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Bangalore Metro – January 2017 Phase 1 Update

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) yesterday made their January…

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1st Segment Launched for Bangalore Metro’s Challegatta Extension

On January 9, a crew from IL&FS Engineering commissioned their first launching…

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[Pics] Lucknow Metro’s Mawaiya Cantilever Bridge – January 2017

Here’s a post with some new images of Lucknow Metro’s crucial 255m long…

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Casting Work Begins for 1st Pier of Mumbai Metro’s Line-2

January 10 Update: Post has been updated with correct images With the rebar…

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Piling Starts for all 7 TBM Launch Shafts of Mumbai Metro’s Line-3

Construction on Mumbai Metro’s 33.5 km underground Line-3 project has…

09 Jan 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Delhi Govt’s Cabinet Approves Delhi Metro’s Phase 4 Project

On Friday evening, the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi announced via a tweet…

09 Jan 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 32 Comments
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Segment Launching Begins to Plug Delhi Metro’s Shahdara Gap

Shared this update on Twitter earlier today, but reposting for those not on…

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[Pics] Bangalore Metro’s Chickpet Station – January 2017

Shared this update on Twitter earlier today, but reposting for those not on…

06 Jan 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 29 Comments
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1st Batch of U-Girders Cast for Mumbai Metro’s Line-7

Yesterday, J Kumar Infraprojects completed casting their first set of U-girders…

06 Jan 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – January 2017 Tunneling Update

Here’s this month’s installment of the Delhi Metro Phase 3 Tunneling…

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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 – 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

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