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J Kumar Sets Up 2nd Launching Gantry for Ahmedabad’s Metro

Hat tip to Bhavin for the images! After J Kumar Infraprojects commissioned their…

09 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MoUD Initiates Action to Set Up 4th FFC to Revise Delhi Metro Fares

After the Delhi Government’s promise to resolve slum rehab issues from the…

09 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Nagpur Metro Unveils Zero Mile & Sitaburdi Metro Stations’ Designs

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation this week unveiled the preliminary design…

06 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Delhi: 2 Slums on Pink Line’s Alignment to be Removed by August

This is the most significant piece of news this week! Last year I had written…

06 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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GDA Approves Extn of Delhi’s Blue Line from Vaishali to Mohan Nagar

Hat tip to Deepak Chaudhary for bringing this to my attention. The Ghaziabad…

04 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Tata – Gülermak Awarded Contract for Lucknow’s Underground Section

This news shouldn’t come as a surprise if you’ve been following…

03 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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[Pics] Noida Metro’s Progress along Noida – Gr. Noida Expressway

Here are some brand new images of Noida’s 30.016 km new metro line to…

03 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Delhi Metro’s Yamuna Bridge at Okhla

Last month, I wrote about how the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation announced plans…

02 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – May 2016 Tunneling Update

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

02 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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[Pics] Bangalore Metro Starts Underground Metro Operations

Bangalore Metro yesterday started commercial operations on its new 4.8 km underground…

01 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 31 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 – 94.3 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 – 16 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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