Gurgaon Metro News & Updates

The Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation (HMRTC) board has approved the detailed project report (DPR) for the new metro line connecting Sector 56 of Gurugram to Pachgaon. The metro line will connect major areas like Golf Course Extension Road, Southern Peripheral Road, Central Peripheral Road, Dwarka Expressway and developing areas of Manesar Industrial Area.

There will be a meeting of the Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation (HMRTC) board on Tuesday. The detail design contract (DDC) can be approved in this. If the DDC is finalized in the board, then the work of metro construction will be able to proceed at a fast pace. Geo testing i.e. soil testing for track construction has been completed by the corporation for running the metro in the Old City. The corporation has also received its report. In this, the green signal has been given to the construction of pillars. Now HMRTC has to do the detail design contract (DDC).

The Haryana State Government has taken an important step towards enhancing urban transit with the decision to set up a new entity, Gurugram Metro Rail Limited. This newly formed company will oversee the metro rail connectivity project from Millennium City Center to Cyber City Gurugram. This announcement was made by Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal during the 54th meeting of Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation (HMRTC).

In an announcement made during the 53rd meeting of the Board of Directors of HMRTC in Chandigarh, Chief Secretary of Haryana and Chairman of HMRTC, Sanjeev Kaushal disclosed the significant development in the expansion of the Metro Rail network. The preparatory work for the proposed Metro extension covering a distance of about 25 km from Ballabhgarh to Palwal has already started. Significant techno-feasibility study for this extension has been awarded to RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Services).

In a tweet, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said, “A decision has been taken to rename the HUDA City Centre Metro station on Yellow Line as Gurugram City Centre. Accordingly, the process of changing the name in all official documents, signage, announcements etc. has been initiated and shall be changed gradually.”

Huda city center metro station is the last station of the Gurugram at sector-29, A metro extension project will start from Huda centre to Cyber Hub in a loop. It will be 28 .5 kms, in Gurugram, India, on Friday, 24 February 2023.

The Gurugram-Faridabad metro corridor, whose detailed project report was approved by the state government earlier this year, will connect with Rapid Metro at Sector 56, which will be a bridge with Delhi Metro's Yellow Line. The 32km corridor between the two Haryana NCR cities is proposed to have eight stations, two of which are underground.