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Roads in bad shape, yet again
2012-02-21, 10:44:00 IST:BANGALORE: The swiftly moving Metro trains might paint a pretty picture of Bangalore from a bird’s eyeview — however, a look at the roads that lie just below the tracks, that carry the city’s most coveted infrastructural jewel paints a very sad picture. Before the Reach I of Namma Metro was inaugurated with much pomp and show, a literal war broke out between the BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) and the BMRCL (Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited) authorities. The reason — Who will ensure roads outside the Metro stations are fixed?
Read more...Metro passengers evacuated after smoke detection
2012-02-21, 10:43:00 IST:Kolkata, Feb 21 (PTI) Hundreds of passengers of a Metro train had to be evacuated today as a precautionary measure after smoke billowed out from the bottom of a coach, officials said. As the train arrived at Maidan station from Kavi Subhas station, rail staff detected smoke billowing from the bottom of a coach at 11.53 am apparently due to friction in the brake-binding system, Metro Railway's DGM Protyush Ghosh told PTI. As a precautionary measure, the passengers were evacuated and accommodated in another train. Movement of trains, however, were not hampered. PTI PB NIK
Read more...Metro rail readies court defence
2012-02-21, 08:23:00 IST:HYDERABAD: Amidst controversies dogging the metro rail project, including complaints of changing alignment and misleading the court on construction work, the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) is expected to file a counter affidavit with the AP High Court on Wednesday as it looks to clear the air on the contentious issues.
Read more...Metro stations new hotspots to commit suicide
2012-02-21, 08:22:00 IST:Along with emerging as a world-class transportation system over the past decade, the Delhi Metro and its stations also seem to have become the preferred spot for committing suicide. A series of suicide attempts over the past couple of months have sent Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials in panic mode. They, however, do not have any solution to the problem.
Read more...Metro cars being put their paces
2012-02-21, 08:00:00 IST:Read more:Mitsubishi|Hyundai|Bharath Earth Movers Limited|Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd 0 BANGALORE: With Reach 1 up and running smoothly, Bangalore Metro last weekend commenced testing of 13 new rakes on the Byappanahalli-MG track. These are being done after regular operations end at 10pm every night.
Read more...State looks to raise revenue with metro rail
2012-02-20, 22:00:00 IST:CHENNAI: As the metro rail chugs along a 45km stretch across Chennai, it may open up a gold mine for the state government and provide the city a whole new look.
Read more...State looks to raise revenue with metro rail
2012-02-20, 07:21:00 IST:CHENNAI: As the metro rail chugs along a 45km stretch across Chennai, it may open up a gold mine for the state government and provide the city a whole new look.
Read more...Metro barricades to be removed soon
2012-02-20, 07:19:00 IST:JAIPUR: For those travel-weary commuters who are always caught in perpetual traffic jams at metro sites, the news of removal of barricades by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will come as a sigh of relief
Read more...Cards to make Metro travel easy
2012-02-20, 07:16:00 IST:Reach-3 line of Namma Metro, which stretches for 10 km, is expected to attract about 7 lakh commuters for whom the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) plans to introduce Combo Travel cards. These cards will have the dual function of performing transit as well as banking-related applications.
Read more...Man gets fits, falls on Metro track
2012-02-20, 07:10:00 IST:A 48-year-old man died after he accidentally fell on the tracks of Sultanpur Metro station in south Delhi and suffered severe head injuries on Sunday afternoon.
Read more...Metro-built home puts children back on track
2012-02-19, 07:35:00 IST:While horrific stories of abuse have been tumbling out of the closet of children’s homes in the Capital, 150 kids living at Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Children Home near Tis Hazari Court are striving to change their destiny.
Read more...New station on Gurgaon line
2012-02-19, 07:34:00 IST:NEW DELHI: The extension of the Airport Metro Express to Gurgaon will now have a station near the Delhi-Haryana border. The 12km alignment, which is expected to cut travelling time down to 14 minutes, will start from the underground station at Dwarka Sector 21 and have four elevated stations at Bijwasan, Sector 23, Sector 18 and IFFCO chowk. A Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said, "The detailed project report has been submitted with the Haryana government for approval. Work is expected to start soon." Reliance Infrastructure, the concessionaire for the Airport Metro Express, has already submitted an expression of interest (EOI) for the project, said sources.
Read more...The rumblers of metro won’t cause a tumble
2012-02-18, 08:45:00 IST:It seems humble springs can muffle the rumbles of metro trains. In Delhi, as metro trains dart through the underground corridors at precise intervals, the clatter of the rail is amplified by the corridor walls, rattling the neighbourhood homes above.
Read more...Metro fines intruders in women’s coach
2012-02-18, 03:15:00 IST:NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro came down hard on men travelling in women's compartments on Friday. As many as 30 people were issued challans even as some of them reasoned that they didn't know that the first coach of any Metro train is reserved for women. But all had to cough up a fine of Rs 250.
Read more...Metro rail tunnel boring deferred by a month
2012-02-16, 09:45:00 IST:The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) project, which has been making steady progress all along, has now fallen behind schedule with tunneling works of the underground section of the project being deferred by a month.
Read more...Bangalore-Mysore rail link proposed
2012-02-16, 08:00:00 IST:If the Government of Karnataka agrees to the proposal made by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRCL) and it turns out to be feasible, one will be able to reach Mysore in just 30 minutes.
Read more...N.V.S. Reddy to be AP Govt nominee on L&T Metro Rail board
2012-02-15, 17:45:00 IST:Hyderabad, Feb. 14: The Andhra Pradesh Government has appointed Managing Director of Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd, Mr N.V.S. Reddy, as the Government Director on the Board of Directors of L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Ltd (L&TMRHL).
Read more...High-rise buildings, metro not a panacea for Kochi: Corrrea
2012-02-15, 15:00:00 IST:Eminent architect and urban designer Charles Correa takes exception to the line of thinking that advocates high-rise structures and metro rail as the panacea for a third world city that is bursting at its seams.
Read more...Kochi Metro not to have Korean technology
2012-02-15, 10:00:00 IST:NEW DELHI: Kochi Metro will not be having the Maglev (magnetic) technology as mooted earlier. Instead standard gauge on the lines of the Delhi Metro will be used. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation chief Mangu Singh informed this on a day when former DMRC chief E Sreedharan reached the Capital. The magnetic levitation technology, as used in Metros in Korea, was first mooted by Sreedharan himself.
Read more...Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has Rs 15,000-crore debt, says chief Mangu Singh
2012-02-15, 05:30:00 IST:NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro has a debt of Rs 15,000 crore owing to the development of the two phases of the modern transport system and they would be settled in the next 20 years, Delhi Metro chief Mangu Singh said on Tuesday. He said the Phase-III that envisages adding another 103 km of the national capital to the Metro network would be completed by 2016 as per scheduled.
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