Ahmedabad: In view of upcoming T-20 Day/Night cricket match between India and South Africa scheduled on 19/12/2025 at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) has decided to extend the timings of metro train services in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar on the said date till midnight 00:30 hrs.

Existing timings of metro services in Ahmedabad is from 06:20 Hrs to 22:00 Hrs, during the extended hours from 22:00 hrs to 00:30 hrs, passengers can travel only from Motera Stadium Metro Station and Sabarmati Metro station to any operational stations on both corridors of Ahmedabad (Motera Stadium to APMC and Vastral Gam to Thaltej Gam).

For Gandhinagar, two additional train services will be provided from Motera Stadium Metro station to Sector-1 Metro station at 23:40 hrs and 00:10 hrs.

In addition, to facilitate and provide hassle-free travelling to passengers, GMRC has released a special
paper ticket to be used for return journey purpose on the day of T-20 Day/Night cricket match. Salient
Features pertaining to Special Paper Tickets are listed below:

1. Fare of Special Paper Ticket will be Flat ₹ 50 per person which can be used to travel from Motera
Stadium and Sabarmati Metro station to any operational stations of Ahmedabad Metro on both
corridors and in Gandhinagar from Motera Stadium Metro station to Sector-1 Metro station
during extended hours of metro operations.

2. Entry with Contactless Smart Tokens, Contactless Smart Card (GMRC Travel Card and NCMC
card), QR digital tickets and QR paper tickets will also be available as usual on regular fare up to
22:00 hrs only. Any ticket (QR / TOKEN) purchased for return journey in advance from Kiosk,
Token Vending Machine, Ticket Counters, Mobile App will not be valid after 22:00 hrs.

3. After 22:00 hrs, only special paper ticket will be allowed for entry from Motera stadium &
Sabarmati metro stations.

4. Special Paper Ticket can be purchased at Nirant Cross Road, Apparel Park, Kalupur, Old High
Court, Thaltej, Motera, Sabarmati, Ranip, Vadaj, Jivraj Park, GNLU, Infocity and Sector-1 Metro
Stations on that day in advance to avoid queuing at Motera while returning.

5. Last train departure timing will be 00:30 hrs midnight from Motera Stadium Station towards
APMC metro station and 00:10 hrs midnight towards Sector-1 metro station