India's Metro Trail

March 2018

The total length of operational metro projects in India presently stands at about 440 km and is growing. Cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram, ...

Tags: Metro rail, NCR, Jagannarayan Padmanabhan, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory, NDA, MRTS, CoMET, MoHUA, JICA, EIB, Werner Hoyer, PPP, K Ravichandran, ICRA, DMRC

We seek to further cut opex-revenue gap

March 2018

Kochi Metro is the first Indian metro to have communication-based train control (CBTC) signalling system. Our trains are unattended train operation (...

Tags: CBTC, UTO, KMRL, PPP, AFC, KSRTC buses, GTFS, Kochi Metro Rail project, RESCO, Axis Bank, DPR

Kochi Metro to have 2.3 MWp solar plant

February 2018

The Kochi Metro Rail has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with AMP Solar India, under which AMP Solar will supply solar power of 2.3 MWp to th...

Tags: Kochi Metro Rail, rooftop project is 4 MWp. KMRL’s Muttom depot.

CW Man of the Year

November 2017

Meet Elias George, Managing Director of one of India's most prestigious projects, Kochi Metro Rail (KMRL), and the winner of the CONSTRUCTION WORLD M...

Tags: Elias George, KMRL, CONSTRUCTION WORLD Man of the Year 2017, Shriyal Sethumadhavan, CW Man of the Year award, Kochi Metro

15th Construction World Annual Awards 2017

November 2017

Consider this: A single rupee invested in construction and infrastructure generates opportunities worth Rs 10. In simple terms, this sector has the h...

Tags: Construction, Infrastructure, CW Annual Awards, Demonetisation, Digitalisation, GST, RERA, Top Challenger, KMRL, 21st CONSTRUCTION WORLD Anniversary Edition, Larsen & Toubro, MV Satish, Dilip Buildcon, Rohan Suryavanshi, Pratap Padode

What lies behind the successful planning and execution of Kochi Metro Reach-1? Find out!

October 2017

India's first integrated multi-model transport system, Reach-1 of Kochi Metro has been making waves since its recent completion. Phase-1 stretches fr...

Tags: Multi-model transport system, Kochi Metro, Elias George, KMRL, Thiruman Archunan, Conventional formwork system, General equipment

Kochi Metro | Work under progress on the Rs 5,181.79 crore project

April 2017

In Kochi—in God’s own country—the Metro is a fully elevated, 25.612-km corridor. Aligned along the north-south axis on the National Highway, it compr...

Tags: KMRL, Construction, Elias George, CBTC system, PPP model, JLN Stadium, Info Park, Kochi One smart card

HC restrains GCDA, KMRL from reducing width of road

April 2016

The Kerala High Court restrained the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Kochi Metro Rail (KMRL)...

Tags: Kerala High Court, Greater Cochin Development Authority, Kochi Metro Rail, KMRL, GCDA