Even as the Maharashtra government is pushing for a Virar-Alibaug multi-modal corridor that will be instrumental in creating new growth centres outside Mumbai, a key public transport element that will make the project genuinely ´multimodal´ has been put on the backburner.
Category: Railways & Metro Rail
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Kochi Metro Rail to start by June 2016
Kochi Metro Rail (KMRL) will commence its commercial operations on 18-km stretch from Aluva to Maharaja´s college by June 2016, a top official has said.
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Mumbai stations to be spruced up
Passengers visiting Bandra Terminus and Mumbai Central may soon get to see cleaner stations on par with airports as the railways has decided to outsource the cleanliness and maintenance work to reputed agencies.
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Kochi Metro Rail signs MoU with NPC
Kochi Metro Rail Limited and National Payment Corporation of India have signed an MoU to be associated with the roll-out of a common mobility card for greater Kochi area through the use of NPCI´s RuPay specifications for cards and payment terminals and other payment modes.
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Railways forms SPVs with States
The railways has started forming special purpose vehicles with State governments such as Odisha to undertake railway development in States.
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Light Metro rail for Indore & Bhopal
The proposed light Metro rail system in Indore and Bhopal cities will be launched before 2018, Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijaywargiya has said.
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Vijaywargiya told reporters.
The light Metro services will then be introduced in Jabalpur and Gwalior to meet the growing demand of a viable public transport system, the Urban Administration and Development Minister said.
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Delhi Metro extension soon
Delhi Metro´s Jahangirpuri to Samaypur Badli corridor extension and Badarpur to Faridabad extension will be launched in early 2015, DMRC MD Mangu Singh has said. He said the work on Kashmere Gate to ITO ´heritage´ corridor will be completed by December, 2015.
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Voith Turbo plans big rail push sector
Voith, the €5.7-billion German engineering major, has set its sights on the rapidly growing opportunities in the Indian rail and transportation market.
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MMRCL appoints General Consultant for Mumbai Metro Line 3
Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) has appointed AECOM Asia Company Ltd-led consortium as the General Consultant for the prestigious Mumbai Metro Line 3 (Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ 33.5 Km long and fully underground) project.