Kochi Metro Rail News & Updates

Kochi Water Metro Limited (KWML) operated a total of nine services on two new routes from Sunday. As four new terminals at South Chittoor, Cheranelloor, Mulavukad North and Eloor have recently been inaugurated, new services have been started from KWML High Court Terminal to South Chittoor via Bolgatty and from Cheranelloor to South Chittoor via Eloor Terminal. Will do.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday March 14 inaugurated four terminals of the Kochi Water Metro Limited (KWML), including South Chittoor, Cheranallur, Mulavukad and Eloor Water Metro stations. However, the dates on which services will commence on the routes have not been finalised. The water metro will operate on two new routes including High Court-Bolgatti-Mulavukadu, North-South Chittoor and South Chittoor-Ellur-Cheranallur.

The Finance Budget 2024-25 presented by Minister KN Balagopal has announced an allocation of Rs 239 crore for the ongoing development works of Kochi Metro. The fund allocation is expected to accelerate the ongoing construction works of the Phase II line of Kochi Metro from JLN Stadium to Kakkanad and the Phase III line from Aluva to Nedumbassery.

DMRC According to (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation), the DPR (detailed project document) of the Kochi Metro extended metro project is in the final stages of preparation. Sources in Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL), in-charge of the project, said 95 per cent of the DPR work has been completed. There will be a meeting of DMRC and KMRL officials on Friday to decide the next step. KMRL said that there will be discussion related to the project before submission.

Passengers can book digital tickets through WhatsApp from Wednesday by sending a message to the KMRL's WhatsApp number, officials said here. Commuters will get 10 per cent discount on tickets purchased through WhatsApp during normal hours and 50 per cent discount during non-peak hours (5.45 am to 7 am and 10 pm to 11 pm), a KMRL statement has said.

According to a release, Infopark and Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create an IT workplace at the Kochi Metro station in Ernakulam South. KMRL Managing Director Loknath Behera and Infopark Chief Executive Officer Sushant Kurunthil signed the MoU to set up flexi workspace in 39,880 sq ft.

Kochi: The trial run of the first phase of Kochi Metro has started till the terminal station Tripunithura. The trial run started at SN Junction metro station at 11.30 pm on 7th December. The first trial run started at 1.30 am on the 8th. The first phase of testing was conducted at SN Junction – Thripunithura area at low speed and no loading. The first testing in this area was helpful in ensuring accuracy in signal systems. The trial run in this area will continue in the coming days.

Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) and the National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) are yet to ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a critical survey that had been planned earlier this year to identify ways to improve patronage in metro trains and Water Metro ferries and to revise the metro’s fare structure.

Kochi Metro Rail achieved a milestone and recorded profit for the first time since it began operations in June 2017. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan recently announced that the revenue had seen an "impressive 145% increase" in the past year. We see how the metro has changed as we travel in the city.

Kochi Metro has seen a huge jump in its operating income. Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has achieved 145% more revenue in the financial year 2022-23 compared to previous years. It has been successful in achieving operational profit for the first time. KMRL's revenue has increased from Rs 54.32 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 134.04 crore in 2022-23.

The Phase II project of Kochi Metro, from JLN Stadium to Infopark-Kakkanad on the 'Pink Line', has gained momentum with the approval for the design and construction of viaducts. Work on the elevated line is likely to begin by December this year, while the entire "Pink Line" is expected to be operational by December 2025.

Technical bids for the Kochi Metro Phase II project will be opened on October 27 and the work will be handed over to the successful bidder by mid-November. KMRL Managing Director Loknath Behera said that KMRL aims to complete the civil construction work of the Pink Line within 20 months and the system and signaling work within the next four months. The total cost of the project is Rs 1,957 crore.

As part of 'Arpo Metro', a 10-day program organized by Kochi Metro Rail Limited and Indian Oil Corporation, 'Nila Natrangu', an Onam-related event, was organized at the open air theater at Jos Junction, which began on Tuesday. Such events will be organized at metro stations in the coming days.

Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) will procure a fleet of electric buses under its non-motorised transport (NMT) initiative to operate feeder buses to provide first- and last-mile connectivity from metro stations. The decision to operate a dedicated feeder network comes in the wake of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) not being keen to deploy 30 buses that the metro agency had demanded earlier this year to operate on its feeder routes – from metro stations to towns in the suburbs. Making matters worse, the State Transport Authority (STA) recently refused to give permission to KMRL to operate feeder buses along ‘nationalised routes’ from Kochi metro stations, citing that only

People can travel any distance in Kochi Metro trains on August 15 – Independence Day. The minimum ticket fare will continue to be ₹10. The trains will operate from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Kochi-1 cardholders will get the benefit of fare for the day as cashback.

Kochi Metro Rail Limited will launch Kochi Metro Student Pass 'Vidya' earlier this month, for students. Students going to school, college and other educational institutions will benefit from this pass. 'Vidya 1' is a one day pass. It can be bought for Rs.50. While 'Vidya 30' and 'Vidya 45' released in 30 days and 45 days respectively. Both can be bought for Rs.900 and Rs.495 respectively.

The Kochi Metro has launched a new travel card exclusively for students. The card named ‘VIDYA 45’ could be used for up to fifty trips in 45 days. The students could travel to any destination using this card. The card could be purchased for Rs 495 which means that a single trip would cost just under Rs 10. Meanwhile, the students can buy the card from any metro station by showing their identity cards issued by the respective institutions.

Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is getting ready to take delivery of 100 e-autos christened ‘Commuto’ to operate feeder services from metro stations, just a handful of women have volunteered to drive 32 autos from among them, although the help of NGOs, cooperative societies, and Kudumbashree were sought for the purpose.

GM Modular, one of India’s leading switches and home electrical companies has rolled out its latest OOH campaign, this time using the Kochi metro trains as its canvas.

In a recent statement, KMRL acknowledged the surge in ridership witnessed over the past few months, with an average of 82,024 daily passengers recorded in June. The statement expressed KMRL's satisfaction in observing that an increasing number of people are choosing Kochi Metro as their preferred mode of transportation.

Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has been unsuccessful in its attempts to establish a partnership with the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) for the operation of 30 feeder buses from metro stations. This lack of progress comes at a time when five out of eight electric feeder buses of Kochi Metro have been out of service for the second consecutive month.

The Kochi Metro Rail (KMRL) has completed the installation of I-girder work on the 1.16 km long corridor of Metro Phase 1-B extension from SN Junction to Tripunithura. With the track works slated to be ready by September, the corridor is likely to start operation by the end of this year.

In celebration of the sixth anniversary of its metro rail service, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has introduced a special fare of only ₹20 for commuters to travel to any station on the network. This exciting offer from Kochi Metro allows passengers to conveniently access their desired destinations at an affordable price.

The installation of I-girder work on the 1.16 km long corridor of the Metro Phase 1-B extension from SN Junction to Tripunithura has been successfully completed by the Kochi Metro Rail (KMRL). The track works are expected to be finished by September, and the corridor is anticipated to commence operation by the end of this year.

Kochi Metro Rail Limited’s (KMRL) phase 1-A extension from Petta to SN Junction near Thrippunithura will be commissioned in April this year. More than 90% of the construction works have been completed and it is learnt that the trial run on the track would begin on February 12. The 1.8km-long line has one stop at adakkekkotta between Petta and SN Junction.

Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) has decided to increase the frequency of trains. During peak hours on Saturdays and Mondays, the time between. two services will be 6.15 minute instead of 7 minutes and non-peak hours, it will be 7.30 minute instead of 8.15 minut.

Bengaluru Metro services between Vijayanagar and Mysore Road stations on the Purple Line will be partially affected on August 11 and 12. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has said services will be partially affected due to the commissioning work which will be underway on the new stretch between Mysuru Road and Kengeri.

The Centre approval for the Kochi metro’s second-phase extension to Kakkanad (Infopark) is in the “final stage”. But a metro-lite network is more probable for the third-phase extension mooted from the metro’s Aluva terminal station to the international airport at Nedumbassery in Ernakulam district, participants said at the director board meeting of Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) said on 5 august 2021.

Kochi Metro services will operate from 7 am to 9 pm from Monday, considering the gradual increase in number of commuters during the past fortnight. Trains will operate every 10 minutes during peak hours and every 15 minutes during off-peak hours, from Monday to Friday. They will operate from 8 am to 8 pm on Saturdays and Sundays, while trains will operate at 30 mins frequency.