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Signalling Tests Completed for Kochi Metro’s 2nd Stretch

Engineers from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Alstom have completed…

10 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Telangana CM Reinvites PM Modi to Inaugurate Hyderabad Metro in Nov

Telangana’s Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has reinvited Prime Minister…

10 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Egis-Feedback Infra JV Appointed to Review Jaipur Metro Line-2’s DPR

A consortium of Egis Rail S.A., Egis India Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. and Feedback…

08 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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2nd ICF Medha Train-Set Arrives for Kolkata Metro

Kolkata Metro’s second Medha train-set built by the Integral Coach Factory…

08 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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[Pics] Lucknow Metro Starts Operations; Logs 31688 Riders on Day-1

A day after getting formally inaugurated, the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation…

08 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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S1073 – 1st TBM for Mumbai Metro Line-3 Arrives at Mumbai Port

Parts of TBM S1073, a more than 100m long Herrenknecht earth pressure balance…

08 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Robbins Completes Factory Testing 1st TBM for Mumbai Metro

American tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Robbins Company has completed…

05 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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[Pics] Lucknow Metro System’s Line-1 Inaugurated

Say hello to Lucknow Metro – India’s 9th metro system built in a…

05 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Deloitte Awarded Pune Metro Line-3’s Transaction Adviser Contract

Big Four firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, simply known as Deloitte, has…

05 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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LMRCL Releases Lucknow Metro’s Fare Chart & Smart Card Info

With the inauguration of Lucknow Metro’s 1st stretch just hours away,…

05 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 30 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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