Archive for category: Delhi Metro

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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Excellent Voice-over on the Delhi Metro’s Maintenance

Last month I ran a post on how the the Delhi Metro manages to be a model of…

17 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS Clears Badarpur-Faridabad Metro Line with Conditions

The DMRC has received the mandatory safety clearance by the Commissioner of…

15 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Delhi Metro’s Faridabad line from Aug 10-12

Good news! The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) will be carrying…

06 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Installs 9 New Solar Plants on Violet Line

As per a recent press release by DMRC,  the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)…

05 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Noida City Centre-Sector 62 Metro Construction Contract Awarded to Cico-YFC

After work on the Noida to Greater Noida metro recently began (See this post: Construction…

04 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Delhi Metro completes Red Fort – Kashmere Gate tunnel

On the morning of August 3, the Delhi Metro completed the 1351 meter long UP…

04 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 – 58.66 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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