London ; International SBC conduct the Sustainable rating of railway station as per ISBC-DCS Sustainable railway station rating standard followed in USA, UK, Europe, Japan, Russia, Australia and around 150 Countries of the world.
Meerut city junction Railway Station is audited by Six Sigma Quality International http://www.ssqi.in http://www.ssqi.uk in 2020 and based on ISBC-DCS Sustainable railway station Rating criteria, it is awarded as Silver Rating to northern railway https://nr.indianrailways.gov.in by International Sustainable Building Council https//www.internationalsbc.org rating agencies of deming Rating http://www.demingworld.com
International Sustainable Building Council (ISBC) has awarded Meerut city junction Railway Station with Silver rating after it was declared a ‘Sustainable station’. The station scored 56 points out of 100 for its environment-friendly initiatives.
There are number of new initiatives are taken by Indian railway in last 5 years. Sustainable rating is also one of the unique initiatives taken by Indian railway recently.
2020 awarded rating is Silver Rating
More than 100 years old and one of the busiest railway stations of the country, it achieved the silver rating almost two years after getting its name is Meerut City Junction Railway station.
Talking to International SBC spokesperson on Monday, the divisional railway manager, Delhi division of Northern Railway, Sr DCM said, “We secured maximum points in the category of Sustainable Station Facility (16) health, hygiene and sanitation (11) followed by energy efficiency (10) and water efficiency (7) Smart & Sustainable Initiatives (8)and Innovation & Development (4) out of 100 Marks . This certification was possible due to the continuous efforts of all departments to improve and upgrade this station.
Sr DCM said that encouraged by this achievement, fresh efforts have been intensified to ensure improvement in all categories in order to secure the Gold rating next year.
The officials said that International Sustainable building council -ISBC, with the support of environment directorate of British railway http://www.rail.co.uk/ Rail transportation in the United States https://www.transportation.gov/railroads, German Railway https://www.bahn.com/i/view/index.shtml, bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan, SNCF Réseau. France currently operates the second-largest European railway network https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/frenchtgv/ as well as Indian railways https://indianrailways.gov.in/ best practices has developed this rating system, which is a voluntary and consensus-based programme. It is a first of its kind holistic rating system in India to address environmental sustainability of Indian railway stations, they said.
“The overarching objective of the rating is to facilitate adoption of Sustainable concepts, thereby reducing the adverse environmental impact of station operation and maintenance, and enhancing the overall commuter experience,” added the officials. The rating system helps the station management to gauge the ‘Sustainable performance’ of the station and assess requirements for continuous improvement. The rating system is designed primarily for existing Indian railway stations, said the officials. “Many steps including training station operation and maintenance personnel on ‘Sustainable Railway Station’, performance improvement and detailed study on opportunities for reducing energy and water consumption, increasing renewable energy, effective waste management, enhancing passenger amenities, guidance on implementation of Sustainable measures and facilitation of assessment by third party independent experts, are taken into account for the rating process.
Meerut City, or Meerut City Junction, is the main railway station in the city of Meerut. It is a junction of Meerut–Bulandshahr–Khurja line and Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line. Double lining of Meerut–Saharanpur section is on full swing.
It lies on the Northern Railway zone of India under Delhi division
It is a junction of Meerut–Bulandshahr–Khurja lines (93 km) that goes via Hapur Jn and connect to Kolkata–Delhi line, and Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line. Delhi to Meerut City is double-line and electrified while Meerut–Saharanpur section is single-electrified line. Doubling of Meerut–Saharanpur section is on full swing.
A 63 km (39 mi) rail link from Meerut to Bijnor is proposed to connect the two cities. Survey has been done and line is to be laid from Daurala station in Meerut to Bijnor. The cities which are expected to be included in the route are Daurala, Mawana, Hastinapur, Bahsuma and Daranagar
A total of 78 trains halt at Meerut City Jn railway station. 8 trains originate from and terminate at Meerut City. Sangam Express, Nauchandi Express, Rajya Rani Express are originating trains which goes to Allahabad via Bulandshahr–Aligarh–Kanpur, Allahabad via Bareilly–Lucknow and Bareilly–Lucknow respectively. Three Khruja–Meerut Passenger trains shuttle between Meerut and Khurja and 1 train Umbala Passenger and Rewari Passenger also originate from Meerut City. About 60 trains run up and down to Delhi, Mumbai, Madurai, Kochuvelli, Dehradun, Amritsar, Jammu Tawi, Okha, Bilaspur, Puri, Indore, Ujjain daily, biweekly or weekly.
After Meerut City, the second major railway station is Meerut Cantonment, located 4 km North
