Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRC)
Company typeState owned SPV
IndustryPublic transport
PredecessorLucknow Metro Rail Corporation
Founded25 November 2013; 10 years ago (25 November 2013)
HeadquartersVipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,
India
Area served
Uttar Pradesh
Key people
Sushil Kumar, IRSE Managing Director)[1]
Services
OwnerGovernment of India (50%)
Government of Uttar Pradesh (50%)
Websitewww.lmrcl.com

The Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) is a joint venture company that operates the Lucknow Metro, Kanpur Metro and Agra Metro.[2]The Varanasi Metro, Prayagraj Metro, Gorakhpur Metro, and Bareilly Metro are proposed by UPMRC. The company's headquarters is at Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.[3][2]

The Noida Metro, although located in Uttar Pradesh, is not operated by UPMRC and is instead operated by the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC), a separate company.

Similarly, Meerut Metro and Delhi Meerut RRTS also located in Uttar Pradesh are not operated by UPMRC and are instead operated by National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC).

  1. ^ "Board of Directors". Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation is now UP Metro Rail Corporation &#124". The Times of India. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ^ Singh, Priyanka (11 May 2015). "LMRC starts functioning from its new administrative building in Gomtinagar". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 September 2017.