Archive for category: Delhi Metro

Delhi: 2 Slums on Pink Line’s Alignment to be Removed by August

This is the most significant piece of news this week! Last year I had written…

06 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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GDA Approves Extn of Delhi’s Blue Line from Vaishali to Mohan Nagar

Hat tip to Deepak Chaudhary for bringing this to my attention. The Ghaziabad…

04 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Delhi Metro’s Yamuna Bridge at Okhla

Last month, I wrote about how the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation announced plans…

02 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – May 2016 Tunneling Update

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

02 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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[Pics] 2nd New Train Arrives for Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

Six brand new coaches of the 2nd new Hyundai Rotem train which will operate…

27 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Last TBM Commissioned for Delhi Metro’s Pink Line at Majlis Park

This calls for a celebration! On Friday afternoon, the CEC-CICI JV for contract…

25 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Bhikaji Cama Place Station

If I’ve got my math right, this is the 11th TBM breakthrough in Delhi this…

22 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s HUDA City Centre Renamed to Include Shalimar

Picking up from where they left off last year, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation…

21 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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[Pics] Cross-Passage Works for Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

Besides using Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) to excavate & build tunnels…

20 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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1st Hyundai Rotem Train Arrives at Delhi Metro’s Kalindi Kunj Depot

Last week on Monday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) silently welcomed…

19 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 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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