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Chennai Metro Begins Trial Runs Between Alandur & Airport

On Friday, the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. started trial runs on the 5.1 km Alandur…

23 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Makes 2nd Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Nehru Enclave Station

Tunneling works are slowly coming to a wrap! 😀 Yesterday afternoon, Tunnel…

19 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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BMRCL Presents Bangalore Metro’s 102 km Phase 3 to MoUD

As per a report published in the TOI, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation on…

19 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 74 Comments
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[Pics] New Hyundai Rotem Trains Flagged Off for Delhi’s Pink Line

Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and India’s Urban Development…

18 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Kochi Metro’s Kaloor Station – May 2016

After taking a look at the progress of CUSAT, Palarivottom & Aluva stations,…

18 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Span Work Starts for Lucknow Metro’s 255m Cantilever Bridge

Work to build the spans of Lucknow Metro’s ‘special’ 255m…

17 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Demolition Bids & Identifies Properties for Line 4

Two significant pre-construction developments took place last week for Bangalore…

17 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 52 Comments
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Work Complete for Delhi Metro’s Truss Bridge at Shakurpur

This weekend, Larsen Toubro & HMM Infra, Delhi Metro’s contractor…

16 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Kochi Metro’s Aluva Station – May 2016

After taking a look at the progress of CUSAT & Palarivottom stations last…

16 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Work Resumes on Pushing Delhi Metro’s Steel Bridge at Shakurpur

Another gap on the Delhi Metro’s 58.596 km Pink Line will soon be plugged…

14 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 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 – 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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