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What Color Coded Hard Hats at India’s Metro Construction Sites Tell Us

Whenever we see someone wearing a protective hard hat (helmet) in or around…

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Central Government Approves Elevated Metro for Pune

The deliberations over constructing an elevated versus underground metro system…

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A Look at Japanese Funding in Indian Metro Systems

The Business Standard recently came out with a brilliant report on the rise…

04 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Mumbai Metro, Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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Meet Reiko Abe – a Japanese Exile Building Bangalore’s Metro

The Japan Times and Bloomberg recently featured an article on Reiko Abe, a…

31 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bombardier Optimistic about Indian Market

Despite not having technically qualified for Lucknow Metro’s Rolling Stock…

31 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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TMRG is now on Facebook!

After maintaining a presence on Twitter (@TheMetroRailGuy), I have now launched…

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Impact of Metro Systems on Real Estate

I was recently asked by a user on Twitter what my thoughts are on the impact…

27 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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Revenue Generator: Advertisement Wrapped Trains

Apart from generating revenue through fares, there exist many other avenues…

18 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro, Mumbai Metro, Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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Hello World!

Hello and welcome to The Metro Rail Guy’s site! You can read about me…

11 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Jaipur Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Lucknow Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other, Vijayawada Metro, Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 4 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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