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The Thiruvananthapuram Metro (erstwhile Thiruvananthapuram Monorail) is a proposed Light Metro system in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. ==History== Thiruvananthapuram's first attempt to build a rapid transit system for the city failed, when its proposal to build a metro rail system was rejected by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in the 2000s.〔(Monorail – The Fading Dream - Trivandrum News ). Yentha.com (10 September 2012).〕 The Government of Kerala, then entrusted the National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC), an autonomous research body under the State Government, to conduct the feasibility study of the proposal to build a monorail system in Thiruvananthapuram. The feasibility study was conducted by a core team comprising five scientists of NATPAC and various survey teams. Topographic studies, identification of stations and surveys were the main components of the study.〔(Monorail: Feasibility study ends ). Ibnlive.in.com (31 January 2012).〕 The State Government had initially asked the state transport department to prepare a detailed project report (DPR). However, the DMRC was later entrusted with the task. DMRC principal advisor E. Sreedharan submitted the DPR to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on 11 December 2012. A special purpose vehicle (SPV) was created in October 2012. The Thiruvananthapuram Monorail project was assigned to the KMCL on 26 November 2012. The government had handed over the Kozhikode Monorail project to the KMCL prior to that. On 12 June 2013, the State Cabinet gave clearance for an agreement to be signed between KMCL and DMRC.〔(Nod for pact with DMRC for monorail ). The Hindu (13 June 2013).〕 The DMRC will receive 3.25% of the 55.81 billion ( 35.90 billion for Thiruvananthapuram and 19.91 billion for Kozhikode) in general consultant fees.〔(Agreement with DMRC to be signed on June 19 ). The Hindu (15 June 2013).〕 The agreement was signed on 19 June 2013.〔(Kerala Monorail, Delhi Metro ink consultancy agreement | Business Line ). ''Business Line''. (19 June 2013).〕 Global tenders were floated for the Thiruvananthapuram Monorail. The deadline for technical bids was extended from 1 October 2013 to 15 October.〔 However, a consortium led by Bombardier Transportation was the only firm that expressed an interest before the deadline. Pre-bid queries had also been made by Japanese firm Hitachi, Malaysian firm Scomi, and firms from the United Kingdom, South Korea, and China. The tender for the proposed project only received one bid, so a second tender had to be issued.〔http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Government-will-go-for-re-tendering/2013/10/23/article1850594.ece〕 The deadline for bids was extended again to April 15.〔http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Paperwork-Stage-Still/2014/02/01/article2031133.ece#.UvU0eoXkjBY〕 Bombardier Transportation, Hitachi, Afcons, Scomi, and Larsen and Toubro expressed interest in the second round of tender submissions. A pre-bid meeting was held in New Delhi on 20 February 2014. Bidding on the Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram projects was delayed by the model code of conduct coming into effect prior to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. On 28 August 2014, the State Government decided to use Light Metro, instead of Monorail, in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, mainly due to cost overruns. Though slightly costlier, Light Metro has several advantages, such as easy raising of capacity, DMRC's expertise in the field and more number of companies who can bid for the project. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thiruvananthapuram Light Metro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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