Archive for category: Delhi Metro

My Take on DMRC MD Mangu Singh’s Interview with Indian Express

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s Managing Director, Mr. Mangu Singh,…

31 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Delhi Metro Sets New Ridership Record a Day Before Rakhi

The Delhi Metro set a new ridership record on the eve of Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi)…

30 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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PM to Inaugurate Delhi Metro’s Extn to Faridabad on Sep 6

As per a Press Release by the DMRC, the Badarpur-Faridabad extension of the…

27 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] NATM Tunnel at Kalkaji in Delhi Almost Complete

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and a JV of FEMC-Pratibha have almost…

26 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DPR For Metro Line to Noida Extension Ready

Last week, the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) finalized the Detailed…

26 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – August 2015 Update

The Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) has updated their website with some new images…

25 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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GNIDA Sets Ball Rolling for Gr. Noida – IGI Metro

In a recently published report, the Ministry of Urban Development gave its…

24 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Launches Steel Bridge For Pink Line Under Blue Line

Larsen & Toubro and Delhi Metro engineers have successfully launched a…

21 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 Stations to be Spacious & Curvy

The elevated stations coming up for Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 stations on…

21 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro to Install Platform Screen Doors by 2016

Due to an increasing ridership that fills up stations quickly and instances…

19 Aug 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 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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