INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has awarded Alstom a €25m contract to provide track for the Line 7 project.
The contract announced on February 13 covers slab track for the 30 km from Lajpat Nagar to Shiv Vihar, as well as ballasted track for the depot.
Line 7 will be 59 km long line with 38 stations. It is expected to open in early 2017.
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp and partner Greenolution announced the launch of an expanded version of their Public Bicycle Sharing scheme on January 8. The aim is provide ‘first mile’ and ‘last mile’ connectivity for journey origin and destination points which are too far from metro stations to be walkable. ...
INDIA: A 3·2 km extension of Delhi metro Line 6 from Central Secretariat to Mandi House opened for passenger service on June 26. Construction began in May 2011, with two tunnel boring machines used to excavate the tunnels, and the stations built using cut-and-cover techniques. Services run at 3 min ...
INDIA: Test running on the first section of Delhi metro Phase III began at 11.27 on December 30 when the first Line 6 train to run between Mandi House and Central Secretariat was officially flagged off by Delhi Metro Rail Corp executives. The 2·5 km section, with one intermediate ...
