Archive for category: Delhi Metro

Delhi Airport Express Line’s Shivaji Stadium Station Renamed to ONGC Shivaji Stadium

Continuing with the recent spate of name changes on the Delhi Metro network,…

01 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Images from Inside Delhi Metro’s New Magenta Line’s Tunnel between Palam & Saddar Bazaar

Here are some new images shot inside one of the 36.24 km Magenta line’s…

24 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BEML & Hyundai Rotem Roll Out 1st Locally Produced Phase III Train for Delhi Metro!

On Wednesday (Nov 18), Hyundai Rotem and BEML (earlier known as Bharat Earth…

21 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Completes Dragging TBM1 & Starts Dragging TBM2 Across Naraina Vihar Station

The team of J Kumar-CRTG & Terratec working on CC-20 of the Delhi Metro’s…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Noida Sector-18 Station Renamed to Wave Sector-18 Noida

Last month, I had written about how Wave Infratech had won the bid for the semi-naming…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s MG Road Station in Gurgaon Renamed to SYSKA MG Road

This past Saturday, I ran a post on how the Delhi Metro’s Guru Dronacharya…

18 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Guru Dronacharya Station Renamed to Indigo Guru Dronacharya

Remember how the Delhi Metro’s Noida City Centre station on its Blue line…

14 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Samaypur Badli Line Starts Commercial Operations!

Earlier today at roughly 10 am, Delhi’s Chief Minister – Arvind…

10 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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A Look Back into the History of Delhi Metro’s Samaypur Badli Line

With only a couple more hours left before the 4.4 km Samaypur Badli extension…

10 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Samaypur Badli Extension to Open on November 10

After wrapping up the safety inspection last week, the Delhi Metro’s Samaypur…

09 Nov 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 – 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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