INDIA: Groundbreaking ceremonies were held October 21 for Line 3 of the Mumbai metro, following the award of contracts for all seven works packages.
The 33·5 km north-south route will link Colaba with Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone via Bandra. There will be one at-grade and 26 underground stations. The project is being promoted by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corp special-purpose vehicle, a joint venture of the national and Maharashtra state governments.
Opened 2014, India’s fifth metro. Single route serving 12 stations, plus monorail. See Mumbai network map . Also see: Navi Mumbai Metro for neighbouring network. MMRDA, responsible for overall development of urban infrastructure, has created the Mumbai Metro Rail Project agency to develop the city’s metro. Work ...
INDIA: Work on Mumbai metro Line 3 is due to begin next month, following the signing of six of the seven civil works packages in late August. The joint ventures for each works package are: Package 1, Cuffe Parade – Hutatma Chowk (Rs29·9bn): Larsen & Toubro and Shanghai Tunnel ...
INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stones for two metro lines in Mumbai on October 11. The northern section of Line 2 would run 18·5 km south from Dahisar to DN Nagar with 17 stations. The estimated cost is Rs49·9bn and ridership is expected to be 407 ...
CZECH REPUBLIC: Praha transport authority DPP has unveiled proposals to develop a new terminal station and park-and-ride interchange for metro Line B in Zličín, adjacent to the existing metro depot.
GERMANY: Deusche Bahn has started work on reinstatement of the 4·5 km Berlin S-Bahn branch to Siemensstadt, which has been disused for around 40 years. Built in 1929, the so-called Siemensbahn diverged from the circular Ringbahn at Jungfernheide and ran north over the River Spree to ...
CANADA: The Acciona-Ghella consortium which is to design and build Vancouver’s Broadway Subway has awarded Thales a contract to supply SelTrac CBTC signalling. The Broadway Subway running 5·7 km from VCC-Clark west to Arbutus Street forms a six-station extension of the ...
