L&T & Afcons Bid for Chennai Metro’s May Day Park – AG-DMS Section

Larsen & Toubro and Afcons Infrastructure have emerged as the sole bidders…

06 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] CMRS Inspects Bangalore Metro’s EW Underground Section

The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety, SK Mittal, and his team from the Southern…

06 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Pile Cap Work Begins for Elevated Section of Nagpur’s Metro

Workers from NCC Ltd. in Nagpur have started building reinforced cages of pile…

05 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore: CMRS’ Inspection of Underground Section Begins Today

Hat tip to @aydiav for bringing this to my attention! The safety inspection…

05 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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MIAL Begins Levying Fee to Finance Mumbai Airport Stations

The Mumbai International Airport Ltd. (MIAL) on April 1 started to levy an…

04 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro: Land Acquisition Completed for Yellow Line’s 3rd Depot

The Delhi government has completed acquiring agricultural land for the Yellow…

04 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Vijayawada Metro’s Contracts Delayed for Flouting JICA Rules

So I was recently asked about what happened to Vijayawada’s Metro project…

04 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Vijayawada Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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1st Rescue TBM Commissioned for Delhi Metro’s Pink Line

This news is just in! On this Wednesday, the CEC-CICI JV for contract CC-04…

02 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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FinMin – KfW Sign Rs. 3772 cr Loan Agreement for Nagpur Metro

Following the loan agreement signed for Lucknow’s Metro on March 30, it’s now Nagpur’s turn! Yesterday, S.Selvaraj, Joint Secretary…

02 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – April 2016 Tunneling Update

Well, well – it’s April already! Here’s my Delhi Metro Phase 3 tunneling update for this month. All the data in this post is correct…

01 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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[Pics] Inside Bangalore Metro’s Purple Line Tunnels

Here are some brand new images from inside different parts of Bangalore Metro’s 4.8 km MG Road – Magadi Road section while I continue to await…

01 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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India – EU Sign Rs. 3381 cr Loan Agreement for Lucknow Metro

This agreement was only a matter of time… 🙂 Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the signing of a loan agreement for Lucknow’s…

31 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Mumbai Metro to Color Code Lines ; Sreedharan Appointed as Advisor

Two small but newsworthy updates from this week so far: Color Coding With construction soon to begin on 3 approved lines (see info), this news shouldn’t…

31 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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RITES to Design Kolkata’s 3-Line Interchange at Esplanade

There isn’t always uplifting news to share about Kolkata’s Metro system, but this isn’t one of those times! Officials from the Metro…

29 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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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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