Trial Runs Begin on Noida Metro’s Aqua Line in Gr. Noida

Engineers from the Noida Metro Rail Corporation and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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1st Segment Launched for Pune Metro Project’s Viaduct

On the night of December 14, workers and engineers from NCC launched the first…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T Begins Excavation for Ahmedabad Metro’s TBM Launch Shaft

After the completion of diaphragm-wall construction work, Larsen & Toubro…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Noida Metro’s 1st CRRC Train Arrives at Greater Noida Depot

On December 14, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation received its first ever train…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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DMRC Invites Bids for 36 New Coaches on Delhi’s Airport Exp Line

On December 13, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation published a notice inviting…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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TBM S53 Makes a Breakthrough at Lucknow Metro’s Hussainganj Stn

Back on December 12, tunnel boring machine (TBM) S53 “Ganga” operated by…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Karnataka Govt Approves Bangalore Metro Line-4’s Extn to Airport

Back on December 11, Karnataka government’s cabinet approved a 29.62 km…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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TBM S-704 Makes Final Breakthrough for Chennai Metro’s PH1 Project

December 11, 2017 was a historic day for Chennai! 🙂 On that day, TBM S704…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Trial Runs Begin on Delhi Metro’s Green Line Extn to Bahadurgarh

Back on December 9, engineers from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation began trial runs (testing) on the 11.182 km elevated extension of the 18.46 km Green…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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TBM S-639 Makes a Breakthrough at Kolkata Metro’s Mahakaran Station

Back on December 8, tunnel boring machine (TBM) S-639 operated by Afcons Infrastructure broke through the northern diaphragm wall of Mahakaran Station…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T, Gulermak, Afcons & ITD Lowest Bidders for B’lore Metro’s UG PH2

Four infrastructure firms – Larsen & Toubro, Gulermak, Afcons Infrastructure and Italian-Thai Development have emerged as the lowest bidder…

09 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 51 Comments
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(Pics) PM Modi Inaugurates Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line (Line-8)

An hour ago, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated services on the 12.64 km Botanical Garden – Kalkaji Mandir section of Delhi Metro’s…

25 Dec 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 71 Comments
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S-710 – 3rd TBM Arrives for Ahmedabad Metro’s Underground Section

Parts of TBM S-710, a Ø6.63m Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine arrived in Ahmedabad on November 30 after a 1840 km road journey from Chennai through…

07 Dec 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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3 Mega TBMs to Build Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR Line’s Tunnel

Achal Khare – the Managing Director of the National High Speed Railway Corporation Limited has revealed in an interview that the contractor…

07 Dec 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail, Tunnels ⋅ 17 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 – 353.3 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 94.3 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 68.5 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 – 60.7 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 16 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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