Archive for category: Chennai Metro

[Pics] TBM Assembly at Egmore station

You just have to love Flickr for all the amazing pictures that both amateurs…

28 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Foot Overbridges to Connect 2 Chennai Metro Stations

Urban planners and consultants are finally studying the feasibility of building…

28 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai’s Central Station to Become a Transport Hub

Journalistic standards keep on plummeting – that’s if there were…

20 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai Metro’s Phase 2 to Connect Siruseri

As per a new report, the Chennai Metro Rail Corp (CMRL) is looking to slightly…

19 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 44 Comments
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Excellent Aerial Video of Chennai’s Metro

I recently came across this excellent aerial video on Youtube that shows both…

14 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai Metro to start testing Little Mount – OTA line in October

As per various sources, the Chennai Metro Rail Corp will begin conducting trial…

13 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Soil Testing to Begin for Chennai Metro’s Phase 2

News has emerged that the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has set the ball rolling…

07 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DPR For Chennai’s 76 km Phase 2 to be Prepared Soon

As per news reports emerging in the Tamil media (see this video & this…

25 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Tunneling Resumes in Chennai

After a pause of a month and half, underground tunneling on the Chennai Metro…

12 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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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 – 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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