The cities that have operational metros today are Delhi, the seven NCR (national capital region) hubs, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chenn...

The growth of the economy and the increase in the number of employment opportunities can happen if a city has quality transportation option...

Covering a total of 760.62 km across India with another 578.34 km under construction, the past two decades has seen a tremendous growth of ...

The pandemic has badly exposed the flawed economics of metro building in India, forcing the government to scout for cheaper and lighter ver...

In the authority meeting in December 2020, preliminary approval for the revised TOD policy was given, after that public notice was issued f...

Strong institutional mechanisms are key to urban governance. A concerted, integrated effort has been made to strengthen local governments i...

The draft Metro Bill, which will be put in the public domain for suggestions in March, would replace the Metro Railways (Operations and Mai...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the first-ever digital Union Budget. She announced higher capital expenditure for 2...

While presenting Union Budget 2021-22, she said the government would work towards raising the share of public transport in urban areas thro...

The Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, a flagship programme of the Modi government, has been given Rs 2,300 crore in the 2021-22 Union Budget tha...

To tackle the ‘burgeoning problem of air pollution’, the Centre has set aside Rs 2,217 crores for 42 urban centres with a million-plus popu...

The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, the government has said, adding that af...

The light transit system, which costs about 20-25% of a Metro and also has lower maintenance costs, is likely to come up between Kirti Naga...

CM BS Yediyurappa announced an initial allocation of Rs 500 crore for the suburban rail project as part of efforts to ease traffic flow in ...

The UP government cleared the decks for the expansion of the metro network in Noida by approving an extension of the Aqua Line to Noida Ext...

The three-coach train will have capacity of carrying 300 passengers.

Sources said the urban affairs ministry has prepared the plan and finalised the standards and specifications for Metrolite and has sent the...