The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has dropped the proposed Rs 100-crore funicular railway project for Matheran, a hill station near Mumbai. According to officials, the reason ...

The MMRDA recently approved the building of a funicular railway in Matheran, thereby presenting a challenger to the 113-year-old Matheran narrow gauge railway. While locals are happy with the ...

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) may appoint Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) for the preparation of a fresh detailed project report (DPR) to construct a ...

MUMBAI: The much- awaited funicular railway for Matheran got a boost with the MMRDA Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) floating tenders for the project, a 1.3 km stretch from ...

The funicular railway track as proposed in 2010, will start from Dudhani village near Panvel and will go up to Maillot spring point, which is near Sunset point in Matheran.

Thousands of Mumbaikars who visit Matheran regularly will be glad to know that the plans for setting up a funicular railway to help tourist get to the hill stat ...

MMRDA had decided to scrap Rs 100-crore cable railway project due to PWD's ropeway project; but chief secretary now insists on the project that he had announced when he was MMRDA chief MMRDA had ...

The much-awaited funicular railway at Matheran may turn into reality soon as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has floated tenders for the project on BOT (build, operate ...

Besides the Indian broad gauge of (1,676 mm) which is universal, the Indian Railways once had other major gauges--metre gauge (1,000 mm) and narrow gauge of two dimensions, i.e. 762 mm and 610 mm.