Archive for category: Delhi Metro

(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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Delhi Metro’s Dwarka – Najafgarh Line Named Grey Line

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in a new map has for the first time officially…

21 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 34 Comments
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YFC Lowest Bidder for Delhi Metro Airport Line’s Extn to Dwarka ECC

YFC Projects Private Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing…

20 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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CMRS Approves Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s Kalkaji – B. Garden Section

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Sunday evening announced that it has received…

20 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 33 Comments
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[Pics] CMRS Completes 3-Day Inspection of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

On Wednesday, the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety and his team of 5 other…

18 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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[Pics] Day-2: CMRS’ Inspection of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

Day-2 of the 3-day final safety inspections on the 12.64 km Botanical Garden…

14 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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[Pics] CMRS Begins Inspection of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

This morning, Shailesh Kumar Pathak – the appointed Commissioner of Metro…

13 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 25 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line between November 13-15

The final round of safety inspections on the 12.64 km Botanical Garden –…

07 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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[Pics] Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line Stations Get Ready for Launch

While the dates of the final inspection by the Commissioner for Metro Rail…

06 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Signalling Tests Completed on Delhi Metro’s Bot. Garden-Kalkaji Stretch

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

13 Oct 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 25 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

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