Archive for category: Kolkata Metro

Work Starts at Noapara for Kolkata Metro’s Extension to Dakshineswar

With 65 encroachers rehabilitated, work on a portion of Kolkata Metro’s…

11 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Services End on Kolkata’s Circular Railway to Facilitate Metro’s Construction

10 years after being inaugurated, the Eastern Railways on September 30th ran…

13 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Kolkata Metro Unveils Design of CNR Dalian Trains

Hat tip to TMRG reader Adri for sharing this news. The operator of Kolkata’s…

22 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Major Land Hurdle Cleared at Joka for Kolkata Metro’s Viaduct

I shared this news on Twitter the other day, but felt this win needed wider…

14 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Today Marks 1 Year of The Metro Rail Guy

I can’t believe it, but today marks the 1st anniversary of The Metro Rail…

11 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro, Guwahati Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Jaipur Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Kozhikode Metro, Lucknow Metro, Meerut Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other, Patna Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro, Varanasi Metro, Vijayawada Metro, Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 48 Comments
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2nd TBM Commissioned from Howrah Maidan for Kolkata’s Metro

Last week, the Afcons-Transtonnelstroy JV team in Kolkata commissioned their…

06 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Kolkata Metro’s EW Line in Salt Lake

Via TMRG reader Adri Roy Chowdhury, here are some brand new images of Kolkata…

17 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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1st Refurbished Non-AC Train Rejoins Kolkata Metro

India’s Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu yesterday inaugurated the first…

10 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Kolkata Metro’s Dum Dum Cantt. Station

Here are brand new images of Kolkata Metro’s upcoming Dum Dum Cantonment…

07 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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1st TBM Commissioned from Howrah Maidan for Kolkata’s Metro

Yesterday afternoon, the Afcons-Transtonnelstroy JV team commissioned their…

22 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 8 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 – 37.9 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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