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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:
• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.7 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 59.2 km
• Jaipur: 3 June 2015 – 12 km
• Chennai: 29 June 2015 – 54.1 km
• Kochi: 19 June 2017 – 27.9 km
• Lucknow: 6 September 2017 – 22.9 km
• Hyderabad: 29 November 2017 – 67 km
• Noida-Gr. Noida: 25 January 2019 – 29.7 km
• Ahmedabad: 6 March 2019 – 60.7 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km
Hello, Metro Guy. You’re doing a great job!
Question: By when will the Magenta Line get to Jamia Milia University?
आपका हममरीज़,
Peter Hook
Hi Peter, thanks for your compliment! The elevated section of the Magenta line has been built at JMU (see on google earth) and currently the contractor is focused on building the stations in this section. In all probability the line will be functional in early 2017.
Dear M.G.,
Thanks for the prediction about the Magenta Line and JMU.
In planning commutes by Metro should I figure on 3 minutes per station stop [the Paris rule of thumb] or more?
TIA.
पीटर
Yes, 3 minutes between stops sounds about right. On the Magenta & Pink lines, the new advanced signalling will theoretically allow for a frequency of 90 seconds, but the metro will practically run at a frequency between 100-120 seconds.