Urban Mass Transit

The metro rail sector has been growing steadily over the past few years. Private participation, though limited, is gradually expanding in unbundled services such as fare collection, running of trains, and operation and maintenance of […]

The urban rail sector came to a standstill due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The complete suspension of metro services for five months and the cessation of construction activities for the first two months of the […]

In recent years, the government has been focusing on improving public transportation by exploring various alternative mobility solutions, besides conventional metro rail systems. In this regard, light rail transit (LRT) systems, monorails and regional rapid […]

Commuters in Indian cities are increasingly opting for urban mass transit (UMT) systems as a preferred mode of transportation. In view of the increased demand, a number of cities have planned greenfield metro rail projects. […]

Most urban mass transit projects continue to be funded by the central and state governments. To date, the role of private developers has been quite limited owing to issues such as low financial viability, long […]

While metro rail systems continue to be a the fastest mode of transit in Tier I cities, new modes of urban mass transit such as rapid rail, light rail and trams are gaining traction in […]

The market for signalling, train control and telecommunication systems in India has expanded significantly in the past few years. Till 2006, there were only two operational metro projects – Delhi metro, Phase I, and Kolkata […]

As more and more cities are opting for the deployment of metro systems as a preferred mode of public transport, the market for automated fare collection (AFC) systems is growing in tandem. From 2006, the […]

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has tested the infrastructure sector on various fronts such as healthcare, social security, transportation and digital penetration. The focus on technological upgradation over the past few years has come […]

The Indian metro rail segment was expected to undergo a transformation with the launch of the Metro Rail Policy, 2017, which mandated private involvement across all the newly conceived metro projects. Two years after its […]

A bus rapid transit (BRT) system involves the creation of dedicated corridors across a city for high speed bus networks that aim to reduce traffic congestion and increase the number of commuters using buses. The […]

Urban rail projects have been mainly funded by the central and state governments (and in some instances, urban local bodies [ULBs]) along with debt financing from various multilateral funding agencies. The major source of income […]

The experience with the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the metro rail segment has not been very good. Sweeteners such as land parcels at prime locations failed to elicit an encouraging response. The key reason […]

Over the years, automatic fare collection (AFC) systems have transformed significantly. Ticketing technologies and systems have evolved from paper-based tickets to closed-loop contactless smart cards, from catering only to metro tickets to more advanced interoperable […]

Most metro rail projects in the country use advanced signalling and telecommunications (S&T) systems such as automatic train control (ATC) that automatically controls train movement, thereby ensuring train safety and directing train operations. The ATC […]

Rapid urbanisation in the country has created the need for safe, efficient and reliable public transportation systems. In this regard, urban mass transit systems like bus rapid transit (BRT) systems and metro rail systems equipped […]

In order to ease their mobility woes, 11 cities have planned greenfield metro rail projects. Cities such as Jammu, Srinagar, Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Gorakhpur and Guwahati have announced plans to implement metro projects whereas works have already […]

The rapidly expanding metro rail network across the country has resulted in an increase in the demand for robust and advanced rolling stock. So far, over 4,800 metro coaches have been procured for operational and […]

With rapid urbanisation, there has been a huge increase in the number of private vehicles on the road. This is essentially the result of the lack of efficient public transport in the country. Metros have […]