Archive for category: Chennai Metro

Chennai Metro’s Train Enters Underground Section for the 1st Time

In an unannounced move, the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. yesterday operated a train…

29 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Chennai Metro Begins Installing Platform Screen Doors

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd.’s contractors have started installing full…

21 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Chennai Metro – April 2016 Tunneling Update

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd recently published their March 2016 newsletter with…

19 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T & Afcons Bid for Chennai Metro’s May Day Park – AG-DMS Section

Larsen & Toubro and Afcons Infrastructure have emerged as the sole bidders…

06 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRL Looking to Utilize Alandur Ramps for Koyambedu-Airport Services

Here’s another mildly interesting piece of news from this week. The Chennai…

23 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Chennai Metro – March 2016 Tunneling Update

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd recently published their February 2016 newsletter with…

19 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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CMRL Conducts Test Run with OHE Vehicle Between Airport & Alandur

On March 1 and 4, the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. operated an overhead electrification…

08 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai Metro – February 2016 Tunneling Update

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd just published their January 2016 newsletter with…

18 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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JCDecaux Unveils 1st Ad-Wrapped Chennai Metro Train

JCDecaux which bagged a 10 year contract from the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd for…

16 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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CMRL to Open 3 Sections of Chennai Metro in 2016

After opening a 10 km stretch from Koyambedu to Alandur in 2015, officials from…

08 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 7 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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