The commissioning of the first phase of 8-km stretch of the L&T Hyderabad Metro rail project will be taken up at a later date once this stretch touches the busy Secunderabad junction.
Category: Railways & Metro Rail
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Nine more cities to get Metro rail soon
The Centre is considering implementing Metro rail projects in nine cities at a cost of Rs 83,000 crore, according to Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu.
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Centre should set up MRFC: E Sreedharan
E Sreedharan, who has been known for his role in development of Konkan Railway, Delhi Metro Rail and other rail related developments, suggested that the Centre should set up a Metro Rail Finance Corporation (MRFC) to arrange funding for the Metro rail developments in the country.
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Alstom producing coaches for kochi metro
Manufacture of Kochi Metro coaches commenced at Sri City manufacturing unit of Alstom Transport India Ltd.
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Railways hopeful of higher GDP growth
Indian RailwaysĆĀ“ target of increasing freight tonnage by an incremental 85 million tonnes (mt) in 2015-16, against the traditional annual average of 50 mt, might appear ambitious, but the national transporter believes achieving such growth will not be a big task.
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Alstom bags 65 mn euro contracts from DMRC
Alstom has been awarded two contracts worth over 65 million euro (over Rs 465 crore) from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to supply signalling, telecom and electrification solutions for the new Kochi Metro line.
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Railways, Gujarat to set up SPV
Union Railway Ministry and Gujarat government will set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for expediting the StateĆĀ“s rail projects.
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Multimodal lane to take years to start
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 ĆĀ“multimodalĆĀ“ has been put on the backburner.
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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 MaharajaĆĀ“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.