[Pics] Bangalore Metro’s Cubbon Park Station is Ready to Go Live!

Hat tip to Murlidhar Bhat for sharing these images. With only 2 more days left…

27 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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AECOM Wins DDC Contract for Mumbai’s Dahisar – Mankhurd Line

AECOM, a technical services firm recently won the Detailed Design Consultant…

26 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Last TBM Commissioned for Delhi Metro’s Pink Line at Majlis Park

This calls for a celebration! On Friday afternoon, the CEC-CICI JV for contract…

25 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BMRCL to Inaugurate EW UG on April 29 ; Commercial Ops Begin on 30th

It’s now official! After mindless hearsay and numerous incorrect reports which…

25 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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1st TBM Commissioned from Howrah Maidan for Kolkata’s Metro

Yesterday afternoon, the Afcons-Transtonnelstroy JV team commissioned their…

22 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Bhikaji Cama Place Station

If I’ve got my math right, this is the 11th TBM breakthrough in Delhi this…

22 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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1st Pier Cast for Nagpur’s Metro on Wardha Road

Workers from NCC Ltd., the contractor for Nagpur Metro’s 7.61 km elevated…

22 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Chennai Metro Begins Installing Platform Screen Doors

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd.’s contractors have started installing full…

21 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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1st Alstom Train for Lucknow’s Metro to Arrive in October

A team from the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. just got back from France where it met officials from Alstom Transport SA to discuss and finalize the…

21 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s HUDA City Centre Renamed to Include Shalimar

Picking up from where they left off last year, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has now officially renamed Huda City Centre Metro Station – the…

21 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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[Pics] Cross-Passage Works for Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

Besides using Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) to excavate & build tunnels for running metro trains, civil contractors in all metro projects across the…

20 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Godavari Makes a Breakthrough at Bangalore’s Majestic Station

35 months after being commissioned from the North Ramp close to Sampige Road Metro station in Bangalore, the ‘Godavari’ Tunnel Boring Machine…

19 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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1st Hyundai Rotem Train Arrives at Delhi Metro’s Kalindi Kunj Depot

Last week on Monday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) silently welcomed its first new Hyundai Rotem train at the 38.235 km Magenta line’s…

19 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MMRDA Approves Appointment of Contractors to Build Mumbai’s Metro

Hat tip to Raj B. Aklekar for sharing this news! After NCC, Simplex & J Kumar were last week revealed on TMRG as the lowest bidders to build 3 packages…

19 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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