spanning a distance of 39 kilometres, will exclude the heritage sectors from Sector 1 to Sector 30. The final metro network is envisioned in two phases, encompassing Chandigarh, Panchkula ...

While the construction costs are expected to be recovered within the first five years, profitability for operators may not materialise until at least a decade after the operations begin, the panel ...

The Administration had earlier asked RITES to explore alternatives to Metro for strengthening public transportation. In ...

“The Metro project for Chandigarh is hanging ... Notably, 16.5 km of the underground route will pass through Chandigarh’s heritage sectors.

Chandigarh: RITES has recommended the metro over other alternative transport systems for the city, such as the personal rapid transport (PRT-Podcars) system, ropeways, and bus rapid transport (BRT).

Even after two months of conducting the trial run with eight buses of the Metro bus service on the Bus Rapid Transit System ...