Archive for category: Delhi Metro

Excavation Begins for Delhi Metro Airport Line’s Extn to Dwarka ECC

Towards the end of January, workers from YFC – MBZ JV began soil excavation…

26 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Bombardier Delivers Final Trainset to Delhi Metro for 162 Coach Order

Last Wednesday, Bombardier Transportation in a low-key event celebrated the…

23 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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GDA Approves Delhi Metro Blue Line’s Extn to Sahibabad & Mohan Ngr

2020 Update: Both lines’ Detailed Project Reports were submitted to the…

21 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Delhi Metro’s Pink Line between February 26 – 28

The final round of safety inspections on the 20.6 km Majlis Park – Durgabai…

20 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Signalling Tests Completed on Western Half of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) yesterday announced that its engineers…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Delhi Metro Pink Line’s IP Extn – Maujpur Section

On February 7, engineers from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation began trial runs…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Final U-girder Launched for Delhi Metro Red Line’s Ghaziabad Extn

On the night of December 29 2017, workers from Guangdong Yuantian Engineering…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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DMRC Invites Bids for 36 New Coaches on Delhi’s Airport Exp Line

On December 13, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation published a notice inviting…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Delhi Metro’s Green Line Extn to Bahadurgarh

Back on December 9, engineers from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation began trial…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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(Pics) PM Modi Inaugurates Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line (Line-8)

An hour ago, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated services on…

25 Dec 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 71 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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