Author Archive for: TMRG

Deadlock Continues Over Location of Metro Station at Lucknow’s Airport

While work continues on the 8.3 km priority corridor between Transport Nagar…

09 Oct 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai Metro Rail Ltd Looking to Generate 1000 kW via Solar Energy

Following in the footsteps of the Delhi Metro, according to a recent report…

09 Oct 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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List of Stations on Mumbai’s Dahisar – DN Nagar & Dahisar(E) – Andheri(E) Metro Lines Released

A preliminary list of station names for Mumbai Metro’s new lines between…

08 Oct 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Chennai Metro Rail Ltd to Re-award Tunneling Contracts for Government Estate-Saidapet Section on October 19

About 6 months after Russian company Mosmetrostroy & its Indian JV counterpart…

08 Oct 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Delhi Metro’s Jahangirpuri – Samaypur Badli Metro Line on Oct 12 & 13

The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) is all set to inspect the Delhi…

07 Oct 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Maharashtra Cabinet Approves Mumbai’s Dahisar – DN Nagar & Dahisar(E) – Andheri(E) Lines ; Modi to Lay Foundation Stone on Oct 11

Yesterday, the Maharashtra cabinet approved two new metro lines in Mumbai with…

07 Oct 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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The Metro Rail Guy Got Mentioned in the Times of India!

Last week I had posted about how the upcoming Badli Mor station on Delhi Metro’s…

07 Oct 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Lowered into Shaft for Delhi Metro Blue Line’s Najafgarh Extension

The Delhi Metro’s contractor, Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), has…

06 Oct 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Piling & Pier Work for Ahmedabad’s Metro at Vastral Gram

Here are some new images shot on this Sunday (Oct 4) which shows Ahmedabad Metro’s…

06 Oct 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Financial Bids for Mumbai Metro’s Line 3 (Colaba-SEEPZ) Opened! Here’s a List of Lowest Bidders

Roughly 2 years after the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation called for prequalification…

05 Oct 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 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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