Ahmedabad, June 27 (IANS) Ahmedabad’s public transport network is set to be further integrated through a new mobility partnership following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to link taxi services with the city’s Mobility as a Service (MaaS) platform. The agreement was signed on Saturday at the Mahatma Gandhi Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar, in the presence of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah.The pact was concluded between the Ahmedabad Municipal …
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Gandhinagar, June 27 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi travelled in a ‘Bharat Taxi’ on Saturday shortly after launching the cooperative ride-hailing service in the state, with the three leaders riding from Mahatma Mandir to the Circuit House in Gandhinagar. The symbolic journey followed the formal launch of Bharat Taxi in the state, which aims to expand the cooperative movement into the mobility s…
Gandhinagar, June 27 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday launched ‘Bharat Taxi’ in Gujarat, marking the cooperative ride-hailing platform’s entry into the state and outlining plans to expand the service to 125 cities and 30 major urban centres across India by March 2027. The launch was held at the Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre in Gandhinagar in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, senior state ministers, cooperative…
Gandhinagar, June 1 (IANS) Ahmedabad Metro remained operational until nearly 2:19 a.m. after the IPL 2026 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, as a record surge in late-night passenger traffic pushed total metro journeys close to two lakh in a single day. According to Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC), 1,95,868 passenger journeys were recorded across the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro network on May 31, the day of the IPL final, marking a 66 per cent increase over the 1,17,939 journeys…
Ahmedabad, April 2 (IANS) The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) has extended metro train services in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar on selected dates to facilitate passenger movement during the IPL 2026 day-night matches scheduled at Narendra Modi Stadium. In a statement issued on Thursday, the corporation said metro services will operate beyond normal hours on April 4, April 17, April 20, April 26, April 30, May 3 and May 12.On these days, services will run until 12:30 a.m. to accommodate …
Surat, March 29 (IANS) Trial run of Metro train has commenced on a key stretch of the Surat Metro Rail Project after the completion of an 8.5 km-long viaduct between Dream City and Althan Tenament, officials said on Sunday. The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) confirmed that the elevated section on the designated route has been completed, and testing operations have started.The trial phase is expected to involve around 500 hours of train running to assess the system’s performance, reliabi…