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GURGAON TO CP BY METRO RAIL FROM SEPTEMBER 3

1. September 2010

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Gurgaon to Centra Delhi in 48 minutes flat. The dream will finally come true at 3 p.m. on September 3 after Delhi Metro starts operation on its Central Secretariat Qutub Minar stretch. Currently, the line is only partially open -from Gurgaon’s HUDA City Centre to Qutub Minar in South Delhi. For the first time, the Metro will cut [...]

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Badarpur Metro section trial run from July

25. June 2010

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Metro is slowly expanding its reach in the capital. The Central Secretariat (CTST)-Badarpur line will soon dot the Metro map with trial run on the section starting in the first week of July. ‘‘The 9km-long stretch between CTST and Lajpat Nagar is almost ready and we plan to start the trial runs from July. For this, [...]

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METRO JOINS DELHI-GURGAON FROM TODAY

21. June 2010

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Gurgaon is all set to witness a major boost in its pub- lic transport system when the Metro rail service is launched on Monday, to begin between HUDA City Centre (Sector 29) and Qutub Minar. Another big improvement will be the privately-funded Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon, the groundwork of which has begun. This Rs 1,088-crore project is [...]

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Five new Metro junctions by Sep

18. June 2010

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SMOOTH PASSAGE Interchange stations to improve connectivity and reduce travel time Long-distance Metro commuters have reasons to cheer. Come September, trav- elling by the Metro on many important routes may become less time-consuming. DMRC is expanding its inter- change station network. It will add as many as five interchange metro stations to its existing network of four [...]

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Gurgaon-Qutub Metro line to open on Jun 21

17. June 2010

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The long-awaited Gurgaon Metro line will be opened to commuters on June 21. The first trains from the end-stations — Qutub Minar and Huda City Centre — will leave at 8am, bringing the satellite township closer to the Capital. Residents of Gurgaon also finally get a mode of commute within the town. To start with, trains [...]

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METRO RAIL ONLY FOR WEST AHMEDABAD

13. June 2010

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Govt Shelves Kalupur To Income-Tax Circle Link Of Proposed Metro Rail Network The proposed metro rail project is now slated exclusively for the west Ahmedabad. The state government has shelved plans to connect the metro to Kalupur from Income-Tax circle. Earlier, plans for an underground metro rail on Relief Road were also shelved because of [...]

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Gurgaon Metro line to open this week

13. June 2010

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Safety Audit Cleared, Inauguration Likely On June 15 Or 16 The Delhi Metro line to Gurgaon is expected to be opened for public use next week. The 14.47km long section from Qutub Minar to Huda City Centre in Gurgaon got the mandatory nod of the commissioner of Metro rail safety on Saturday, subject to fulfilment [...]

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Metro rail extension to Greater Noida

11. June 2010

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The fund amount will be bifurcated on the basis of the length of the Metro track under the jurisdiction of the two authorities MANOJ KUMAR SINGH, CEO, GNIDA The residents of Greater Noida can heave a sigh of relief. By 2012, swanky air-conditioned Metro trains will also be available to them for commuting to Noida and [...]

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DLF residents seek speedy approval of the Rapid Metrorail Gurgaon project

27. May 2010

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The DLF City residents wel- fare association has written to the Union Urban Development Ministry urging it to give speedy approval for the Rapid Metrorail Gurgaon (RMG) project. The Rs. 900 crore Metro rail will have six stations along the 6.1 km long loop track connecting Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s Sikanderpur Metro station. Sudhir Kapoor, secretary general [...]

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Metro to connect CP with Gurgaon in July

25. May 2010

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Central Secretariat-Qutub Line Almost 95% Ready, DMRC Starts Giving Roads Back To Civic Bodies The countdown has begun. As Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) gives the final touches to the Gurgaon section before the line opens in a few weeks, the Central Secretariat-Qutub link, which will connect Gurgaon to the heart of the capital, is [...]

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Lucknow Metro Rail Right On Track

22. May 2010

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CS Panel Assesses Potential Of The Project It is being hailed as one of the most ambitious projects undertaken in the city. And for Lucknow, which is witnessing a swift rise in the number of immigrants, the mass rapid transport system, Metro Rail, is need of the hour. The project has now moved from a stretch [...]

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Punjab & Haryana Metro project route extended

20. May 2010

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PUNJAB DEMANDS FIRST CORRIDOR TO BE EXTENDED TILL MULLANPUR WHILE HARYANA GOVERNMENT DEMANDS ITS EXTENSION TILL SECTOR 21 IN PANCHKULA The Metro rail project will touch new destinations going beyond the points decided earlier for the tricity. This would be done in the first phase of the project as per the demand of Punjab and Haryana [...]

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Vasant Kunj drops off Metro map

12. May 2010

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DMRC Prunes Phase-III Network: Number Of Corridors, Routes Altered Delhi Metro’s Phase III is now going to span across 69.57 km as against the earlier proposed length of 85 km. The number of corridors has also been reduced from seven to six and the routes have been partially altered. According to the new plan, Vasant Kunj, [...]

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Panel set up for Bhopal Metro Rail

21. April 2010

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The Delhi  Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will carry out a survey to explore the possibility of running metro rail service in Bhopal. It will give a feasibility report soon to Madhya Pradesh  Urban Administration Department (MPUAD). The DMRC will complete the survey in six months for which it had received an amount of Rs 50 lakh, officials [...]

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Metro Goes To Mundka On NEW GREEN LINE

1. April 2010

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Metro expands its footprint further in west Delhi with the first standard gauge Inderlok-Mundka line set to open for public on April 3 Come April 3 and Metro will add another colour to its palette. A sign of Metro’s expanding network across the city, a green line will also adorn the DMRC map along with [...]

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