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LMRC Extends Lucknow Metro Trial Runs to Charbagh Station

The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) Ltd. yesterday evening extended trial…

17 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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TBM S711 Lowered into Chennai Metro’s Washermenpet Shaft

After making a breakthrough at Central Station for Chennai Metro’s UAA-01…

15 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM S640 Makes a Breakthrough at Kolkata Metro’s Howrah Station

Earlier this month, TBM S640 – a Herrenknecht EPB Tunnel Boring Machine…

14 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – February 2017 Phase 1 Update

Over this weekend, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) made their…

14 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 29 Comments
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Lucknow Metro’s 255m Cantilever Bridge Completed

Late last month, workers from SP Singla Constructions Pvt Ltd. performed the…

08 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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Pratibha-Ranjit Lowest Bidder for Ahmedabad’s 5 Station Contract

The contractor for the last civil package of Ahmedabad Metro’s 39.259…

02 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Siemens Consortium Wins Nagpur Metro’s Signalling Contract

The recently constituted Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MahaMetro) has…

02 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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DMRC Revises Magenta Line’s Deadline to December 2017

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has revised their publicly facing deadline…

02 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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DMRC’s MD Indicates Heritage Line to Now Open Only After Holi

If you’ve been following along, then this shouldn’t come as a surprise….

26 Jan 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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KMRL Extends Kochi Metro’s Trial Runs to Aluva Station

The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. yesterday extended trial runs/testing to Aluva Station…

25 Jan 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi 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 – 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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