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L&T Completes Building Hyderabad Metro’s Lakdi-ka-Pul ROB

On the night of  February 10, workers from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) launched…

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Mock-up BEML Coach Arrives for Kolkata Metro’s Line-2

On the morning of January 5, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation received a mock-up…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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BMRCL Signs MoU with Intel to Fund Bangalore Metro’s ORR Line

The February 2018 newsletter of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. indicates…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Siemens Awarded Ahmedabad Metro PH1’s Electrification Contract

On January 9, Siemens AG announced that it has won a 76 million Euro (Rs. 600.54…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM S52 & S53 Commissioned for Lucknow Metro towards Hussainganj

After completing tunneling works between Sachivalaya and Hussainganj in November…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Signalling Tests Completed on Western Half of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) yesterday announced that its engineers…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Tata & Reliance Lowest Bidders for Mumbai Metro’s Line-4

Update 2 – MMRDA awarded 5 contracts to both consortia on March 3, 2018….

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 28 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Delhi Metro Pink Line’s IP Extn – Maujpur Section

On February 7, engineers from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation began trial runs…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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HCC Al Fara’a JV Awarded Contract for 8 Stations on Pune Metro

On January 4, the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation awarded Hindustan Construction…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Final U-girder Launched for Delhi Metro Red Line’s Ghaziabad Extn

On the night of December 29 2017, workers from Guangdong Yuantian Engineering…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 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 – 94.3 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 – 16 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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