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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
