Mumbai Metro crosses symbolic threshold of 100 mn passengers

This is going to be a short post as the title pretty much says it all! As per…

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Land for a second Depot to serve Mumbai Metro’s line 2 found

After land for one of Line 2’s Depots was found and reserved in Malvani…

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Deliberation on Mumbai Metro’s fourth line begins

I don’t even know where to start. Funding & Depots for the second…

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Revenue Generator: Advertisement Wrapped Trains

Apart from generating revenue through fares, there exist many other avenues…

18 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro, Mumbai Metro, Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Delhi’s Pink line crossing Airport Express Line

With the new 58.6 km long Pink line under construction on the Ring Road, Delhi’s…

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Tenders released for Nagpur Metro project

As stated in my previous post on the Nagpur Metro project, the tender for the…

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IL&FS wins Bangalore Metro contract

In a Press Release from earlier this year, the IL&FS Engineering and Construction…

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Delhi Metro completes tunnel between South Ex & Lajpat Nagar

Early last month on June 11, the Delhi Metro successfully completed tunneling…

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Work on Nagpur’s Metro system begins!

Nagpur will soon become a metro city! Details are very limited now, but as per various reports, like this, Nagarjuna Constructions has been handed over…

15 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Pegmarking for Kochi Metro’s Tripunithura extension begins

Pegmarking has begun for the metro’s southern extension to Tripunithura as part of an extension of the project’s first phase. This 1.5 km long…

15 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mumbai Metro approved to run at 80 kmph

Some goods has come out from the Metro’s partial closure of services on Sunday July 5! The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has given his permission…

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Bangalore’s Mysore Rd-Magadi Rd section to open in August

The BMRC is all set to open the 6.4 km long Mysore Road – Magadi Road section to commuters in early August! This section on the west side of Bangalore…

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DMRC starts trial runs on Jahangirpuri-Samaypur Badli section

Earlier this month on July 3, the DMRC quietly started trial runs on the 4.4 km long Jahangirpuri-Samaypur Badli section of the Yellow line in north Delhi….

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[Pics] Kochi Metro’s train shell unveiled!

Earlier this year in March, Alstom threw an event to unveil the shell of what will become Kochi’s first metro train at their manufacturing facility…

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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 – 349 km
• Bangalore – 20 October 2011 – 55.6 km
• Gurgaon – 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai – 8 June 2014 – 30.15 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
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.73 km
• Pune – 6 March, 2022 – 10.35 km

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