Category: Railways

The proposed metro cess in Mumbai and Pune is likely to have a detrimental impact on the residential markets in the regions which are currently recovering, said property consultant firm JLL. As per reports, an additional 1 per cent cess will be levied on all property purchased from April 1 in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur. […]

Maharashtra’s automobile and IT city on Sunday joined the ranks of nearly 20 cities in the country that boast of the metro service, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi threw open to traffic the 12 km-stretch of the Pune Metro Rail project increasing mobility for the people in the erstwhile city of Peshwas. Stating that India […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Pune metro rail project. The inauguration of the 12-km stretch of the total 32.2-km long project took place at the Garware Metro Station, from where Modi proceeded to take a metro ride to the Anandnagar station. The total cost of the Pune metro project is over Rs […]

A dedicated skywalk, constructed by DMRC in collaboration with Northern Railway, for providing seamless connectivity between the Ajmeri Gate side of the New Delhi Railway station and the adjacent New Delhi Metro stations on Yellow Line and Airport Express Line will be opened for passenger use on Saturday. This newly constructed Skywalk is an extension […]

Delhi Metro has entered into a contract with a consortium for executing the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) along with an upgrade of the complete ecosystem consisting of Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system which will also enable travel through QR tickets, Account-Based Ticketing and Near Field Communications (NFC) Media. In a big impetus to the […]

Indian Railways is taking a commendable step towards becoming self-reliant and to become independent West Central Railway is also using modern technology machines of new technology. In order to create new dimensions in railway track speed and axle load capacity, Indian Railways has launched new advanced track has been strengthened and high-tech machines are also […]

In line with the Government of India’s ‘Digital India’ initiative, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) launched its revamped official website and mobile application with many advanced features such as interactive route maps, advanced station search options, real time first and last train time calculator, next and nearest station alert on the app etc.The new […]

A review meeting of the proposed metro connectivity between Gurugram-Faridabad was held on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by Madhu Azad, Mayor, Municipal Corporation Gurugram (MCG). Officials said that the metro route will be connected from Bata Chowk in Faridabad to Vatika Chowk in Gurugram, which will benefit the commuters travelling in these two major […]

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Monday assured the Delhi High Court that it will deposit Rs 600 crore within two days in an escrow account for Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL), which had initiated execution proceedings against DMRC concerning an arbitral award of over Rs 4,600 crore in its favour. Justice Suresh Kumar […]

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that the agreement between a Reliance Infrastructure subsidiary, Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), pursuant to which an arbitral award of over Rs 4,600 crore was earlier passed against the corporation, was “fraud […]

ICF did build a great train but was it world class? Not quite because it was sought to be completed in 18 months against the international 36-42 months It is euphoric that Train 18, on the day of its unveiling and launch by the Prime Minister at Integral Coach factory, Chennai (ICF) safely breached the […]

To make use of drone technology for better public utility services like delivery of life saving medicines, vaccines and other essential items to remote areas in a short time, a special workshop was organised at the Headquarters of Director General of Police on Thursday in the presence of ACS (Home), ACS (Industrial Development) and DGP […]