LUCKNOW: Emphasizing on tackling the urban India traffic issue, prime minister Narendra Modi lauded the role of metro train services. Speaking at New urban India- transforming urban landscape expo, Modi said, “Metro is a great example of the holistic approach with which work is being done on both the problem of traffic and the challenge […]
Category: Railways
Chennai Metro takes over part of playground
CHENNAI: Days after a corporation playground was closed for Metro Rail construction, a portion of YMCA playground on Royapettah High Road has been barricaded for the construction of Royapettah Hospital underground metro station. Within a few days, a portion of the land inside Government Royapettah Hospital on the opposite side of the road too will […]
Delhi: Metro line, flyover to go parallel for half km
NEW DELHI: Apart from a first-of-its-kind double-deck viaduct and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) first cantilever bridge across Yamuna, the Majlis Park-Maujpur corridor of DMRC’s Phase IV project will also see the first-time use of ‘integrated portals’, which will support both the Metro viaduct and a road flyover running parallel for nearly half a kilometre. […]
RVNL transplants 9 trees removed for metro work
KOLKATA: Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has transplanted nine trees that had come in the way of construction of the staircase, lift and escalators for the upcoming Kavi Sukanta Metro station. These and 14 other full-grown trees at the Abhishikta crossing were recently removed to facilitate the station construction. RVNL, implementing agency of the 32km […]
Delhi: Mangu Singh gets extension as DMRC MD till March 2022
NEW DELHI: Delhi government has extended the tenure of Mangu Singh (66) as the managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) till March 31, 2022. Delhi’s transport minister Kailash Gahlot had recently told TOI that the Aam Aadmi Party government had approved and recommended a six-month extension for Singh to the Union ministry […]
High-speed Delhi-Meerut corridor: This is India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System
NEW DELHI: The 82-km-long Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor will not only pass through the median of Delhi-Meerut Road (erstwhile NH-58) but also cross over rivers, bridges, rail crossings, metro corridors, expressways, etc. The project will see the use of ‘special spans’ to bridge over gaps wherever the corridor has to cross over […]
Boost to exports, doubling of railway lines: Key decisions taken by Union Cabinet
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday took several key decisions to facilitate greater exports from the country. It also announced doubling of certain railway lines to improve connectivity. After the Cabinet meeting that was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Anurag Thakur briefed the media regarding all decisions taken. […]
South Central Railway cancels 12 trains in view of cyclonic storm ‘Gulab’
HYDERABAD: The South Central Railway (SCR) has cancelled 12 trains and short terminated, diverted or rescheduled few other trains in view of cyclonic storm ‘Gulab’ which is set to cross Andhra-Odisha coast on Sunday. Bhubaneswar – Secunderabad, Bhubaneswar – Tirupati, Tirupati – Bhubaneswar, Puri – Chennai Central, Chennai Central – Puri, Sambalpur – H.S. Nanded, […]
Mumbai: New Western Railway station to offer local access to Bandra Terminus
MUMBAI: Long-distance passengers will have easier connectivity to Bandra Terminus via suburban local trains as the Western Railway (WR) has planned a new station close to it on the Harbour line that operates between CSMT and Goregaon. Bandra Terminus falls between Khar Road and Bandra stations on WR’s suburban network. Most longdistance passengers, though, prefer […]
LG reviews progress of NDLS revamp project
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor Anil Baijal on Friday took stock of the progress of the New Delhi Railway Station redevelopment project and said it should be self-sustainable, according to official sources. Baijal, during a review meeting, also said that the redevelopment should be harmonious with the surrounding, they said. The project is being executed under […]
Chennai: Sharing of rakes, old timetable make suburban trains unreliable
CHENNAI: As using the same rake to run suburban trains is causing train delays on Chennai-Arakkonam and Chennai Gummidipoondi routes, commuters have demanded that the railways should streamline operations to improve punctuality. Suburban commuters have been demanding railways to tweak the timetable which has never been revamped for several years so that the trains can […]
Five months on, Bengaluru airport halt station unused as trains suspended
BENGALURU: More than eight months since it was inaugurated with much fanfare, the halt station near Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) remains unused. The reason: South Western Railway has suspended train services to and from KIA due to poor patronage during the second Covid wave. However, activists say poor frequency of trains and lack of awareness […]