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Kolkata Metro

Kolkata Metro set to run till Dakshineswar from February 2021

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on December 26, 2020December 26, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

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 […]

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Cabinet approves revised cost for Kolkata East West Metro Corridor Project

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on October 8, 2020October 8, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

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. […]

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Minister of Railways Shri Piyush Goyal Inaugurates Phoolbagan Metro Station

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

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 […]

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Mumbai Metro eyes Kolkata e-pass model to resume operations

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on September 16, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

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 […]

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Kolkata Metro Staffs Brace for ‘Lifetime Challenge’

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on September 14, 2020September 14, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

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 […]

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Land acquisition starts for Kolkata Airport Metro’s New Town Depot

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on September 9, 2020September 9, 2020
  • Kolkata 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 […]

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Colour-coded e-pass system for Kolkata Metro to Limit Onboarding upto 400 passengers

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on September 8, 2020September 8, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

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 […]

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Commuters to pre-book slots to avail Kolkata Metro Service

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on September 5, 2020September 5, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

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 […]

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Kolkata Metro to wait for SOP before Planning Resumption of Services

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

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 […]

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4 Firms Including Afcons and ITD Bid for New Garia -Airport Metro’s 3.6km Stretch

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

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 […]

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IIT clears Chingrighata pier for Garia-Airport Metro link

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

A major impasse has been solved for New Garia-Airport Metro as IIT-Kharagpur has cleared the pier planned on EM Bypass at Chingrighata crossing. Last October, KMDA, custodian of Bypass, asked IIT-Kharagpur to deduce whether the […]

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Work on Noapara- Barasat Metro Project Progressing Swiftly

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

Construction works of Noapara- Barasat via Bimanbandar Metro extension Project has been going on smoothly and significant progress has been made despite the nationwide lockdown due to the Covid- 19 pandemic. In the first phase […]

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TBM Urvi Crosses BB Ganguly Street

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

The tunnel boring machine ‘Urvi’ deployed on East-West Metro’s Underground Section has crossed over to the other side of BB Ganguly Street, digging past the Bank of India building and heading for Sealdah. On the […]

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Underground Utility Mapping for Joka Metro Started

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) has started the work of mapping underground utilities for the 5.5km underground section of the Joka-Esplanade Metro corridor. RVNL will execute the process with the help of ground-penetrating radar over […]

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Joka-Esplanade Metro Contract Awarded to GPT Infraprojects

  • by Urban Railways
  • Posted on August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
  • Kolkata Metro

The contract for the Joka-Esplanade Metro project was awarded yesterday (Monday, 17th August 2020) to GPT Infraproject Limited. The Project faced inordinate delay due to series of land acquisition issues, collapse of Majerhat Bridge and […]

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