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3 JVs Shortlisted for Nagpur Metro’s General Consultancy

Three joint venture companies are in the race for the General Consultant (GC)…

15 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Delhi Govt’s Approval for Metro’s Phase 4 is Absurd & Not Final

Over this past weekend, an unnamed “senior government official”…

15 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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KMRL Unveils Changampuzha Park Station’s Design

The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. recently unveiled the Changampuzha Park stations’s…

12 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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NMRCL Invites Tenders to Procure 69 Coaches for Nagpur Metro

This piece of news slipped through the cracks! The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation…

12 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Last TBM Commissioned for Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line at Chirag Delhi

The last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to excavate & build the 23.807 km underground…

11 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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MEGA Invites Bids for 5 Stations on Ahmedabad Metro’s NS Line

The Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad (MEGA) has invited bids…

11 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Golcha Mid-Shaft

5 days after Era-Metrostroy’s final breakthrough for CC-07 at the Violet…

10 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Bihar’s Cabinet Approves Rs 16960 cr 30.92 km Patna Metro

Yesterday, the Bihar cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave its…

10 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC MD Approves Survey for Modified 95.86 km Phase 4

In December 2015, I shared an official map & plan of what Delhi Metro’s…

09 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 50 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – February 2016 Tunneling Update

It’s that time of the month! The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd…

09 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 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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