Metro Rail News January 2018

New Year Greetings from Managing Editor
Dear Readers & Contributors,
Seasonal greetings from Metro Rail News !
I am very pleased to take this opportunity to wish our readership, members of the Editorial Team, members of
the Editorial Advisory Board, all our independent expert referees, and all members, officers and staff of the Metro
Rail News, the publication of Symbroj Media Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi a Very Happy New Year. On behalf of the
Editorial Team, I would like to express my gratitude to our contributing readership and our Editorial Advisers
and independent referees for their valuable contributions to the success of Metro Rail News Portal and Monthly
Magazine.
3 years ago, Metro Rail News had started its journey from the 26th January 2015 as a news portal with aim to
provide real development story and updates to the citizens of India, members of metro and rail fraternity and
other concerns. From, April 2017 we have started publishing a monthly magazine with depth focus on Metro Rail
projects, High-speed rail projects, Urban Mobility, Smart public transportation in Smart Cities and other MRTS
projects from India and rest of world.
India has achieved lot of milestones in this sector from starting three new metro rail networks (Chennai, Kochi
and Hyderabad) for people to laying stone of first Bullet train project of the country. Also most of cities has been
finalised to develop as Smart Cities under the “100 Smart Cities Mission” of the Central Government led under
the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We are making detailed coverage on year review in our Metro Rail News
Magazine January Edition. We are also pleased to say that the number of subscribers and contributes during
2017 has increased by at least 40% and we are fully confident that this trend will continue.
Metro Rail News prides itself on being a truly international magazine (with about half its content being from
outside India) and the premier multidisciplinary journal in the field. The Editorial Team and all those involved
are determined to maintain and enhance the status of the journal and its leading position, but we believe that this
can only be achieved with the continued cooperation of our contributing readership worldwide. The Editorial
Team believes that the key to the success of this journal depends on the equal partnership we have with the
contributing readership.
We promise to improve and promote out role in this partnership and therefore look forward to your valued
contributions to the journal in 2018 and beyond.
I would like to express my deepest appreciation to you, our valuable authors, reviewers, and readers, for your
contributions, service, and interest.
A new year is not just about changing the calendar; it is also about commitment. We, the Metro Rail News
editorial team, will continuously work hard to better serve our authors and users.
I wish everyone a rewarding, joyous new year and look forward to working with you in 2018.
I highly appreciate your support and hope to continue our collaboration further.
Mamta Shah
Managing Editor
E-mail: editor@metrorailnews.in
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