Author Archive for: TMRG

Signalling Tests Completed on Delhi Metro’s Bot. Garden-Kalkaji Stretch

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

13 Oct 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 25 Comments
Read more

L&T Begins D-Wall Work for Ahmedabad Metro’s TBM Launch Shaft

After Afcons Infrastructure started work for a tunnel boring machine (TBM)…

06 Oct 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
Read more

GoI – EIB Sign Rs. 2300 cr Loan Deal for Bangalore Metro’s Line-4

The Government of India and European Investment Bank (EIB) today signed a finance…

05 Oct 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 26 Comments
Read more

Mumbai Metro’s TBMs S1074 & T60 Arrive at Mumbai Port

This past weekend, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation welcomed the delivery of…

05 Oct 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
Read more

Kochi Metro’s 5 km Second Stretch Inaugurated

Kerala’s Chief Minister and India’s Union Minister for Housing and…

04 Oct 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
Read more

Trial Runs on Nagpur Metro’s Line-1 Officially Flagged Off

6 days after the first ever trial run was conducted, the Maharashtra Metro…

30 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
Read more

CMRS Approves Kochi Metro’s 2nd Stretch for Operations

Kochi Metro Rail Ltd has announced that it has received the Commissioner of…

29 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
Read more

NCC Begins Construction on Pune Metro’s Line-2

Following the award of a Rs. 363.70 crore contract to NCC in August, the Maharashtra…

29 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
Read more

Sydney Metro Receives First Indian Built Alstom Train

Sydney Metro has announced the delivery of the first Alstom Metropolis trainset…

28 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 7 Comments
Read more

BMRCL to Procure 16 New 6-Coach Trains for Purple & Green Lines

Last week, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. invited bids for commissioning…

28 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
Read more

Buy me a beer :)

Also see other ways to support the site

Become a Member

Sign up below to receive early access to all updates and a weekly list of tenders where technical bids are planned to open that week

Receive Instant Email Notifications

Missing out sucks. That's why my instant email for each post is so important. You'll be up-to-date on the latest happenings.

Quick Snapshot

View Quick Snapshot

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

The Metro Rail Guy
© Copyright - The Metro Rail Guy