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Lucknow Metro’s East-West Corridor gets NPG nod
NPG approves Lucknow Metro's East-West Corridor, connecting Charbagh to Vasant Kunj. Project cost estimated at ₹5,081 crore, with 12 stations.
Updated on Jul 11, 2024 08:46 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Lucknow Metro to run special midnight trains on IPL match days
The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) will operate special midnight trains on days when IPL matches are scheduled at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium, which serves as the home ground for the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
Updated on Mar 30, 2024 05:08 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
East-West Metro Corridor will improve access to Old Lucknow areas
Train expected to cover distance from Charbagh to Vasantkunj in 28 to 30 mins; this metro line will provide a mode of transport to people in the most encroached and congested areas of Lucknow, says UPMRC official
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 08:12 AM IST
Growth track: Green light to SCR formation, Lucknow Metro expansion
11.165-km-long east-west corridor from Charbagh to Vasantkunj would be constructed at a cost of ₹5801.05 crore by June 30, 2027
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 08:32 AM IST
UP Budget 2024-25: Wait for Lucknow’s second metro line gets longer
Smooth run for Kanpur, Agra metro rail projects with ₹395 crore and ₹346 crore budgetary allocations respectively.
Published on Feb 05, 2024 07:48 PM IST
Anupam Srivastava, Lucknow
U.P. govt okays ₹5881 cr for expansion of Lucknow Metro
Spanning 11.165 kilometres from Charbagh to Vasantkunj, this corridor will be completed in five years with an elevated length of 4.286 km and underground section of 6.879 km.
Updated on Jan 06, 2024 07:00 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Yogi gives green signal for Lucknow metro expansion
He said, “The metro currently operating in Lucknow should be extended up to IIM on Sitapur road on one side and SGPGIMS on Rae Bareli route on the other.
Updated on Jan 03, 2024 09:32 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Lucknow Metro records historic ridership surge
On the first day of the year, the ridership of Lucknow Metro was expected to cross the 1.30 lakh mark, the highest in a day since its inception in 2017.
Updated on Jan 02, 2024 05:00 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Lucknow Metro resumes services
The Lucknow Metro resumed services at 6 am on Monday over five months after air, rail, and road transportation was suspended as part of measures to check the Covid-19 pandemic
Updated on Sep 07, 2020 11:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent
Lucknow Metro gears up to restart operations on September 7
Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation MD Kumar Keshav reviewed the operational preparedness of Metro stations in a meeting on Saturday
Published on Sep 05, 2020 02:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent
Government nod to service extension of LMRC MD
While LMRC MD Kumar Keshav was not available for comment, sources in the housing department confirmed that the state government gave its nod to the proposal for a two-year extension to him.
Updated on Aug 08, 2019 11:36 PM IST
Lucknow | HT Correspondent
E Sreedharan resigns from Lucknow Metro
Along with him, a few other senior officials have also decided to end their association with the LMRC.
Updated on Jun 24, 2019 08:33 AM IST
Lucknow | HT Correspondent
Marauding monkeys haunt city but no solution in sight
The marauders that so far raided gardens or kitchen cabinets and sneaked into railway stations and hospitals to cause damage, now boldly breeze into the newly built Metro stations too.
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Anupam Srivastava
Speed chess tournament on board Lucknow Metro
Passengers travelling from IT station to CCS airport were in for a surprise when they saw boys and girls playing speed chess with a three-minute time control. The tournament was on in twin Metro coaches.
Published on Apr 08, 2019 10:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent, Lucknow
International Women’s Day: The driving force of Lucknow Metro
Jyoti Shukla and Neetu Gupta have been drilled in the do’s and don’ts of Metro operations at the Delhi Centre and now work as train operators for Lucknow Metro. The women are more than proud to be a part of the dream project of Lucknow from its inception. On International Women’s Day, 2019, the two will operate the Metro.
Updated on Mar 08, 2019 01:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | S Farah Rizvi
Lucknow Metro: Women the driving force
As the countdown for the inaugural run of North-South corridor Metro begins, the women workforce, which plays a major role in Lucknow Metro services from piloting trains to housekeeping, goes quietly and efficiently about its work.
Published on Mar 07, 2019 12:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Anupam Srivastava, Lucknow
Kanpur, Agra metro projects may get nod before model code kicks in
The Uttar Pradesh budget for the financial year 2019-20 has set aside an amount of ₹1.75 billion for each of the two projects that were first announced by UP state chief minister Yogi Adityanath in December 2017.
Updated on Feb 24, 2019 10:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anisha Dutta
Lucknow Metro service will be stopped today from 6 am to 12 noon, here’s why
Lucknow metro service will be stopped today between 6 am and 12 noon between Transport Nagar and Charbagh route.
Published on Feb 22, 2019 08:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Lucknow Metro successfully conducts load test of 2 trains
The trains moved from Charbagh at 6.30 am and travelled till IT college station. They also crossed the newly constructed 177 metre long balanced cantilever bridge over the Gomti where these two trains will stay for 24 hours for load testing on the bridge.
Published on Dec 29, 2018 03:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent
Ridership to touch 3Lakh per day in 2019: LMRC MD
Questions have been raised over the ridership of Lucknow Metro since the day the service was launched on the 8-km Transport Nagar-Charbagh route. But LMRC MD Kumar Keshav said Metro has had overwhelming response from people here – much better than what metro in Delhi saw after its launch.
Published on May 25, 2018 02:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Anupam Srivastava, Lucknow