[Pics] Bangalore’s Mysore Road & Magadi Road Stations Get Cladded

The finishing works on Bangalore Metro’s 6.4 km Reach 2 from Mysore Road…

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Excellent Aerial Video of Chennai’s Metro

I recently came across this excellent aerial video on Youtube that shows both…

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August Update: Noida-Gr. Noida Metro Line

Things are moving at a brisk pace since the last update on the new 28.8 km…

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Tenders Released for Two Sections of Ahmedabad’s Metro

Two new tenders have been released by the MetroLink Express Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad…

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Gurgaon’s Rapid Metro Ridership Goes Up

A combination of unabating rain, rise in traffic and the movement of kanwarias…

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Chennai Metro to start testing Little Mount – OTA line in October

As per various sources, the Chennai Metro Rail Corp will begin conducting trial…

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Update: Bangalore Metro’s Majestic Interchange

New images of Bangalore Metro’s Majestic interchange have emerged online…

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Track-laying for Kolkata’s EW Metro to Start?

A recent article in the TOI suggested that the track laying “will start…

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Soil Testing to Begin for Chennai Metro’s Phase 2

News has emerged that the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has set the ball rolling for Phase 2 of the Metro project! They’ve appointed the public…

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Public Investment Board Clears Lucknow Metro!

After the Uttar Pradesh State Government proposed to fund the Metro by themselves if the Public Investment Board (PIB) in the Finance Ministry didn’t…

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Tunneling works on Bangalore’s Green line to be complete by March

As per various BMRC sources, the underground section of Bangalore’s Green line (north-south corridor) will be completed by March 2016 after which…

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Renderings of Mumbai Metro’s New Logo

After Mumbai Metro’s new logo was launched last month at an event organized by MMRDA and MMRC (see: Mumbai Metro gets a brand new logo), new renderings…

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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 out inspection on the 13.9 km long Badarpur – Faridabad metro line from…

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Hyderabad Metro – an Urban Redesign Opportunity

The Independent Power Producers Association of India recently published an excellent 43 slide presentation that was used by NVS Reddy (MD of Hyderabad…

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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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