Archive for category: Kolkata Metro

Bids Invited for Kolkata Metro’s Underground Work to Birati

Kolkata Metro’s Principal Chief Engineer this week invited tenders (bids)…

03 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T Casts Kolkata Metro Line-3’s First Tunnel Segment

Larsen & Toubro this week began pouring concrete to cast the first batch…

04 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Begins Kolkata Metro Line-3’s D-Wall Work for Victoria Station

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has officially started construction work on Victoria…

05 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Kolkata Metro’s Yellow Line to Dum Dum Cantt

Right before three new sections of Kolkata Metro were inaugurated this past…

10 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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PM Modi Inaugurates Agra, Kolkata, Kochi & Pune Metros’ and Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ New Sections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today remotely inaugurated new sections of Agra…

06 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Delhi NCR RRTS, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Pune Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Kolkata Metro: CMRS Identifies 50 Issues with Howrah – Esplanade Line

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) on Wednesday received an observation report…

11 Feb 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Kolkata Metro’s Howrah Maidan – Esplanade Section of Green Line

After wrapping up Purple Line’s inspection this weekend, Janak Kumar Garg…

08 Feb 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Kolkata Metro’s Taratala – Majerhat Section of Purple Line

Janak Kumar Garg – the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) on Sunday…

06 Feb 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Kolkata Metro: Trial Runs Begin to Majerhat Station on Purple Line

Metro Railway, Kolkata – the owner & operator of Kolkata Metro on…

14 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Begins Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Underground Work at Victoria

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) this weekend officially started preliminary construction…

19 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata 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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