Afcons has started piling work for the New Garia-Airport Metro’s 3.5km elevated stretch from City Centre II to the airport. On Saturday last week (10th April 2021), pile foundation work was started from City Centre […]
The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) S-616, nicknamed Urvi, deployed for last leg of East-West Metro Tunnelling has now completed half of its journey towards building the final 800m west-bound tunnel. On Tuesday, 6th April, Urvi […]
A three-way pedestrian underpass will come up to ease the traffic congestion at Chingrighata crossing of the New Garia-Airport Metro corridor. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), the implementing agency, has agreed to build the underpass. […]
Metro Railway, Kolkata will start issuing tokens from next Monday, 15th March 2021. Since tokens will bring in more commuters, there will be 252 services on weekdays from Wednesday instead of 244 and the Dakshineswar […]
Ground work for construction for the last stretch of New Garia-Airport Metro, has finally started. The stretch from City Centre-II to Airport along with two Metro stations will be completed by January 2024. Afcons Infrastructure […]
The first trial run for north-south Metro’s 4 km extension from Noapara to Dakshineswar was successfully completed on 23rd Decmeber 2020. “After Dakshineswar station is added, Kolkatans can hope to use 31 km of north-south […]
Government has approved the Ministry of Railways’ proposal for revised cost estimate for construction of Construction of Kolkata East West Metro Corridor Project as per realigned route, at an estimated cost of Rs. 8574.98 crore. […]
Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Government of India inaugurated Phoolbagan Metro station of East-West Metro today i.e. on 4th October, 2020. Shri Piyush Goyal also flagged off the first […]
Kolkata Metro’s system of crowd management seems to have become a model for the country. On Tuesday, senior officials from Mumbai Central held an online meeting with the developers who were appointed by the Bengal […]
After nearly six months, Kolkata Metro yesterday (Sunday, 13th September 2020) hit the tracks with special services for NEET examinees and their guardians. NEET aspirants, many accompanied by their guardians, queued up in front of metro […]
Land acquisition has started for the Rs 900-crore depot for the Airport side of the New Garia-Airport Metro corridor. Construction for the city’s longest Metro corridor’s other terminal is already on at Sonarpur. But the […]
A colour-coded e-pass system using a mobile phone has been developed by a technology solutions company here for ensuring that a maximum of 400 passengers board a Metro Railway train in the city to maintain […]
After marathon two days meeting between Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation & Government of West Bengal, Kolkata Metro is set to return on tracks starting September 14, however considering students who are writing Joint Examinations, special […]
Metro Railway general manager Manoj Joshi indicated yesterday (Sunday, 30th August 2020) that officials will wait for the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MOHUA) to formulate an SOP over the next few days before […]
The technical bid for final 3.6km stretch of New Garia-Airport Metro corridor was opened on Monday (24th August 2020). Four contractors submitted bids to build the Rs 527-crore Metro corridor from City Centre to Airport […]
