Metro Express (Mauritius)
Metro Express Ltd is a light rail public transport system in route, when completed, will run between the Port Louis District and Plaines Wilhems District. A branch, running between Rose Hill and Réduit, will be built as well.[3]Mauritius had been without a railway system following the closure of Mauritius Government Railways in the 1950s. Last passenger train ran on 31 March 1956 between Port Louis and Curepipe. Due to increased car usage and chronic road congestion, plans for a light railway system have been proposed over many years. The idea of introducing Light Rail Transit was first floated in the 1970s and started being developed in the 1980s as a way to solve increasing road congestion. The idea only started gaining track in 1995, when a concept of light rail was formulated. The main argument against it was based on the cost of the system construction. The investment was made in the development of road infrastructure instead, like building new roads and adding new lanes to existing motorways. Busways were considered but weren't implemented. In 2010, during the visit to Singapore, the Prime Minister of Mauritius Navin Ramgoolam signed an intergovernmental agreement, under which the Singapore Cooperative Enterprise, would assist Mauritius in preparing a request for proposal document to be launched to potential developers. A delegation from the SMRT was in Mauritius in March 2011 to study the possibilities of introducing the LRT system. In September 2012 the Government of Mauritius signed a contract with the Singapore Cooperative Enterprise, valued at around Rs 180 million ($6 million as at September 2012), for the determination of a feasible alignment of the light rail line, development of reference design and consideration of potential future line extension.[4] In December 2016, Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK, KCMG, QC, PC gave the green light for the implementation of the Metro Express Project in view of mitigating the rising cost of traffic conges
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