Trial runs on Bangalore’s underground section set to begin

As per recent reports, trial runs of the Namma Metro’s underground stretch…

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[Pics] Piling work begins in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad is all set to become metro city! To give you a little background, the…

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[Pics] Jaipur’s new Metro system

India’s 6th metro system recently began operations on June 3 and its…

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Tunneling Resumes in Chennai

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

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[Video] Double Breakthrough at Delhi’s Dabri Mor

Last year, the Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) and Samsung JV complete…

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[Pics] Delhi Metro’s Phase III Trains Unveiled

The new train-sets are now public! Different depots in Delhi have started receiving…

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[Video] Hyderabad Metro’s Uppal Depot & OCC Building

Following is a video that provides a good view of Hyderabad Metro’s Uppal…

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[Pics] Hyderabad’s Metro during a trial run

Here are some recently taken snaps of a metro trial underway at Hyderabad metro’s…

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[Pics] Lucknow’s Metro is taking shape!

Here are the first visuals of the Lucknow’s new metro system taking shape. In Sept 2014, Larsen & Toubro had been awarded a Rs. 631 cr contract…

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Mumbai Metro gets a brand new logo

Choosing a new logo appears to be a higher priority for the MMRC these days. Last week the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) unveiled a new logo that…

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Good & Bad news for Mumbai’s Line 2 & 3’s Depots

There’s both good and bad news for 2 of the new metro lines that Mumbai and its suburbs desperately need. First the bad news. The issue over the…

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Hello and welcome to The Metro Rail Guy’s site! You can read about me here and can connect with me on twitter here. If you don’t have a twitter…

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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata – 24 October 1984 – 39.2 km
• Delhi – 24 December 2002 – 347 km
• Bangalore – 20 October 2011 – 48.1 km
• Gurgaon – 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai – 8 June 2014 – 11.4 km
• Jaipur – 3 June 2015 – 12 km
• Chennai – 29 June 2015 – 54.1 km
• Kochi – 19 June 2017 – 25 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 – 6 km
• Nagpur – 8 March 2019 – 22.9 km

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