A host of national and regional dignitaries gathered to inaugurate Lucknow’s first metro line on September 5 ahead of the official opening to the public on September 6.
INDIA’s Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) Mr Satish Kumar Pandey gave the go-ahead for commercial operation of the first metro line in Lucknow on August 14 following a successful safety inspection on the initial 8.4km section of the north-south line between Transport Nagar and Charbagh.
TESTING of the first metro line in the Indian city of Lucknow was officially launched on December 1, when Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mr Akhilesh Yadav flagged off a trial run on the initial 8.4km section of the north-south line between Transport Nagar and Charbagh, which is due to open on March 26.
ALSTOM presented the first metro train for the Indian city of Lucknow to Mr Yasar Shah, Uttar Pradesh commercial taxes minister, in a ceremony at its plant in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, on November 4.
LUCKNOW Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has awarded a Rs 640m ($US 9.6m) contract to a consortium of Datamatics Global Services and Mikroelektronika to provide an automatic fare collection system for the Indian city's first metro line.
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a Rs 33bn ($US 498m) loan to finance the construction of the first metro line in the Indian city of Lucknow.
LUCKNOW Metro Rail Corporation has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €150m to supply rolling stock and signalling for the Indian city's first metro line.
THE government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh announced on September 10 it will appoint Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to act as interim consultant on the construction of the first phase of the metro network in the state capital Lucknow.