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# Participation in the 6th UITP Urban Rail Seminar 2023 – Success stories of India and Southeast Asia

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More than 200 participants joined the seminar in Delhi, including
representatives from 15 urban rail organisations across the country and several
significant stakeholders involved in India’s urban rail sector. The event had 26
key national and international speakers from key metro organisations such as
DMRC, Ministry of Railways, L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad, National Capital Region
Transport Corporation (NCRTC), Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL), UITP Asia
Pacific, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), East Japan Railway
Company, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL), Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd
(Maha-Metro), Delhi Integrated Multimodal Transit System (DIMTS) Ltd., Asian
Development Bank (ADB), SYSTRA and Keolis Hyderabad MRTS.

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## ⏎ Panel Discussion on Roadmap for Urban Rail Systems in India

The event kicked off with the inaugural session opening remarks given by 
**Mr Shaun Tan**, Head of UITP Asia Pacific region with a brief introduction on
the growth of metro rail systems in India and Southeast Asia. The opening
remarks were followed by a welcome address by **Mr Vikas Kumar**, the Managing
Director of DMRC. He emphasised how efficient transportation systems make cities
the growth engines of the country, and the need of the hour is robust
tailor-made transport system which are space saving, low emissions solutions and
efficient in the long term.

This was followed by the inaugural address by the Guest of Honour, 
**Mr Ashish Kundra,** IAS, Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Transport,
Government of NCT of Delhi. He stressed the need for integrated public
transportation in cities running in synergy with one another rather than
operating in silos.

**Ms Jaya Varma Sinha,** Member Operations and Business Development, Railway
Board, Ministry of Railway gave the key note address and highlighted the latest
developments in the metro rail systems, and the factors contributing to the
growth story of the Indian metro rail. **Ms Rupa Nandy, **Head, UITP India ended
the inaugural session with vote of thanks.

The plenary session chaired by **Mr Shaun Tan**, was an interactive session with
panelists elaborating on the **roadmap for urban rail systems in India**. The
panel members included **Mr Vinay Kumar Singh**, IRSE, MD, NCRTC,  
**Mr MA Siddique**, IAS, MD, CMRL, ** Mr Sudhir Chiplunkar**, COO, L&T Metro
Hyderabad, and **Ms Divya Hosur**, GM, (SEMU), BMRCL. The session witnessed a
brief discussion on the innovative practices of urban rail in different cities
and how they overcame the challenges cities have faced over the years in
planning and operating metro systems in the country.

![img_0294-scaled-e1679043662369](https://www.systra.com/india/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/03/img_0294-scaled-e1679043662369-1024x683.jpg)

## ⏎ Enriching the seminar through technical sessions

The key highlights of the seminar were the four technical sessions on
digitalisation, station design, sustainability and rail asset management in
urban rail operations. Key national and international speakers from different
organisations came together on the single platform to share their experience and
initiatives in the metro rail sector.

The first session moderated by **Ms Manjari Shrivastava**, Assistant
Coordinator, I-metro, was on **Digitalization in Urban Rail**. The session
witnessed discussion on evaluating innovations in signalling and beyond in Delhi
metro rail operations, cyber security in rail industry, fare integration between
metros and buses with case studies from DIMTS and DMRC, and the digital
initiatives of Bangalore metro.

![img_0405-scaled-e1679043748606](https://www.systra.com/india/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/03/img_0405-scaled-e1679043748606-1024x683.jpg)

The second technical session moderated by **Ms Daria Kuzmina**, Rail Unit,
Knowledge and Innovation, UITP, was on the 
**Station Design and Functions Trends**. The session saw discussion on UITP
projects on stations, user accessibility and women’s safety in stations,
experience of East Japan Railway in station design and building future rail and
urban mobility in ADB projects.

The third technical session on **Sustainability in Urban Rail Operation**,
moderated by **Mr Keshav Kumar, **VP, Systems and Operation, SYSTRA had
interesting presentations focusing on key initiatives in green energy and solar
by Delhi metro corporation and Kochi metro experience of renewables.

The concluding technical session moderated by **Ms Ira Gupta**, Advisory
Services Lead, ARUP included discussion on the cost optimization initiatives of
Mahametro, rail asset management and asset management examples from Southeast
Asia.

The seminar concluded on the second day with a technical visit organised by DMRC
for understanding DMRC’s rail ecosystem. The participants took the ride in the
Delhi metro on the violet and the fully automated pink line, followed by a visit
to the Delhi Metro Rail Academy.

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We would like to thank our sponsors, partners, speakers, and attendees who
despite their busy schedules made the seminar such a success.

## ⏎ Read wrap up report  

The key takeaways and discussions of the UITP Urban Rail Seminar 2023 will be
published in the form of a report.

Presentations and recordings of the seminar are available to UITP members on 
[MY LIBRARY](https://mylibrary.uitp.org/ListRecord.htm?list=folder&folder=1633)

Read the article
[here ](https://www.uitp.org/news/success-stories-of-metro-rail-in-india-and-southeast-asia/)

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