On the day Hindustan Times highlighted the delay in the opening of two lanes of the Kopri Rail Over Bridge (ROB), the MMRDA and Thane Municipal Corporation opened the two additional lanes of the Kopri Bridge for commuters on Saturday evening. Cabinet Minister, Eknath Shinde, said, “This will gradually develop into an eight-lane flyover within […]
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Delhi Metro commute update: Brief delay in services at Pink Line
There was a brief delay in services on the Pink Line of Delhi Metro, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), announced on Monday. The delay was reported at around 7:30 am, just when the footfall at the metro stations starts to peak. The services resumed back to normal at around 7:53am, according to the updated […]
Several Pune-Solapur trains cancelled, diverted and short terminated
PUNE The Central Railway (CR) has cancelled, diverted and short terminated several trains on the Pune-Solapur railway route due to the ongoing doubling work between Bhalwani-Bhigwan in the Solapur division up to October 28. This includes the daily Pune- Solapur-Pune daily special train. Apart from that several other trains have been either diverted or short […]
Mumbai mega block: Local train services on these lines to be affected
Local train services in Mumbai will be hit on Sunday as the Central Railway (CR) will operate a mega block on its suburban train routes to carry out maintenance work of tracks, signalling and overhead equipment for five hours. A jumbo block has been taken up on the up and down slow lines between Borivali […]
Ghaziabad: 25% cess on constructions around stations of RRTS project
Any construction, be it commercial, residential or other, will be a costly affair under the seven influence zones and special development areas (SDAs) which have been defined around the stations and the alignment of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project. Officials of the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) said that anyone taking up constructions […]
At least 100 cities in India to have their own Metro networks by 2047, says top official
With Metro train projects already functional or in the pipeline in several cities across the country, at least 100 cities will have their own such networks by 2047 — the 100th year of independence — Durga Shanker Mishra, secretary, Union housing and urban affairs ministry, has said. Mishra made this observation while delivering his remarks […]
‘Indigenously made Metro coaches being exported’
Lucknow “No one In India believed that Metro services would be such a big success . Our history of the Metro is only 25-years-old but today, under the ‘Make in India policy, our indigenously made Metro coaches are being exported to Canada and Australia,” said Durga Shankar Mishra, secretary, urban and housing affairs, Government of […]
Good news for railway employees! Govt approves 78 days’ wage as bonus
Ahead of Dusshera and the festive season, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a productivity-linked bonus equivalent to 78 days’ wage to eligible non-gazetted railway employees, which will benefit about 11.56 lakh non-gazetted railway employees. “Every year, the govt gives out this bonus to non-gazetted employees of the railways. A committee determines the bonus based […]
Mumbai’s Belapur to Uran railway line will open for passengers in September 2022
Mumbai’s fourth suburban railway line between Belapur and Uran will be opened for passengers in September 2022. The Central Railway (CR), which is undertaking the construction of the second phase of the new suburban railway corridor Belapur-Uran railway project, announced on Wednesday. The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) provided nearly 3km of land for […]
Ghaziabad: Now, ropeway project to link Metro stations pegged at ₹450 crore
The proposed ‘urban passenger ropeway’ link between Vaishali and Mohan Nagar Metro stations will now cost ₹450 crore, instead of ₹487 crore, according to the revised detailed project report (DPR). Officials of the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) said that the 5.1km route will link Mohan Nagar station of the Delhi Metro’s Red Line with Vaishali […]
Railways runs first AC-parcel train using passenger coaches
Indian Railways on Friday operated its first air-conditioned parcel train where it used passenger coaches to carry cargo like chocolates and snacks, people familiar with the developments told news agency PTI. The parcel train was operated by the Northern Railways. The train took off from Sanehwal in the Ferozpur division to Yeshwantpur in the south-western […]
Family evacuated after sinkhole appears due to metro work in Bengaluru
A family residing at a building in Bengaluru was evacuated on Thursday after a 30-feet sinkhole appeared on Tannery Road in the city’s metro network (Namma Metro) during tunnelling work, several media reports stated. The incident occurred at around 7.30am and nearly 100 metres away from Venkateshpura metro UG station where a Tunnel Boring Machine […]