Overview
- Metro Railway GM Subhransu Sekhar Mishra said a CBTC signalling upgrade for the Blue Line has been sanctioned with completion targeted in three to four years.
- The metro plans to shift fares to a fully app-based system, with smart cards promoted to cut queues for manual tickets.
- Repairs at Kavi Subhash and the Shahid Khudiram crossover are scheduled to start next week after a brief festival-related delay, with services to Kavi Subhash still suspended since July 28 due to pier cracks.
- The state approved a traffic block at Chingrighata in the second and third weeks of November to bridge a 366‑metre viaduct gap.
- About 19 km of the 29‑km Orange Line is expected to be commissioned by December 2026, while longer-term targets include the Purple Line to Esplanade and a Yellow Line link near the airport around 2029.