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Soil Testing to Begin for Chennai Metro’s Phase 2

News has emerged that the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has set the ball rolling…

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Public Investment Board Clears Lucknow Metro!

After the Uttar Pradesh State Government proposed to fund the Metro by themselves…

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Tunneling works on Bangalore’s Green line to be complete by March

As per various BMRC sources, the underground section of Bangalore’s Green…

06 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Renderings of Mumbai Metro’s New Logo

After Mumbai Metro’s new logo was launched last month at an event organized…

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CMRS to Inspect Delhi Metro’s Faridabad line from Aug 10-12

Good news! The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) will be carrying…

06 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Hyderabad Metro – an Urban Redesign Opportunity

The Independent Power Producers Association of India recently published an…

05 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Installs 9 New Solar Plants on Violet Line

As per a recent press release by DMRC,  the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)…

05 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] New Piling Work Images from Ahmedabad

After last month’s update (see: Piling work begins in Ahmedabad), here…

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Lucknow Metro – August 1 Pictorial Update

After the last pictorial update on Lucknow’s new Metro line (see:  Lucknow’s…

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Noida City Centre-Sector 62 Metro Construction Contract Awarded to Cico-YFC

After work on the Noida to Greater Noida metro recently began (See this post: Construction…

04 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 8 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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