Metro land acquisition completed
The contentious land acquisition process for Hyderabad Metro Rail project has been completed, paving way for the concessionaire, L&T, to expedite work . The government has handed over 243 acres out of
Industrial areas, IT hubs to be connected
The State government in the current State budget announced that the work on Phase-2 will commence during 2012-13 and will be commissioned by 2017-18. The extension of Reach-1 and Reach-2 proposed in P
Metro passengers evacuated after smoke detection
Hundreds of passengers of a Metro train had to be evacuated on Tuesday as a precautionary measure after smoke billowed out from the bottom of a coach, officials said.
As the train arrived at Maidan s
People living close to Metro may end up paying more tax
People living close to Metro corridors in the country could soon end up paying more tax with the Centre asking state governments to explore the option of imposing dedicated tax as part of innovative m
Metro to put up platform screen doors after dragging incidents
In the wake of incidents of people getting stuck in train doors, Delhi Metro is planning to install platform screen doors at two busy stations in the capital to avoid their recurrence.
Delhi Metro ch
Wheel-less trains for Delhi Metro planned
The government is planning to introduce magnetic levitation wheel-less trains on the Delhi Metro, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy, in a
New cafes to come up at metro stations
Soon, Delhi Metro commuters can read, eat, buy books, mobile coupons and travel accessories from a single cafe at 57 stations in the national capital with global brand Hudson News Cafe setting up its
Metro train derails in Kolkata
Kolkata: Two coaches of a metro train derailed near Central station in the city this morning.
Police said no passenger of the Dumdum-Central Station train was injured in the incident.
However, som
Chennai metro rail by 2015
Chennai: The Rs 14,600 crore metro Rail project being constructed across the city will be completed by 2015, Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin said here today.
"The work for providing a metro rail for