Author Archive for: TMRG

RITES Submits DPR for Meerut’s Metro Project to MDA

Last week, the engineering consultancy company Rail India Technical and…

27 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Meerut Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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TBM Shields Lowered for Delhi Metro’s Pink Line at RKP

Workers from the Pratibha-FEMC JV yesterday lowered the front and middle shields…

26 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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[Video] Kochi Metro’s Official Test Run at Muttom Depot

On this past Saturday, the Kochi Metro Rail held its first official test run…

25 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Invites Bids for Mumbai Metro’s Dahisar – DN Nagar Line

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC has officially invited bids from infrastructure…

23 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Vaishali Station is now Jagran Vaishali

The Vaishali station on the Delhi Metro’s Blue line in Ghaziabad is the…

23 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Signs Agreement for Trivandrum & Kozhikode Metro Projects

Exactly two months after the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s approval, the Delhi…

23 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kozhikode Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro TBM Makes 2nd Breakthrough at Sarojini Nagar

Yesterday evening, a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) operated by the FEMC-Pratibha…

22 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BEML Awarded Rolling Stock Contract for Kolkata’s EW Line

After multiple rounds of tendering over 6 years, the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation…

22 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Delhi Metro Completes Pushing Truss Bridge at Punjabi Bagh

On Tuesday night, the Delhi Metro’s contractors for CC-28 completed pushing…

22 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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[Pics] Kochi Metro’s 1st Train at Muttom Depot

Here are some brand new images of Kochi Metro’s 1st train parked at the…

20 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 58.66 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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