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, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 18, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 17, 2010
DMRC TO CONSTRUCT METRO CORRIDOR, ROLLING STOCK TO BE DEVELOPED THROUGH PPP MODEL The urban development department plans to combine the expertise of the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) with private partners for the Jaipur Metro. The proposal has been approved by the urban development minister Shanti Dhariwal on Wednesday after discussions with officials of Union [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 13, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 6, 2010
PUBLIC TRANSPORT Good news comes weeks before Delhi Metro reaches Millennium City Come 2013, residents of the Millennium City can travel both on the government-run Metro network as well as the futuristic privately funded Metro rail, on a single ticket. On Saturday, the promoters of Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon (RMG), the country’s first privately-funded metro project, announced [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 29, 2010
Suggestions will be sent to the state govt Mayor Mohansingh Rajpal on Friday said that the Pune Municipal Corporation’s general body (GB) will approve the proposal for the metro on the proposed 14.925 km metro corridor from Vanaz to Ramwadi. “The proposal will be approved in the GB meeting on June 5 without any amendments. There will [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 27, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 22, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 21, 2010
The Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC), which had been appointed to study the development of Metro network in Navi Mumbai, has suggested six routes in the satellite township. “These will connect all of Navi Mumbai, where bus services are poor at present,’’ said a senior officer. Navi Mumbai was first connected by rail in 1993 and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 20, 2010
Plan For Elevated Metro To Be Tabled Before GB On June 5: NCP Objections raised against the proposed elevated metro route from Vanaz to Ramwadi notwithstanding, the ruling parties in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday categorically stated that the general body (GB) will approve the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) plan for an elevated [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 20, 2010
मेट्रो सेकेंड फेज में दिलशाद गार्डन से नए बस अड्डे के बीच सात स्टेशन बनेंगे। इसके लिए डीएमआरसी को डीपीआर बनाने के लिए जीडीए 80 लाख रुपये दे चुका है। 30 मई तक डीएमआरसी ने डीपीआर देने का संकेत दिया है। वैशाली तक पहले फेज में मेट्रो आ जाने के बाद दूसरे फेज को लेकर [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 20, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 3, 2010
जयपुर मेट्रो प्रोजेक्ट के लिए पीपीपी मॉडल यानी पब्लिक प्राइवेट पार्टनरशिप को हरी झंडी भले ही मिल गई हो लेकिन मेट्रो प्रोजे क्ट के राह की अड़चनें अभी खत्म होती नहीं दीख रही हैं। राज्य सरकार इस प्रोजेक्ट को निश्चित समय सीमा में पूरा करना चाहती है लेकिन कई मसलों पर अब भी संबंधित विभागों में प्रोजेक्ट [...]
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