MUMBAI Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) signed a contract with Alstom on July 19 for 31 driverless trains for Mumbai metro Line 3.

DELHI Metro Rail Corporation, on behalf of Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority, has issued a call for tender for the supply of 378 standard-gauge metro cars for the Mumbai Metro Rail Investment Project.

MUMBAI Metro Rail (MMR), India, plans to purchase driverless trains to operate on Mumbai metro Line 3, which will run for 33.5km from Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (Seepz) in the north of the city to Cuffe Parade in the southern district of Colaba.

MUMBAI Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has invited bids from civil engineering companies for 10 construction packages for the city’s new 23.5km metro Line 2B and the 32.32km Line 4.

INDIA’s cabinet granted approval on November 30 for the Rs 109.5bn ($US 1.6bn) Mumbai Urban Transport Project Phase 3 (MUTP 3) project, which aims to expand rail infrastructure in the Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts of the western state of Maharashtra.

MUMBAI Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) launched construction on the city’s third metro line on October 21 with groundbreaking ceremonies at seven locations along the route.

THE cabinet of the Indian state of Maharashtra gave the go-ahead on September 27 for two metro projects in Mumbai.

MUMBAI Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has signed contracts worth a total of Rs 181.1bn ($US 2.7bn) with five consortia for the construction of Mumbai metro Line 3, which will run for 33.5km from Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (Seepz) in the north of the city to Cuffe Parade in the southern district of Colaba.

THE first air-conditioned EMU for the Mumbai suburban network was officially handed over to India's Central Railway (CR) at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai on March 31.

THE government of the Indian state of Maharashtra has given Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) approval to proceed with construction of two further sections of the Mumbai metro network.