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    • Cabinet approves Chennai Metro rail phase-2 project worth Rs 63,246 crore

      Once phase-II is fully operational, the Chennai will have a total metro rail network of 173 Km

    • Alstom commences production of driverless trainsets for Chennai Metro Phase II

      The project is valued at 124 million euros, which also includes training of the personnel to Chennai Metro for operation and maintenance

    • Alstom wins Rs 798 crore order to manufacture 78 coaches for Chennai Metro

      These new metro cars will operate on the 26 km corridor, a part of Phase-II, between Poonamallee Bypass and Light House through 28 (18 elevated and 10 underground) stations.

    • Metro rail systems are emerging from the pandemic’s shadows, but businesses face long Covid 

      Ridership numbers in some metros are inching towards pre-pandemic levels, while others are still struggling from Covid-induced capacity restrictions as well as the WFH shift and passenger hesitancy. Non-fare revenue in most metros has also taken a hit

    • Chennai Metro resumes services: 5,033 passengers travel on day 1

      On day one of Chennai Metro resuming services, only train services on the Blue Line were restarted, meaning, metro trains were operating between Airport Metro Station and Washermenpet Metro Station.

    • Clean power for Chennai Metro: To get largest solar rooftop installations

      The Chennai Metro Rail Project is looking to the sun to power its operations, quite literally. The project is on track to get one of the largest rooftop solar installations in India. CNBC-TV18's Jude Sannith gave us this report.

    • Chennai Metro from Airport to Little Mount inaugurated

      Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, on September 21, 2016, inaugurated the services on the second elevated corridor of the Chennai Metro Rail Project (CMRP). The second elevated corridor covers a distance of 8.6 &#82

    • Chennai Metro may start Airport-Alandur services by August end

      Extension of Chennai‘s metro rail services on the Airport-Alandur sector, may get underway by the end of August, as the commissioner (railway safety), Sudarshan Naik, on July 28, 2016, said that he was satisfied &#82

    • Chennai Metro underground stretch to begin by year-end

      The Tamil Nadu government, on July 21, 2016, announced that the passenger services in the first underground stretch of Chennai Metro, will commence by the end of this year. The state‘s finance minister, O &#82

    • Cabinet nod for extension of Chennai metro rail project

      Government gave its nod to a proposal for extension of over nine km for first phase of Chennai Metro rail project at a cost of Rs 3,770 crore.

    • Govt approves construction of 33.5 km Mumbai metro corridor

      It would run from Colaba to Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) via Bandra

    • European biz witnessing recovery: VA Tech Wabag

      Amit Sengupta, ED, VA Tech Wabag says the company‘s European market business is witnessing recovery, and its footing in the domestic market remains strong. The company has bagged orders worth around Rs 450 crore since April 1, and expects to add more by June.

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