Author Archive for: TMRG

DMRC Invites Bids for 36 New Coaches on Delhi’s Airport Exp Line

On December 13, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation published a notice inviting…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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TBM S53 Makes a Breakthrough at Lucknow Metro’s Hussainganj Stn

Back on December 12, tunnel boring machine (TBM) S53 “Ganga” operated by…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Karnataka Govt Approves Bangalore Metro Line-4’s Extn to Airport

Back on December 11, Karnataka government’s cabinet approved a 29.62 km…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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TBM S-704 Makes Final Breakthrough for Chennai Metro’s PH1 Project

December 11, 2017 was a historic day for Chennai! 🙂 On that day, TBM S704…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Trial Runs Begin on Delhi Metro’s Green Line Extn to Bahadurgarh

Back on December 9, engineers from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation began trial…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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TBM S-639 Makes a Breakthrough at Kolkata Metro’s Mahakaran Station

Back on December 8, tunnel boring machine (TBM) S-639 operated by Afcons Infrastructure…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T, Gulermak, Afcons & ITD Lowest Bidders for B’lore Metro’s UG PH2

Four infrastructure firms – Larsen & Toubro, Gulermak, Afcons Infrastructure…

09 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 51 Comments
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(Pics) PM Modi Inaugurates Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line (Line-8)

An hour ago, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated services on…

25 Dec 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 71 Comments
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S-710 – 3rd TBM Arrives for Ahmedabad Metro’s Underground Section

Parts of TBM S-710, a Ø6.63m Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine arrived in…

07 Dec 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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3 Mega TBMs to Build Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR Line’s Tunnel

Achal Khare – the Managing Director of the National High Speed Railway…

07 Dec 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail, Tunnels ⋅ 17 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 – 68.5 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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