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CMRS Approves Operations on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Tuesday afternoon announced that they’ve…

16 May 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line between May 8 – 10

The final round of safety inspections on the pending 25.59 km Janakpuri West…

01 May 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 57 Comments
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NCC Launches 1st Segment for Pune Metro’s Line-2

That was awfully quick! On Monday night, NCC Ltd. launched their first precast…

21 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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NCC Casts 1st Pier for Pune Metro’s Line-2 at Kothrud

Workers from the NCC Ltd. on March 11 completed casting their first pier for…

16 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Terratec Completes Factory Testing 5th New TBM for Mumbai Metro

Australia-based tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Terratec yesterday…

15 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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(Pics) Delhi Metro’s 21.565 km Pink Line (Line-7) Inaugurated

Say hello to Delhi’s 9th new metro line! Less than an hour ago, Delhi’s…

14 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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MMRDA Invites Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-5’s General Consultant

Update – this was awarded to a consortium of Systra – Consulting…

14 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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History of Delhi Metro Pink Line’s Majlis Park – South Campus Section

With less than 9 hours to go for the launch of Delhi Metro’s 21.565 km Majlis…

14 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Chennai Metro’s Little Mount – AG-DMS Section

Engineers from Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) yesterday afternoon began trial…

13 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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(Pics) Delhi Metro’s New Pink Line Stations Ready for Operations

With the launch of the 21.565 km Majlis Park – Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus…

12 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 16 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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