The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) started trial runs for Phase II of the Ahmedabad metro, which will connect GIFT City with both Ahmedabad and the state capital, Gandhinagar.

Trials commenced on a small stretch between GNLU station and Dholakuva, with plans to extend them to GIFT City in the upcoming days, as told by a GMRC spokesperson.

GMRC officials utilised a crane to lift a metro train onto the viaduct for the trials, given that the section between GNLU and Motera is not yet ready for trials.

The 28.25-km second phase is the expansion of the first phase of Ahmedabad metro and has 22 stations.

It commences at the Narendra Modi cricket stadium at Motera, the endpoint of Phase I, and extends northward for 22.80 kilometres, terminating at Mahatma Mandir (venue of Vibrant Gujarat summit) in Gandhinagar.