2025, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part D

The fast growth of metro rail systems in metropolitan areas poses a number of difficulties that need to be successfully handled to guarantee project completion. With a focus on rolling stock, maintenance and depot systems, signalling and control, infrastructure, and rolling stock, this research explores the crucial challenges related to metro rail projects. Data were gathered from 125 respondents who represented a range of jobs in different metro projects using a convenience sample technique. In order to comprehend the intricacy of interconnected problems, the study used basic percentage approaches, descriptive statistics, covariance, and correlation procedures. The results show that rolling stock and infrastructure problems are closely related, although maintenance problems have inverse connections with both rolling stock and infrastructure problems. However, there are conflicting correlations between signalling problems and their dynamic role in project integration. The study emphasises how crucial it is to foresee hazards, implement corrective actions, and manage interdependencies across subsystems in order to keep a project moving forward. The findings give stakeholders, project managers, and legislators important information for creating proactive plans for risk reduction and the effective installation of metro rail systems.