L&TMRHL Announces Hyderabad Metro’s Fares, Smart Card & Timings

With the inauguration of Hyderabad Metro’s first section just hours away,…

28 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 43 Comments
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ITD Cem Casts 1st Pier for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extn

Over the past couple days, workers from the ITD – ITD India Cem JV completed casting…

22 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 32 Comments
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(Pics) TBMs S615 – S616 Getting Refurbished for Kolkata Metro’s Line-2

Here’s a picture-post on ITD-ITD Cem JV’s two Herrenknecht tunnel…

22 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Dwarka – Najafgarh Line Named Grey Line

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in a new map has for the first time officially…

21 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 34 Comments
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T-206 – 5th TBM for Mumbai Metro’s Line-3 Arrives at Mumbai Port

So before TBM T-61 made a touch down in Mumbai on Sunday evening, the city’s…

20 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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CMRS Approves Hyderabad Metro for Commercial Operations

L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited today announced that it has received…

20 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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T-61 – 6th TBM for Mumbai Metro’s Line-3 Arrives at Mumbai Port

Parts of TBM T-61, a Ø6.68m dual-mode tunnel boring machine, made a touch-down…

20 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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MMRDA Re-invites Bids for Mumbai Metro’s Line-4 and Line-2B

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Sunday published…

20 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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YFC Lowest Bidder for Delhi Metro Airport Line’s Extn to Dwarka ECC

YFC Projects Private Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing a 1.878 km underground extension of the Delhi Metro’s 22.9 km Airport…

20 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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3rd STEC TBM Completes Factory Tests for Mumbai Metro’s Line-3

China-based tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company (STEC) on Friday completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) for…

20 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS Approves Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s Kalkaji – B. Garden Section

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Sunday evening announced that it has received a conditional approval from the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS)…

20 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 33 Comments
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CMRS Begins Inspections on Hyderabad Metro’s SRN – M’guda Stretch

Yesterday, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited announced the start of the final statutory inspections by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) on…

18 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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[Pics] CMRS Completes 3-Day Inspection of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

On Wednesday, the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety and his team of 5 other officials from the Indian Railways’ northern Circle completed their 3-day final…

18 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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[Pics] Day-2: CMRS’ Inspection of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

Day-2 of the 3-day final safety inspections on the 12.64 km Botanical Garden – Kalkaji Mandir section of Delhi Metro’s new 38.23 km Magenta Line (Line-8)…

14 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 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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