The state government has permitted the MMRCL to create a temporary facility - a train delivery and testing track area for the technical trials of the prototype 8-coach trains due to arrive here by December, said MMRCL Managing Director Ranjit Singh Deol.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation till Sunday was running trains with 50 pc seating capacity, after the services had resumed after a long hiatus on June 7.
The DDMA in its order has also said that marriage functions, last rites gatherings shall be permitted with a ceiling of 100 persons.
The government has requested the commuters to follow COVID appropriate guidelines.
The accident happened around 8:30 p.m. local time as an empty train collided head-on with another one carrying 232 people on the Kelana Jaya Light Rail Transit (LRT) line at an underground section near the KLCC station outside the Petronas Towers.
The Delhi Metro on Monday issued an update regarding its services in the wake of the complete lockdown imposed in the national capital from Monday night. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said the metro services will be available on the entire network with a frequency of 30 minutes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform the Bhoomi Poojan (foundation stone laying ceremony) of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project on January 18, via video conference.
By 2025, metro train services will be expanded to over 25 cities across the country, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while adding that "Make In India" is essential for the expansion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged off India's first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line, along with the fully operational National Common Mobility Card service on the Airport Express Line.
In an advance New Year's gift to people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to flag off the country's first ever fully-automated driverless train service on the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro on December 28, the DMRC said on Thursday.
Pakistan's first ever metro train service, the Orange Line, has started its commercial operation in Lahore. As an early project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the Orange Line was constructed by China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
A colour-coded e-pass system using a mobile phone has been developed by a technology solutions company in Kolkata for ensuring that a maximum of 400 passengers board a Metro Railway train in the city to maintain coronavirus health safety protocol after it resumes service.
Except Maharashtra, metro services resumed across the country from September 7 as part of unlock 4 amid COVID-19. Bengaluru Metro has resumed services on Purple Line today.
India is entering the fourth phase of unlocking starting September 1. The Union Home Ministry on Saturday announced major relaxations in the Unlock 4 guidelines. One of the major announcements was the permission for metro trains to travel. Here is your one-stop guide on Unlock 4.
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday issues new guidelines for Unlock 4.0. According to the guidelines, during the Unlock 4.0 phase, more activities will be allowed out the Containment Zones
Unlock 4.0 Guidelines: Metro train services will be allowed to operate with effect from September 7 as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced Unlock 4.0 guidelines, allowing more activities outside the containment zones.
Metro train services may be allowed in the 'Unlock 4' phase beginning September 1, but schools and colleges are unlikely to reopen anytime soon, officials said on Monday.
How public transport buses will operate in cities after May 18. watch Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma at India TV
A while after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of nationwide lockdown extension, Indian Railways and Civil Aviation ministry announced to suspend their services till May 3.
Women are ten per cent more likely than men to feel unsafe on metro trains, and six per cent more likely to feel so on buses, according to a study which may lead to better interventions to bridge the safety gender gap in public transport.
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