The 11.1-kilometre Navi Mumbai Metro line from Belapur to Pendhar with 11 stations that has been under construction since 2011 is set to be commissioned and put into operational use in the next few months. CIDCO, the nodal agency for the project, will soon obtain the Commission of Railway Safety (CMRS) certificate for the Belapur-Kharghar […]
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Ridership up, Ahmedabad Metro trains to be run every 12 mins
With ridership of Ahmedabad Metro crossing 13.28 lakh per month in March, the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Thursday increased the number of daily trips by around 36 per cent by running trains every 12 minutes from 7 am to 10 pm. This will increase the count of daily trips to 306, almost a 36 […]
Howrah Maidan to Esplanade : Trial runs in full swing, KMRC to roll out India’s first underwater metro by year-end
With the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) gearing up to make India’s first underwater metro train operational in the city likely by the year-end, trial runs for the project are in a full swing. The city that takes pride in introducing rail services in the country will achieve another milestone once the project gets moving […]
Hyderabad’s cost-effective suburban train MMTS expands services toward international airport
Hyderabad’s suburban train network, the Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS), has now extended services up to Umdanagar, the railway station closest to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad, while increasing the total distance under operation from the present 48 km to 90 km, the South Central Railway (SCR) said Wednesday. The Railways feels the extension of […]
Amendment to Metro Act: Assess impact, say law, finance ministries
Weeks after the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry proposed an amendment to the Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002, that would prevent attachment of any property or funds of Metro rail administrations across all cities in case of a dispute, the Law and the Finance Ministries have advised that the full impact of […]
Punjab and Haryana High Court stays discharge of 72 officers and jawans of soon-to-be disbanded Railway Engineers Regiment TA unit
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the discharge of 72 officers and jawans of a Territorial Army (TA) Railway Engineer Regiment based in Chandigarh, which is under process of disbandment. A single judge bench passed the order on a petition filed by the personnel, including eight officers and 64 jawans. All the petitioners […]
Overbridges, subways to come up around Delhi’s 3 major railway lines
To decongest roads around three major railway lines with manned crossings, the Public Works Department (PWD) has planned to construct railway overbridges and underbridges and limited height subways at eight railway crossings surrounding Delhi-Ambala, Delhi-Bathinda and Delhi-Bharuch lines. These three railway lines and crossings are situated in Northwest and East Delhi constituencies, said officials. A […]
Chandigarh Metro: Punjab and Haryana suggest minor changes, give final nod
A meeting chaired by Dharam Pal, the adviser to the Chandigarh administrator, discussed changes suggested by Punjab and Haryana governments to the comprehensive mobility plan (CMP) Wednesday, a month after the metro rail project for the Tricity area got in-principle approval. Punjab principal secretary (housing and urban development) Punjab suggested including a new Mass Rapid […]
Goods train rams into stationary train in Madhya Pradesh; 1 loco pilot dead, 5 others injured
A goods train rammed into a stationary goods train at the Singhpur station on the Bilaspur-Katni section of the South East Central Railway (SECR) in Madhya Pradesh Wednesday morning, killing one loco pilot and injuring five railway staff. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital. The railways officials said no passenger was injured in […]
Passenger injured as assailants hurl stones on moving train in Madurai, probe ordered
A passenger on the Chennai-bound Pothigai Express Sunday suffered head injury after unidentified assailants hurled stones at the train near Thirumangalam in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district, the police said. According to officials, the Pothigai Express train left Sengottai on Sunday evening. When the train was crossing the Maravankulam area near Thirumangalam, the passengers who were […]
HC asks COEP to submit structural audit report on Pune Metro safety in seven days
The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (Maha-Metro) to take claims about ‘structural defects’ of Pune Metro rail project seriously, while disposing of a PIL raising grievances against the visible defects in the structures. The court was informed that an independent team of experts will be conducting an audit […]
20 trains cancelled as farmers squat on tracks over value cut on damaged wheat
At least 20 trains were cancelled, two had to be short terminated while some others, such as New Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi and Una-New Delhi Vande Bharat, were delayed by several hours, as farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha ( SKM) squatted on train tracks at 34 different locations in Punjab to press for rollback […]