Archive for category: Delhi Metro

Delhi Metro’s TBM Starts Tunneling from Chirag Delhi to GK

Tunneling work on the last section of the Delhi Metro’s 38.235 km Magenta…

20 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Begins Pushing Truss Bridge Over Punjabi Bagh Underpass

The Delhi Metro’s contractors on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti…

16 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Delhi Metro Begins Installing Platform Screen Doors

After successfully testing a prototype, the Delhi Metro’s contractors…

15 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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[Pics] Finishing Works at Delhi Metro’s Delhi Cantt. Station

With civil construction completed on the Delhi Cantonment to Moti Bagh section…

12 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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2nd TBM Starts Tunneling on Delhi Metro’s Naraina Vihar – Mayapuri Shaft Section

3 weeks after the J Kumar-CRTG JV’s Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) #1 began…

05 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – January 2016 Tunneling Update

Here’s a comprehensive list of Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 tunnels and…

04 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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Happy New Year 2016! Some Key TMRG Website Updates

This is going to be a really short & quick post. First of all, I’d…

01 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Jaipur Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Lucknow Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other, Vijayawada Metro, Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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Delhi Metro TBM Makes a Breakthrough at RK Puram Mid-Shaft on Magenta Line

What a way to end the year! Yesterday afternoon, the THI-1 TBM deployed by the…

30 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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First U-Girder Launched for Delhi Metro Red Line’s 9.4 km Ghaziabad Extension

On the night of December 27, the GYT-TPL JV (a Joint Venture of GYT-China and…

29 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – December 2015 Update

Thanks to my Twitter follower Shashwat Pant (@shashpant) for giving me the monthly…

24 Dec 2015 ⋅ 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 – 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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