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CMRS to Inspect Jaipur Metro’s Phase 1B on March 16

March 10 Update: Inspection will be carried out over 2 days from March 17-18….

08 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T to Deploy 6 MSVs for Bangalore Metro Phase 2 Tunneling

Back in February when Larsen & Toubro’s tunnel boring machines (TBMs)…

08 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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SYSTRA Sole Bidder for Delhi Metro’s RS10 UTO Consultancy

Update: DMRC’s tender committee on March 2 recommended awarding SYSTRA…

08 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai Metro Receives Final Alstom Train for Phase 1 Extn

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd on March 5 announced via Facebook the delivery of the…

08 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Soil Testing Begins for Mumbai Metro Red Line-7A’s Airport Extn

Workers from DBM Geotechnics & Constructions Pvt. Ltd. on a sub-contract…

05 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bridgecon Assigned Consultant for Delhi Metro’s Line-5/7 Interchange

This is another one of those dated news items which I’d like to put out…

03 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Afcons Launches 1st Pier Cap for Kanpur Metro Line-1

Workers from Afcons Infrastructure on Monday morning erected the very first…

03 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons Begins Piling for Nagpur Metro’s Gaddigodam 4-level Structure

Following the approval by the Central Railways, workers from Afcons Infrastructure…

03 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s Official Line Colours Unveiled

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday released…

29 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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CRRC Sole Bidder for Delhi Airport Express Line’s 24 Coach Contract

This news is dated, but I wanted to put it out here for the record especially…

28 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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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 – 353.3 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

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