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Delhi Metro Launches Steel Bridge For Pink Line Under Blue Line

Larsen & Toubro and Delhi Metro engineers have successfully launched a…

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L&T Erects 100 U-girders in Record Time in Lucknow

As per a new report, Larsen & Toubro in Lucknow has erected a record 100…

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Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 Stations to be Spacious & Curvy

The elevated stations coming up for Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 stations on…

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Chennai’s Central Station to Become a Transport Hub

Journalistic standards keep on plummeting – that’s if there were…

20 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Bangalore’s City Market & Vidhana Soudha Stations

After having a look at Bangalore’s Majestic Station last week (See: Update:…

20 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Lucknow’s Metro is Moving Fast

After the ground breaking ceremony was held in April earlier this year, the…

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MMRDA Plans New Andheri-Dahisar Line in Mumbai

In Mumbai, while work hasn’t even started on Line 2 (Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd)…

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Kolkata’s Stalled Metro Lines Move Ahead

With the state elections approaching in Bengal, good news has started trickling…

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Western Ghats to be Kochi Metro’s Theme

To add to the allure of the Metro system and give an impetus to tourism, the…

19 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro to Install Platform Screen Doors by 2016

Due to an increasing ridership that fills up stations quickly and instances…

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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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