Metro Rail News Online

Lucknow: One day after the creation of the UP Metro Rail Corporation, Chief Secretary Rajive Kumar ordered officials to send the detailed revised reports of the  Kanpur, Agra and  Meerut subway rails project to the Center immediately after the necessary approvals. of the state government. The secretary-in-chief also set July 1 as the deadline for the start of work on the proposed Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS). The new 2017 Metro Rail Policy makes alternative analysis of other modes of mass transit systems such as BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System), Light Rail Transit, etc. mandatory. It establishes that the lowest cost mass transit mode should be selected for public transport in terms of demand, capacity, cost and ease of implementation. The new guidelines open a large window for private investments in a wide range of metro operations that make the PPP component mandatory for central assistance for new metro projects. Private investment and other innov...

Pune: From Corridor 1 of 16.59 km from Pune Metro from Pimpri to Swargate, which is an elevated section, at least for 10 km, up to Shivajinagar, is looking at the “stiff competition” of the BRTS buses operated by the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd ( PMPML) and local trains operated by the Pune division of Central Railways. One does not have to look far to find the reason. From Pimpri to Shivajinagar, the direction and destination of the three transportation services will be the same, on the Pune-Mumbai highway or along it. The three: the Pune Metro , BRTS buses and local trains, will be rubbing shoulders with each other as they head from Pimpri to Shivajinagar or back. Of the three, Metro and BRTS will be very close to each other. The Pune metro will take at least three years to be marked. BRTS on the stretch of the Pune-Mumbai highway is likely to run its test this week and could take off around January 26. Local trains between Pune and Lonavla have been in serv...