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First Girder Placed for Nagpur Metro’s North-South Line

Last week, a crew from NCC Ltd. successfully placed the 1st girder for Nagpur…

02 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Emerges as Lowest Bidder for Lucknow’s KDSB-Munshipulia Section

Last week, the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. opened the financial bids…

01 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – August 2016 Tunneling Update

Here’s my Delhi Metro Phase 3 tunneling update for August 2016! All the information…

01 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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Chennai Metro’s Washermenpet – Korrukupet Project Launched

Last month, while India’s Urban Development Minister and Tamil Nadu’s…

01 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Site Prep Begins for Lucknow Metro’s Underground Section

Crews from the TPL-Gulermak JV have over the past week started barricading…

30 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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CMRS Begins Inspection of Chennai Metro’s Airport – Little Mount Section

The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety and his team yesterday kick-started a…

29 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Makes 2nd Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s RKP Mid-Shaft

I tweeted about this development right after it happened, but waited to post…

29 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Chennai Metro – July 2016 Tunneling Update

This took a while to come through, but the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. has finally…

28 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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3rd Launching Gantry Commissioned for Ahmedabad Metro’s EW Line

Last week, J Kumar Infraprojects commissioned their 3rd launching gantry crane…

27 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Foundation Stone Unveiled for Chennai Metro’s 9 km Extension

On this past Saturday, India’s Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu…

26 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai 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 – 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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