Metro Rail

The Agra Metro began its trial run on a 2.93-km elevated portion of the priority corridor on Tuesday. A team of Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) manually operated Alstom MOVIA trainset from the Ramp Area of Agra Metro Depot to Taj East Gate Station, spanning around 3 km. Low-speed train...

The Chennai Metro Rail’s Phase II project achieved the first tunnel breakthrough at Venugopal Nagar station on Wednesday (7 June) after completing a 415-metre-long tunnel on the Up line between Madhavaram and Venugopal Nagar. The tunnel boring machine (TBM), nicknamed, Anaimalai, launched its drive on 16 February 2023 from Madhavaram...

In a setback to the expansion of Delhi’s Metro network, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has revised the deadline for three corridors under Phase-IV. Under Phase- IV, the Delhi Metro is adding 65.20 km of new lines across three different corridors in the national capital, with 46 metro stations....

Eleven companies are vying to get the order to build Mumbai Metro’s Line 12 which will run between Kalyan and Taloja, as reported by The MetroRailGuy. Earlier in February 2023, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) had floated tenders for the construction of Line 12 through two civil packages...

Now that the Mumbai’s underground Aqua Line 3 is getting ready for commissioning, trains on Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Line will feature a front evacuation system to facilitate the safe exit of passengers from the train in case of an emergency, a report in Indian Express said. The mass rapid transit system (MRTS)...

As part of Delhi Metro’s Phase-IV project, the second tunnel boring machine (TBM) on the under-construction Silver Line began work today at Airforce Station, Tughlakabad . The TBM ‘Amrit’ will bore a 2.67 km long tunnel from Airforce Station, Tughlakabad to Maa Anandmayee Marg station. This will be the longest...

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) today (26 May) awarded the contract for operations and maintenance of Mumbai Metro Line 3 to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The contract was awarded by Ashwini Bhide, managing director of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation to the DMRC official. Earlier in April 2023,...

The Hyderabad Airport Metro Ltd (HAML), which is implementing the Airport Metro, has kept the option for four additional metro stations open, considering the requirements of the future. As per the current plan, the 31-km Metro corridor between Raidurg metro station and Airport terminal station will have nine stations, including...

The Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation Ltd (HMRTC) has received bids from three firms to carry out the detailed design work for Gurgaon Metro’s 28.5 km line connecting HUDA City Centre and Cyber City, reports the MetroRailGuy. The new metro corridor will form a ring line through Gurugram and Old Gurugram...

The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), the nodal agency for the Navi Mumbai Metro (NMM) project, has approved implementation of NMM Line 2, 3 and 4 with modified mode of transport viz MetroNeo in place of standard gauge Metro. The development comes as the metro agency is readying to...