New Delhi: Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday released the new Metro Rail Policy that focuses on minimising the use of personal motorised transport and provides “useful guidance on making viable metro rail proposals”. The policy was approved by the Union Cabinet last month. Expressing concern over poor public transport infrastructure in […]
Jul 06, 2021
Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) on Thursday organised a special ride for elderly people from an old age care centre, days after a similar arrangement was made for disabled children. The 30 inmates of Aastha Hospice travelled from Charbagh station to Transport Nagar. Wheelchair support was provided for them. The group arrived at […]
Jul 06, 2021
New Delhi: A Delhi Metro train covered a good distance a day ago with one of its gates open owing to a “technical fault”, a DMRC official said on Tuesday. The train plying on the Yellow Line between Samaypur Badli and HUDA City Centre suffered the glitch at Chawri Bazar Station on Monday night around 10 […]
Jul 06, 2021
Melbourne: Australia’s Melbourne city has decided to name metro stations after places that feature in the “Game of Thrones” series, authorities said on Tuesday. The Victorian state government revealed that the stations will be named through a public vote, reports Xinhua news agency The series’ author George R.R. Martin said he was “flattered” with the move. […]
Jul 06, 2021
Lucknow: Passengers, including many school children, taking the maiden run of the Lucknow Metro were stranded for over an hour between the Mawaiyya and Durgapuri station on Wednesday morning as the service developed a technical snag. Officials of the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), while conceding that a glitch had occurred, said all passengers were […]
Jul 06, 2021
Bengaluru: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday unveiled the third line of metro manufacturing facility of the state-run Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) here to ramp up its production to meet the demand for more such cars. “The third line will enable the company to increase production capacity to 27 cars from 18 per month […]
Jul 05, 2021
New Delhi: Delhi Metro has opened a facility to recycle the waste produced during its demolition and construction work, it said on Sunday. A plant in Rohini in north Delhi will manufacture green products like aggregates, manufactured sand, concrete bricks, tiles, paver-blocks and kerb stones. “The construction waste generated by DMRC is generally dumped at […]
Jul 05, 2021
New Delhi: Keeping security concerns in view ahead of the Independence Day, the Delhi Metro will keep the parking lots at all its stations closed from a day before the event, it announced on Saturday. “Parking facilities will not be available at the Delhi Metro stations from 6 a.m. on Monday i.e, August 14, 2017, […]
Jul 05, 2021
New Delhi: Delhi Metro has become the only completely ‘green’ Metro system in the world for adhering to green building norms for its residential colonies, officials said on Friday. Delhi Metro has secured the platinum rating for adherence to green building norms for its 10 residential colonies from the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). The […]
Jul 05, 2021
New Delhi: Delhi Metro commuters will now be able to buy token and recharge their smart cards through their mobile banking application, the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) said on Sunday. “The DMRC today launched the cashless token sale/smart card recharge facility by using the Bharat Quick Response (QR) code displayed at the token counters […]
Jul 05, 2021
Kochi: People queued up from early morning to take their first ride on the Kochi Metro that began its commercial operations here on Monday. The maximum rush was witnessed at the two starting points – one at Aluva and the other at Palarivatom metro stations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated this dream project to the […]
Jul 05, 2021
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off the Kochi metro – India’s first integrated multi-mode transport system that has reserved jobs for transgenders and will be run mostly by women. With Metro Man E. Sreedharan by his side, Modi also took a Metro ride after he cut the inaugural ribbon at the rail […]
Jul 05, 2021
Mumbai: Reliance Infrastructures Mumbai Metro on Friday announced a tie-up with Google to provide details and information about the service, an official spokesperson said here. The Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) has collaborated with Google Maps to give the people its authentic timetable and associated geographic details on all the Metro stations on the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar […]
Jul 05, 2021
London: A British student, who left a homemade bomb on a London tube train, was given a 15-year prison sentence at a court here. Sentenced on Friday, 20-year-old Damon Joseph Smith was found guilty earlier this week of unlawfully and maliciously making or having in his possession or under his control an explosive substance with […]
Jul 05, 2021
New Delhi: The ‘Heritage Line’ stretch of the Delhi Metro will be operational from May 28, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced on Friday. An extension of the Violet Line (ITO-Escort Mujeser), this stretch comprises four stations — Kashmere Gate, Dilli Gate, Jama Masjid and Lal Qila. The line will be inaugurated by Union […]
Jul 05, 2021
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