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[Pics] Chennai Metro’s Cocoon Shaped Airport Station

Civil construction work on Chennai Metro’s cocoon shaped Airport station…

10 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Central Government Approves Elevated Metro for Pune

The deliberations over constructing an elevated versus underground metro system…

10 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Piling & Load Testing Underway for Noida – Greater Noida Metro

Things are moving along quite nicely for the new 28.8 km metro line between…

10 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Dismal Tunneling Progress Made by Bangalore Metro in Last Month

The BMRCL released their September 2015 newsletter on Tuesday and things don’t…

10 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kerala Govt. Gives Official Sanction for Metro in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode

After a little nudge from E. Sreedharan and DMRC announcing the closure of…

09 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kozhikode Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Work on Bangalore Metro’s Mysore Road – Kengri Extn To Start Soon

Construction work on Phase II of Bangalore’s Metro will soon kick off!…

09 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Metro Line to ‘Noida extn’ to be an Extension of Noida – Gr. Noida Line

A couple weeks back, after it was announced that the DPR for a metro line to…

08 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai Metro Introduces Tourist Card with Unlimited Single Day Rides

In order to further boost ridership & cultivate loyalty, the Chennai Metro…

08 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Lucknow Metro’s Rolling Stock Contract Awarded to Alstom

Thanks to my follower @k4nh4 for pointing this breaking news. According to M…

07 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Delhi Metro’s Violet Line’s Extension in Faridabad

With the Delhi Metro’s Violet line now operational in Faridabad (See: Delhi…

07 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 – 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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