Archive for category: Delhi Metro

RECAP: August & September Metro Rail Updates

Thanks everyone for your tweets, messages & emails asking about my health,…

16 Sep 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Lucknow Metro, Mumbai Metro, Other ⋅ 40 Comments
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DMRC Extends Magenta Line’s Trial Runs to Kalkaji Mandir

On the morning of August 11, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation extended trial…

16 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 49 Comments
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Delhi Metro Begins Trial Runs Between ITO & Kashmere Gate

On August 10, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) began trial runs on the…

15 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – August 2016 Tunneling Update

Here’s my Delhi Metro Phase 3 tunneling update for August 2016! All the information…

01 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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TBM Makes 2nd Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s RKP Mid-Shaft

I tweeted about this development right after it happened, but waited to post…

29 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Delhi Govt. Approves Delhi Metro Phase 4’s DPR

Note: At the time of publishing this post, the Delhi Government has not released…

15 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 69 Comments
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Today Marks 1 Year of The Metro Rail Guy

I can’t believe it, but today marks the 1st anniversary of The Metro Rail…

11 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro, Guwahati Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Jaipur Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Kozhikode Metro, Lucknow Metro, Meerut Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other, Patna Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro, Varanasi Metro, Vijayawada Metro, Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 48 Comments
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TBM Makes 2nd Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Bhikaji Cama Place Station

Yesterday afternoon, the S724 Tunnel Boring Machine operated by the Pratibha-FEMC…

09 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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[Pics] Delhi Metro’s 1.3 km Jasola Vihar Stabling Yard

In Phase 3 of the Delhi Metro project, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has…

08 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – July 2016 Tunneling Update

Here’s my Delhi Metro Phase 3 tunneling update for July 2016! All the data…

02 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 14 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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