Articles tagged under: Ahmedabad Metro

Ahmedabad Metro staff returns bag with ₹4.59 lakh cash to passenger

April 30, 2025
Ahmedabad Metro staff returns bag with ₹4.59 lakh cash to passenger

Ahmedabad: A passenger who accidentally left behind a bag containing ₹4.59 lakh in cash at an Ahmedabad Metro station was reunited with it, thanks to the alertness and honesty of the metro staff. A Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation official, said, "On April 30, 2025, at around 9:35 AM, a passenger accidentally left behind a bag containing ₹4,59,000 in cash at a metro station. Thanks to the alertness of the security team and station staff present at the location, the bag was quickly noticed. Af...Read More

Ahmedabad Metro ridership surges during IPL matches at Narendra Modi Stadium

April 11, 2025
Ahmedabad Metro ridership surges during IPL matches at Narendra Modi Stadium

Ahmedabad: Metro trains in the city see an average daily ridership of around 1.18 lakh passengers. However, the number of commuters increases significantly on days when IPL matches are held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera. Between March 17 and 23, the average daily metro ridership stood at 1,18,182. On the days of IPL matches — March 25, March 29, and April 9 — 38,000 to 62,000 more passengers than usual travelled by metro. According to metro authorities, a record 1,80,196 commuters ...Read More

Ahmedabad Metro Passenger Growth; March 2025 Sees Impressive 35% Year-on-Year Surge

April 07, 2025
Ahmedabad Metro Passenger Growth; March 2025 Sees Impressive 35% Year-on-Year Surge

Ahmedabad: Data released by Ahmedabad Metro Rail indicates a trend of passenger growth, with a particularly noteworthy surge observed in March 2025. The statistics, tracking passenger journeys in lakhs, highlight the increasing reliance on the metro system by the city's commuters. A comparison of passenger numbers across the first three months of 2023, 2024, and 2025 reveals a positive trajectory. In January 2023, the metro recorded 27.15 lakh journeys, which saw a slight dip to 25.38 lakh in F...Read More

Ahmedabad Metro Trains Functioning Suffered Issues for Over Half an Hour due to Technical fault

April 06, 2025
Ahmedabad Metro Trains Functioning Suffered Issues for Over Half an Hour due to Technical fault

Ahmedabad: Several passengers expressed surprise and complained on social media about desruption in Ahmedabad Metro functioning. Utsav Pandya on X stated it was a rare day in his one year of traveling in Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) run Ahmedabad Metro because train was halted for more than 30 minutes. Pranav Vasavada in his tweet expressed surprise and said - even though Ahmedabad Metro which has been running regularly and without any faults for more than 2 years, (I) was stopped...Read More

Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro footfall likely to rise with Sachivalaya extension by June

April 05, 2025
Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro footfall likely to rise with Sachivalaya extension by June

Ahmedabad: The Metro Rail service continues to face challenges in attracting large-scale ridership. Currently, around 1.18 lakh passengers use the service within the city daily, while about 2,500 commuters travel to Gandhinagar. Hoping to boost these numbers, Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) is now focusing on the Sachivalaya route, which is set to open by June this year, as trial runs on the route are already ongoing. January this year recorded the highest monthly ridership so far, with o...Read More

Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Headquarters Metro Bhawan to come up at Indroda

March 27, 2025
Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Headquarters Metro Bhawan to come up at Indroda

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Limited has announced an open tender for the construction of a multi-storied RCC framed Metro Bhawan cum OCC (Operation Control Center) Building, which will serve as the headquarters of GMRC at Indroda Depot, Gandhinagar. The project is for the construction of a multi-storied building at Indroda Depot in Gandhinagar.The estimated cost of the work is approximately INR 262 Crore (including taxes).The project is expected to be completed in 15 mo...Read More

GMRC extends Ahmedabad Metro timings, launches special return tickets for IPL match days

March 22, 2025
GMRC extends Ahmedabad Metro timings, launches special return tickets for IPL match days

Ahmedabad : In view of upcoming IPL-2025 day/night cricket matches scheduled on 25/03/2025, 29/03/2025, 09/04/2025, 02/05/2025 & 14/05/2025 at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, GMRC has decided to extend the timings of metro train services in Ahmedabad from 6:20 Hrs to 00:30 Hrs midnight on the said dates. 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 ...Read More

Coldplay Magic: Ahmedabad Metro had highest passengers ever on single day

January 27, 2025
Coldplay Magic: Ahmedabad Metro had highest passengers ever on single day

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) today announced that it has achieved its highest passenger journey count of 2,13,735 on Ahmedabad Metro on 25th January 2025. Additionally, 1,91,529 passenger journeys were recorded on 26th January 2025. According to GMRC, about 1 lakh additional passengers traveled on metro trains during the Coldplay concert compared to the Saturdays and Sundays of the previous two weeks. This indicates that about 50,000 additional passengers used the metro on e...Read More

Ahmedabad Metro Train Service Hours Extended for ColdPlay Concert at Narendra Modi Stadium : GMRC

January 23, 2025
Ahmedabad Metro Train Service Hours Extended for ColdPlay Concert at Narendra Modi Stadium : GMRC

Ahmedabad: In view of upcoming Cold Play concerts being organized at Narendra Modi Stadium on 25th and 26th of January 2025, Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) has made announcement that it has decided to extend the metro train services in Ahmedabad for two days up to 00.30 hrs midnight. On 25th and 26th January during extended hours, metro train will be available in Ahmedabad only (From Motera to APMC and Thaltej Gam to Vastral Gam route) and entry will be permitted from Motera stadium metr...Read More

GMRC launches Ahmedabad Metro mobile app for online ticket booking

December 18, 2024
GMRC launches Ahmedabad Metro mobile app for online ticket booking

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited (GMRCL) has launched beta version of the "Ahmedabad Metro (Official)" mobile app to facilitate online ticket booking for Ahmedabad Metro travel. The app is available on the Play Store, and after installing it, travelers will be able to book Metro train tickets from the comfort of their homes or anywhere else. The ticket is generated in the form of a QR code on the mobile app, which must be scanned at the entry gate of the metro station to ...Read More