GoI Approves & DMRC Invites Bids for Najafgarh – Dhansa BS Section

Phase 3  just got a little longer! The Government of India yesterday announced…

11 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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CMRS Approves Kochi Metro’s Aluva – Palarivattom Section

The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) from the railways’ southern…

09 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Soma Begins Launching Segments for Bangalore Metro’s Reach 2B

Last week, Soma Enterprise Ltd. commissioned their 1st launching gantry south…

09 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s New Fares to Go Live in 2 Phases on May 10 & Oct 1

The Delhi Metro’s much needed 4th fare revision will go live this Wednesday…

09 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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[Videos] Speed Trials Conducted on Bangalore Metro’s Green Line

On the morning of May 5, engineers from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation…

08 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Before I started this website, I didn’t really “get” Twitter. It took…

06 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Delhi NCR RRTS, Gurgaon Metro, Guwahati Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Jaipur Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Kozhikode Metro, Lucknow Metro, Meerut Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other, Patna Metro, Pune Metro, Surat Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro, Varanasi Metro, Vijayawada Metro, Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Kolkata Metro’s TBM S639 Crosses Halfway Mark Under Hooghly

Back in mid-April, the Afcons – Transtonnelstroy JV team in Kolkata…

05 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Oppo & Muthoot Win Semi-Naming Rights for 5 Kochi Metro Stations

As Day-2 of the CMRS’ inspection of Kochi Metro’s 13 km 1st stretch…

05 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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CMRS Begins Inspection of Kochi Metro’s Aluva – Palarivattom Section

This morning, the appointed Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety, KA Manoharan, and his team of 4 other officials from the Indian Railways’ Southern…

03 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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CMRL Invites Bids for Chennai’s Korukkupet – Wimco Nagar Section

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) has launched the bidding process for the last piece of the 23.10 km Blue Line’s 9 km extension to north Chennai…

03 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase 2 to Connect Gandhinagar, GIFT & Airport

The first few details of what Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase 2 project will look have emerged after the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) recently presented…

03 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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1st U-Girder Launched for Mumbai Metro’s Line-7 at Malad

Earlier this morning at 2:30 am, J Kumar Infraprojects launched the first 24.90 meter long U-girder at Pathanwadi (Malad) for constructing the elevated…

03 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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DMRC Invites Bids to Procure 54 Coaches for Vijayawada’s Metro

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation recently published a notice on their website inviting tenders from rolling stock manufacturing companies to supply 54…

02 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Vijayawada Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM S780 Makes Final Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Gurdwara Shaft

Phase 3’s tunneling works are over! On Saturday morning, TBM S780 – a Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine operated by the CEC-CICI JV recorded…

01 May 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 18 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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