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[Pics] Piling Work Underway on Noida – Greater Noida Metro in Sector 50

Piling work for the entire 28.8 km Noida-Gr. Noida metro line is currently underway…

26 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Invites Two Tenders to Build Vijayawada’s Metro from PNBS to Nidamanuru

Vijayawada will soon have a metro system! To celebrate the commencement of the…

26 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Vijayawada Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Removes Narayanapura/Jyothipuram Station & Repositions Krishnarajapuram Station in Phase 2

March 2017 update – The Jyothipuram Station has made a comeback and will…

26 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Ahmedabad Metro’s East-West Line Taking Shape on Vastral Road

The rebar for the first couple of piers to support Ahmedabad Metro’s elevated…

25 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai Metro’s Scheduled Trial Run in October between OTA & Little Mount Delayed

So remember how back in August, it was announced that trials on the OTA-Little…

25 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BEML Emerges as Sole Bidder for Kolkata’s East-West Metro Line’s Rolling Stock Contract

Bangalore based BEML Ltd. has emerged as the sole bidder in the fourth round…

25 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Design of Nagpur’s 7 Storey Metro Bhavan at Ramdaspeth Unveiled

The design of Nagpur’s Metro Bhavan for administrative purposes was made…

24 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – September 2015 Update

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has just updated their website with images…

24 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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PM Modi to Lay Foundation Stone for Mumbai’s Dahisar – DN Nagar & Dahisar(E) – Andheri(E) Lines on Oct 4

Sept 25 Update – The PM’s Office has declined the invitation due…

23 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Releases Airport Express Lines’ New Fare Table

Last week, when the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation announced that they were slashing…

23 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi 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 – 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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