Kolkata Metro

Latest Kolkata Metro news and project updates. Kolkata Metro (operational, 73.4 km), implemented by Metro Railway Kolkata / KMRC — route maps, corridor progress, tenders and contracts, ridership and official announcements, tracked by Metro Rail News. See the full Kolkata Metro project hub for phases, contractors and timelines.

Lucknow Metro: A Long Road to Sustainability

Bringing metro systems to Tier 2 cities has long been debated, primarily due to concerns around financial sustainability, especially when even larger networks in Tier 1 cities struggle to...

Kolkata Metro gains momentum with TBM Breakthrough on Purple Line

KOLKATA (Metro rail News): Kolkata Metro displayed a major engineering excellence as Tunnel Boarding Machine (TBM) ‘Durga’ achieved...

Central Railway commissions indigenous KAVACH safety system along 149-KM route in Solapur division 

SOLAPUR (Metro Rail News): The Solapur division of Central Railway has commissioned the indigenous standard KAVACH system for...

Delhi Metro’s Inderlok-Indraprastha Corridor enters construction phase

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Delhi Metro began work on the Inderlok-Indraprastha corridor of the Magenta Line extension....

Ghaziabad-Jewar RRTS Corridor moves into DPR stage

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Noida International Airport will soon be connected to Ghaziabad, as the Ghaziabad-Jewar RRTS...
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Kolkata Metro | Bridge collapse delay the metro work, more than a year

Kolkata: The Majerhat bridge collapse is likely to have an adverse impact on the ongoing 16.72km Joka-Esplanade Metro project by as much as one and...

Kolkata Metro | Police nabs 2 Bangladeshis for metro site theft

Kolkata: In what is seen a cross-border criminal robbery at Kolkata metro site, police has finally managed to nab 2 Bangladeshis among 8 held...

NITI Aayog to review the progress of Metro rail systems

New Delhi: To review the progress of standardization and indigenization of Metro rail systems across the country. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs...

Kolkata Metro | KMRCL plans microsurgery to solve E-W metro hurdle

Kolkata: Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (KMRCL) plans microsurgery. This is to remove key hurdle of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that East-West Metro corridor...

Kolkata Metro | BEML to supply futuristic rakes for metro

Kolkata: Commuters in Kolkata will soon get the ‘bullet train’ experience. The new set of rakes for the Kolkata’s East West Metro corridor of...

Kolkata Metro | Country’s largest underground facility at Airport Metro yard

Kolkata: The largest underground facility of India to be set up at Metro Railway’s Biman Bandar (airport) station yard. The construction work of the...
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