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Chennai Metro’s 8 km Koyambedu – Nehru Park Section Inaugurated

Just about an hour ago, Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister and the Union Minister…

14 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 32 Comments
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History of Chennai Metro’s Koyambedu – Nehru Park Section

With less than 24 hours to go for the inauguration of Chennai Metro’s 8 km…

13 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Delhi Metro’s ITO-Kashmere Gate Stretch on May 22-23

The final round of safety inspections of the Delhi Metro’s 5.17 km ITO…

13 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Chennai Metro’s Koyambedu – Nehru Park Stretch to Open on May 14

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) is all set to inaugurate commercial services…

12 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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DMRC Publishes New Phase 4 Map & Table of Delhi’s Metro Project

So back in late-March, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) published a…

12 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 61 Comments
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MahaMetro Invites Bids for 9 Stations on Pune Metro’s Reach-1

Days after awarding NCC Ltd. with a contract to construct the 10.795 km viaduct…

11 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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GoI Approves & DMRC Invites Bids for Najafgarh – Dhansa BS Section

Phase 3  just got a little longer! The Government of India yesterday announced…

11 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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CMRS Approves Kochi Metro’s Aluva – Palarivattom Section

The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) from the railways’ southern…

09 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Soma Begins Launching Segments for Bangalore Metro’s Reach 2B

Last week, Soma Enterprise Ltd. commissioned their 1st launching gantry south…

09 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s New Fares to Go Live in 2 Phases on May 10 & Oct 1

The Delhi Metro’s much needed 4th fare revision will go live this Wednesday…

09 May 2017 ⋅ 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 – 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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