Author Archive for: TMRG

UP Cabinet Approves 32.385 km Kanpur Metro

…and another one joins the list! Recent approvals include projects in Patna and Guwahati….

15 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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DMRC Includes Yellow Line’s Extension to Siraspur in Phase 3

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has officially included a small 1.057…

15 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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TBM Makes Final Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Delhi Gate Station

This is the 3rd breakthrough for the month! The first took place at the Mayapuri…

14 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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JICA Approves Higher Bids for Mumbai’s Colaba – SEEPZ line

This is BIG news! Over this weekend, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd’s…

14 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NMRCL Invites Bids for 9 Stations on Nagpur’s Metro’s NS Line

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. has finally invited bids (see notice)…

11 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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2nd TBM Commissioned from Delhi Metro’s RK Puram Shaft

Yesterday morning, the FEMC-Pratibha JV team for contract CC-18 in Delhi commissioned…

10 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Trial Assembly Completed for Lucknow Metro’s 60m Bridge

HMM Infra this week completed the trial assembly of a 60 meter long steel…

10 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – March 2016 Tunneling Update

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) just released their March…

09 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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TBM Makes 4th Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Panchsheel Park Station

And yet another breakthrough! This is the 2nd one for the month after the breakthrough…

09 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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BMRCL Still Awaiting Key Approvals for Underground Section

I shared part of this with my Twitter followers yesterday and am reproducing…

09 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 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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