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Construction Begins For Navi Mumbai Metro’s Section Over MBT Road

In Navi Mumbai’s Taloja neighborhood, a steel support structure has come…

03 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kochi Metro’s First Train Unveiled & Flagged Off from Alstom’s Sri City Plant

Four months after Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. unveiled the Rolling Stock’s design,…

03 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Happy New Year 2016! Some Key TMRG Website Updates

This is going to be a really short & quick post. First of all, I’d…

01 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Jaipur Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Lucknow Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other, Vijayawada Metro, Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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Delhi Metro TBM Makes a Breakthrough at RK Puram Mid-Shaft on Magenta Line

What a way to end the year! Yesterday afternoon, the THI-1 TBM deployed by the…

30 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Chennai Metro Receives 3 New Trains at Koyambedu Depot

The Chennai Metro’s Koyambedu Depot has shiny new occupants! Yesterday,…

30 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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First U-Girder Launched for Delhi Metro Red Line’s 9.4 km Ghaziabad Extension

On the night of December 27, the GYT-TPL JV (a Joint Venture of GYT-China and…

29 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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New Images of Ahmedabad’s Metro Under Construction at Night

Here are some fantastic new images of Ahmedabad’s 20.737 km east-west…

27 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kochi’s First Metro Train Gets Ready to Roll Out of Alstom’s Indian Plant

The motor-car of the first train for Kochi’s Metro was recently spotted…

26 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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First U-Girder Launched for NC01 Section of Noida – Gr.Noida Metro at Sector 51-72

On the night of December 23, the CEC-SAM JV launched the first U-shaped girder…

25 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRL Invites Bids for Chennai Metro’s Washermenpet – Korrukupet Extension

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) has invited bids for constructing the ~2.4…

25 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 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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