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Signalling Tests Start on Delhi Metro’s Pink Line

Engineers from Bombardier Transportation and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)…

23 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 29 Comments
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Terratec Completes Factory Testing 3rd New TBM for Mumbai Metro

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

23 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Lucknow Metro’s TBM S52 Starts Tunneling towards Hussainganj

While political heavyweights and metro officials were celebrating the lowering…

22 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Kochi Metro’s 5 km 2nd Stretch to be Inaugurated on October 3

Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. has announced that its new 5 km Palarivattom – Maharaja’s…

22 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Mumbai Metro’s 1st TBM Lowered at Nayanagar Shaft

Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today evening joined officials…

21 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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DB-Geodata-LBG JV Wins Bhopal & Indore Metro’s GC Contract

A consortium of DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH, Geodata Engineering S.p.A….

21 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro, Indore Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s Nayanagar Shaft Gets Ready for 1st TBM

After finishing excavation, workers from the CEC-ITD Cem-TPL JV have lowered…

20 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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SUCG Lowest Bidder for Delhi Metro’s Najafgarh – Dhansa BS Extn

SUCG Infrastructure India Pvt Ltd – the Indian subsidiary of Shanghai…

20 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 29 Comments
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Afcons Infra Lowest Bidder for Nagpur Metro’s Reach-2 Viaduct

Afcons Infrastructure has emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing a 7.144…

19 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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T58 – 2nd TBM for Mumbai Metro Line-3 Arrives at Mumbai Port

Parts of TBM T58, a Ø6.68m dual-mode tunnel boring machine, made a touch-down…

18 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 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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