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Bangalore Metro Begins Full Length Trials on Purple Line from Baiyappanahalli to Mysore Road

At 6 am in the morning today, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)…

23 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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New Construction Images of Gurgaon Metro’s 7 Km Southern Extension

Here are some recent assorted construction images of Gurgaon Metro’s 7…

23 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Manjara Trust Gives In-Principle Approval to Transfer Land to Build Depot for Mumbai’s Charkop – DN Nagar Line

As per a new report, UPS Madan – the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development…

22 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Appointed Interim Consultant for Metro Projects in Trivandrum & Kozhikode

After a little nudge from E. Sreedharan in September and the Delhi Metro Rail…

21 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kozhikode Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BEML & Hyundai Rotem Roll Out 1st Locally Produced Phase III Train for Delhi Metro!

On Wednesday (Nov 18), Hyundai Rotem and BEML (earlier known as Bharat Earth…

21 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Images of Precast Segments Cast for Ahmedabad Metro’s Apparel Park to Vastral Section

The Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) which functions…

20 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NCC Ltd Emerges as Lowest Bidder for Bangalore Metro’s 6.29 Km Extension to Anjanapura

As per Vasanth Rao who serves as Bangalore Metro Rail Corp Ltd’s General…

20 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Completes Dragging TBM1 & Starts Dragging TBM2 Across Naraina Vihar Station

The team of J Kumar-CRTG & Terratec working on CC-20 of the Delhi Metro’s…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Noida – Gr. Noida Metro Line Taking Shape at Sector 51 & Delta 1

Construction on the 29.07 km Noida – Greater Noida metro line is progressing…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Noida Sector-18 Station Renamed to Wave Sector-18 Noida

Last month, I had written about how Wave Infratech had won the bid for the semi-naming…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida 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 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 59.2 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

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