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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for exchanging intellectual resource and infrastructure of both the organizations and setting the ground for long term Academy-Industry Partnership sharing the strengths of each other. The MoU was signed at DMRC’s corporate office at Metro Bhawan by Mr. Sharat Sharma, Director (Operations)/DMRC and Dr. C. P. Shrimali , Director (Acting) , MDI, Gurgaon in the presence of Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director/DMRC and other senior officials. DMRC and MDI would collaborate to develop management level programs for senior and middle level executives of DMRC and the students of MDI in order to strengthen the scope of innovation and research. The modules for these programmes would be designed by the faculty members from MDI and officers from DMRC. DMRC has also offered to arrange trips for the MDI students at its stations, construction sites, depots...

KOCHI: French financing agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD), on Friday officially announced funding for phase-II development of the Kochi Metro Rail, and other city development projects proposed by the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL). Meanwhile, a team from AFD expressed satisfaction over the progress of the Metro Rail project, for which the agency is  providing external funding. The AFD team comprising AFD-Head Office urban transport expert Priscille De Coninck, AFD-Delhi Regional Office director Nicolas Fornage, AFD-Asia Department geographical coordinator Marine Karcher and AFD-Delhi Regional Office project coordinator Juliette Le Pannerer had arrived in Kochi on Thursday for a two-day visit in connection with supervising the progress of phase-I of the Metro Rail. “We are here to review the progress of phase-I of the Kochi Metro Rail. Since our last visit in April this year, there has been a great deal of progress in the construction work. “We we...

Lucknow: Dr. E. Sreedharan, Principal Advisor to Lucknow Metro, who was on a review visit to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) today, presented a prototype of Metro travel Smart Card to Shri Akhilesh Yadav, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh. Named ‘Go Smart’ – this smart card will serve the purpose of token free travel in LMRC for Metro commuters. It will be a contactless card which will have to be shown at the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) gates by the passengers while entering or exiting from the Metro system. Lucknow Metro’s ‘Go Smart’ card will also serve as ‘Common Mobility Card’ in future as it can be integrated with 28 different agencies for passenger’s mobility need within the city. Metro users can also use this card while travelling in City Buses and UPSRTC once these systems are integrated. Moreover, this card can also be used in other Metro systems being planned in cities such as Kanpur and Varanasi. LMRC...

New Delhi:  The NOIDA Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with theDelhi Metro Rail Corporation ( DMRC ) as per which the DMRC will be assisting NMRC in their Operations & Maintenance (O&M) services/works of the 29.7 KM long NOIDA-Greater NOIDA Metro corridor. DMRC will be providing such services/assistance to NMRC till they develop the expertise to take over the operations and maintenance themselves. The MoU was signed today at DMRC’s corporate office at Metro Bhawan by Mr. P D Upadhyay, General Manager (Finance)/NMRC and Mr. Vikas Kumar, Executive Director (Operations)/DMRC in the presence of Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director/DMRC and Mr. Santosh Yadav, Managing Director/NMRC and other senior officials from both the organizations.    NMRC today signed a (MoU) with the  DMRC The assistance for O&M services would be rendered during the pre-commercial operation period of the NMRC and 3 years post commercial ...

Chennai:  Extension of Metro Rail services on the Airport-Alandur sector may get underway by August end, as the Commissioner (Railway Safety), Sudarshan Naik today said he was satisfied with the progress of work and that it would ‘hopefully’ begin by end of next month. “I have inspected the airport station and Alandur. Two more stations are there. By and large, I am satisfied with the total scheme of things,” Naik, who is on a two-day visit to the city said. He said a report would be submitted to the Union government after conducting inspections today and tomorrow. “It will be done sooner than you expect… Hopefully,” he said to a query on whether commercial operations would begin by next month end. The first phase of the Rs 14,600 crore project was inaugurated last year between Koyambedu and Alandur, a 10.15 km elevated stretch. Phase-II of metro Rail covers two more corridors for a stretch of 104.50 km. Naik declined to comment when asked ...

Hyderabad:  Managing Director of Amaravati Metro Rail Corporation Limited N. Ramakrishna Reddy on Wednesday met Collector Pravin Kumar and discussed with him identification of government land for Metro rail work in the city. Land is required for the Metro rail depots and office etc. Mr. Reddy is also in charge of Visakhapatnam Metro project. Mr. Pravin Kumar instructed the Collector office officials to ready details of government and inam land along with maps in three, four areas of the city. Municipal Commissioner N. Harinarayanan, Chief City Planner D. Venkataratnam and Executive Engineer, Metro Rail, K.V.N. Ravi were present. Rs. 2.81 cr. for DPR DPRs for three corridors in the city for a total of 42.5 km were prepared by DMRC. Meanwhile, the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department released Rs.2.81 crore towards final amount payable to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for preparation of detailed project report for three corridors in Visakhapatnam Metro Rail Project...

Bengaluru metro: Metro trains on the Purple Line between Mysore Road and Baiyappanahalli in Bengaluru was delayed by 25 minutes on Thursday morning due to technical snag. Instead of the first train service by 6 am, it started only by 6.25 am. On Wednesday night, the last Metro train along this stretch was stopped abruptly at 10.15 pm. It now appears that the snag must have been the reason. Bengaluru metro | A day after bus strike ends, Bengaluru metro delayed by 25 minutes

In order to facilitate comfortable and hassle-free travel to the passengers of Air India travelling on the Airport Express Line of the Delhi Metro Network, Air India in association with Delhi Metro today inaugurated two specialized check-in counters at the New-Delhi station of the Airport Express Line.  The facility was jointly inaugurated by Sh. Ashwani Lohani, Chairman cum Managing Director, Air India and Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director, DMRC at New Delhi station. The newly introduced counters shall allow the Air India passengers flying on international and domestic routes to book tickets get desired flight information and also check-in their extra luggage. These counters shall remain open from 5am in the morning to 11pm in the night.  The flight check-in facility shall close two hours before the departure of the scheduled flight. Addressing on the occasion, Sh. Ashwani Lohani, CMD, Air India, said, “The objective of this is to enhance the overall tra...

In order to facilitate comfortable and hassle-free travel to the passengers of Air India travelling on the Airport Express Line of the Delhi Metro Network, Air India in association with Delhi Metro today inaugurated two specialized check-in counters at the New-Delhi station of the Airport Express Line.  The facility was jointly inaugurated by Sh. Ashwani Lohani, Chairman cum Managing Director, Air India and Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director, DMRC at New Delhi station. The newly introduced counters shall allow the Air India passengers flying on international and domestic routes to book tickets get desired flight information and also check-in their extra luggage. These counters shall remain open from 5am in the morning to 11pm in the night.  The flight check-in facility shall close two hours before the departure of the scheduled flight. Addressing on the occasion, Sh. Ashwani Lohani, CMD, Air India, said, “The objective of this is to enhance the overall tra...

IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company has rallied 15% to Rs 58.60 on the BSE in early morning trade after the company late Friday announced that it has won the Rs 532.67-crore contract from Nagpur Rail Corporation. “IL&FS Engineering Services has received a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) from Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (A Joint Venture of Government of India & Government of Maharashtra) for Rs 532.67 crore Nagpur Metro Rail Project,” the company said in a statement. The project involves construction of seven elevated metro stations, and three at-grade stations (North South Corridor) viz Congress Nagar to Khapri. The Project is to be completed in 110 weeks from the date of issue of LoA. Nagpur Metro | IL&FS Engineering surges on winning Rs 533 crore Nagpur Metro Rail project

 Kochi Water Metro:  Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, on 23 July 2016 launched Kochi Water Metro project in Kochi, Kerala. It is the first ever Water Metro project in the country. German Development Bank, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) is funding 85 million euro for the project. The German bank has inked an agreement with the Kochi Metro Rail Limited for the project worth 747 crore rupees. Key highlights of the project • The Water Metro will link various islands to the mainland. • The metro network through inland waterways will provide last-mile connectivity to islanders and leisure travel to visitors. • The Water Metro will provide Kochi with 78 modern boats. indias first water metro | India’s first Water Metro launched in Kochi

Chennai Metro(Summary): After a long hiatus, tunnelling and station work on the Chennai Metro Rail sites on Anna Salai will begin soon. Officials of Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) said they plan to award the contract to L&T for constructing stations on the stretch from Government Estate to AG-DMS. “We will sign the contract in about a week. A few weeks afterwards, they will start work on the sites,” an official said. Afcons Infrastructure Ltd., which was given the contract for tunnelling, will start work sometime this week along this stretch. Though Afcons’s contract worth about Rs. 350 crore was awarded last month, the contract for station work alone remained pending. Sources said there had been a delay in awarding the contract owing to issues related to cost. Last year, the Chennai Metro Rail work along Anna Salai came to halt as the contractors failed to complete the job. Hence, fresh tenders were floated twice to call for contractors to complete the remain...

New Delhi: The 10 th foundation day of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Employees Union (DMRCEU), affiliated to CITU, was celebrated in Constitutional Club, New Delhi on Saturday, 16 th July 2016. The chief guest on the occasion was Smt. Brinda Karat, Leader CPI (M)-Polit Bureau and guest of honour was Comrade Birendra Gaud, President CITU (Delhi State) and Comrade Anurag Saxena, General Secretary CITU (Delhi State). While speaking on the occasion Smt. Karat congratulated and applauded the efforts of DMRCEU and underlined the importance of employees union and employer and labour relations in the society. She suggested DMRC employees to bring out their problems before the general public so that they can know the actual status of employees of an art of state organization, pioneering the smart public transport in Delhi/NCR. Also speaking on the occasion Comrade Birender Gaud pointed out on the situation of contractual workers in DMRC and urged for paying them full salary with all the benefi...

New Delhi: In order to facilitate the Smart Card carrying passengers who comprise about 70% of the daily Metro passengers, the Delhi Metro has decided to convert 50 percent of the existing ‘Automatic Fare Collection Gates (AFC) Exit Gates’ to ‘Card Only’ Exit Gates. At present, Delhi Metro has 1073 AFC Exit Gates across all Metro stations of the network. Of these, 500 ‘Exit Gates’ are being converted exclusively for the Smart Card users to be known as ‘Card Only’ AFC Exit Gates. The move is aimed at facilitating a smooth exit from the dedicated gates at a faster pace. The remaining AFC Exit Gates will remain functional for both the Smart Card and Token carrying passengers. These dedicated ‘Card Only’ exit gates will also help Token users as shifting of Card users to their dedicated exit gates would allow Token users more space/time to exit from remaining AFC(mixed-token+card) Exit Gates. Token handling at times by relatively ...

Guess how many people travel by Metro Rail in Bangalore? The huge 1.5 lakh people! This is the average daily number of passengers being served by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) following the recent completion of the purple line, 18.2 km East-West Corridor that connects Baiyappanahalli Mysuru Road in the city . Judging by the statistics provided by Bangalore by the Minister K J George in the Legislature on Tuesday metro rail passengers has tripled in the past two months. Before extending the metro trains to Mysuru Road, the average daily passenger hovered around 55,000 passengers. The increase in passenger numbers has also led to complaints about trains to be packed, especially during holidays and weekends. Mahalakshmi Layout MLA K Gopalaiah noted that women had trouble finding a seat on trains and sought to know if BMRCL plans to ask the chairs for women in the trainers or coaches exclusively reserved for existing passenger women. In response, George said: “...

Guess how many people travel by Metro Rail in Bangalore? The huge 1.5 lakh people! This is the average daily number of passengers being served by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) following the recent completion of the purple line, 18.2 km East-West Corridor that connects Baiyappanahalli Mysuru Road in the city . Judging by the statistics provided by Bangalore by the Minister K J George in the Legislature on Tuesday metro rail passengers has tripled in the past two months. Before extending the metro trains to Mysuru Road, the average daily passenger hovered around 55,000 passengers. The increase in passenger numbers has also led to complaints about trains to be packed, especially during holidays and weekends. Mahalakshmi Layout MLA K Gopalaiah noted that women had trouble finding a seat on trains and sought to know if BMRCL plans to ask the chairs for women in the trainers or coaches exclusively reserved for existing passenger women. In response, George said: “...

Kochi: Kochi Metro Rail Ltd has decided to extend employment opportunities to transgender community in housekeeping, crowd management and customer relations. “At a time when transgenders face a great deal of oppression, the Kochi Metro Rail has decided to be the change they wish to see in society, extending employment opportunities in housekeeping, crowd management and customer relations to the transgender community,” Elias George, Managing Director of Kochi Metro Rail Limited said. Kochi Metro | KMRL to offer jobs to transgenders

New Delhi: In order to facilitate airport-bound passengers, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is started check-in facility at Shivaji Stadium metro station of Airport Express Line from July 1. At present, city check-in facility is available only for Air India passengers at New Delhi metro station of the Airport Express Line for domestic flights and a few flights to Gulf countries. “From July 1 onwards, passengers of Air India and Jet Airways will be able to do city check-in for domestic and international flights from both New Delhi as well as Shivaji Stadium metro stations of the Airport Express Line,” an official statement from DMRC said. The flight check-in facility from the stations would close two hours prior to the departure time. “Passengers of Air India and Jet Airways can check in their baggage from these two stations from two hours to 12 hours before the scheduled departure of the flight,” the statement said. The checked-in baggage will be transfe...

New Delhi: In order to facilitate airport-bound passengers, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is going to start check-in facility at Shivaji Stadium metro station of Airport Express Line from July 1. At present, city check-in facility is available only for Air India passengers at New Delhi metro station of the Airport Express Line for domestic flights and a few flights to Gulf countries. “From July 1 onwards, passengers of Air India and Jet Airways will be able to do city check-in for domestic and international flights from both New Delhi as well as Shivaji Stadium metro stations of the Airport Express Line,” an official statement from DMRC said. The flight check-in facility from the stations would close two hours prior to the departure time. “Passengers of Air India and Jet Airways can check in their baggage from these two stations from two hours to 12 hours before the scheduled departure of the flight,” the statement said. The checked-in baggage will be ...

Jaipur: A public online survey conducted by the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) recently revealed that majority of commuters believe that the Metro route between Mansarovar to Chandpole is short of public expectations. To improve services and enhance the utility, the JMRC survey was conducted after Jaipur Metro completed its one year. In a three-week survey, 464 residents participated online where they submitted their suggestions and observations. Nearly 53% participants mentioned that existing route has failed to provide the first and last connectivity. The report reads, 32% of the participants have expressed that the existing route is short, while 21% mentioned that commuters have to switch to more than two modes of transport to reach their destination if they opt for the Metro route. Also, 18% of the participants are on the side of providing economical and better feeder services. Other suggestions include, developing of green-spaces and retail outlets in Metro stations. JMRC di...