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1st Rescue TBM Commissioned for Delhi Metro’s Pink Line

This news is just in! On this Wednesday, the CEC-CICI JV for contract CC-04…

02 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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FinMin – KfW Sign Rs. 3772 cr Loan Agreement for Nagpur Metro

Following the loan agreement signed for Lucknow’s Metro on March 30,…

02 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – April 2016 Tunneling Update

Well, well – it’s April already! Here’s my Delhi Metro Phase…

01 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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[Pics] Inside Bangalore Metro’s Purple Line Tunnels

Here are some brand new images from inside different parts of Bangalore Metro’s…

01 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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India – EU Sign Rs. 3381 cr Loan Agreement for Lucknow Metro

This agreement was only a matter of time… 🙂 Yesterday, Prime Minister…

31 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Mumbai Metro to Color Code Lines ; Sreedharan Appointed as Advisor

Two small but newsworthy updates from this week so far: Color Coding With construction…

31 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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RITES to Design Kolkata’s 3-Line Interchange at Esplanade

There isn’t always uplifting news to share about Kolkata’s Metro…

29 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Tata – Gülermak Emerge as Lowest Bidder for Lucknow’s Underground Section

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

29 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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MEGA Invites Bids for Ahmedabad Metro’s 6.83 km Underground Section

I’ve been waiting for this for quite some time.. On this Friday, the Metro-Link…

28 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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DMRC Uploads Alignments of Phase 4’s Proposed Lines

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation just uploaded a dedicated link on their website…

28 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 23 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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