Metro project
The work of designing and giving consultation on the metro-project has been given to a French company–’Systra’ which excels in engineering the public transport infrastructure across the globe. The company carries around 50 years of experience and is already assisting the Faridabad metro line. While Systra is the design consultant, Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has [...] Continue Reading »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the city on August 21, and may lay the foundation stone for the ambitious metro rail project. He seems to have agreed for his maiden visit to Vidarbha as a PM for a couple of programmes at Tuljapur and Deoli in Wardha district. S tate BJP president [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) is likely to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) in order to resolve their differences of opinion and thus facilitate the construction of the Metro in the city. Meanwhile, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is considering plans to finalise [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata- Metro trains will run more safely from July onwards as the Railway Board has planned to implement Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS). The system will alert the motorman of metro train and at times, it will even apply brakes if there is a possibility of danger signal being overshot or the train passes [...] Continue Reading »
The metro project was launched in May 2011 and the civic body is planning to complete the viaducts and stations by 2014 as there was a delay in the project by six months. The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) is constructing the metro rail project between Belapur and Pendhar. The civic body has started [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi metro nod from the Central government has failed badly, there are no signs of metro project commencing. Further discussions will be held in the meeting with Planning and Investment Board (PIB). Only after the PIB nod, the Kochi metro rail project will come under the approval of Union Cabinet. Kochi, expected the project to [...] Continue Reading »
Plans of expanding the metro routes in Delhi are being discussed. This metro line has been planned to cover the route between Botanical Garden and Kalindi Kunj. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has put up same proposal in front of Noida Authority and therefore made a presentation of the whole idea to get the [...] Continue Reading »
