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Alstom Begins OHE Work inside Mumbai & Pune Metros’ Tunnels

Alstom Transport India has in the past fortnight began installing anchor bolts…

01 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro, Pune Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Linxon Begins Third Rail Installation for Kolkata Metro’s Line-3

Linxon India in mid-May began installing the 750 V Third Rail electrification…

01 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Work Begins for Mumbai Metro Line-5’s Kasheli Creek Bridge

Afcons Infrastructure this past week began work for a 550 meter bridge over…

31 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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Barricading Work Begins for Chennai Metro’s Phase 2

HCC – KEC JV (Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. – KEC International Consortium)…

31 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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Surya-1 Makes Final Breakthrough for Mumbai Metro Line-3’s UGC-01

Besides the start of trial runs on Line-2A and Line-7, another signficant milestone…

31 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Mumbai Metro’s Line-2A & Line-7

Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd. (MMMOCL) today officially started…

31 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Gulermak-Sam Begins Casting Yard Work for Kanpur Metro

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV has in the past fortnight started ground…

30 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Ranjit Begins Casting Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Pier Caps

Workers from Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. on Friday began pouring concrete to cast pier…

30 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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1st U Girder Launched for Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s DC-03R

Sam India Builtwell – Gulermak JV on Wednesday evening erected their first…

30 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MMRDA Cancels Mumbai Metro’s Tender for Mogharpada Depot

Mumbai’s depot issues just don’t seem to end. Mumbai Metropolitan…

30 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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