While proposals have been submitted for implementing Sky Bus Metro in 15 cities in India and 7 cities abroad, the technology is still to be proved.

Sky Bus System is more cost effective than other urban mass transit transportation systems. Sky Bus follows the road alignment. It is an elevated system of mass transport. The elevated metro at present is found to be costing between Rs. 100 crores to Rs. 120 crores per route km. In comparison, for the same level of performance, the Sky Bus Metro costs between Rs. 45 crores to Rs. 50 crores per kilometre. Sky Bus does not require land at most of the occasion since it follows roads and hence can be constructed within 2 to 3 years in any city.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Basanagouda R. Patil in a written reply to a question from Shri Naresh Puglia in the Lok Sabha today.