Soil Testing Begins for Mumbai Metro’s Underground Line 3

Civil contractors for Mumbai Metro’s Line 3 project have kicked-off geotechnical…

21 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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ITD Cementation Awarded Contract for 10 Nagpur Metro Stations

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation (NMRCL) has awarded ITD Cementation Ltd. with…

20 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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DMRC Reveals Alignment of Delhi’s Proposed Lajpat Nagar – Saket Line

Hat tip to reader Ratish for bringing this to my attention. Back in March…

20 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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MMRDA Approves Mumbai Metro’s Line-5 and Line-6

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) headed by Maharashtra’s…

20 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 29 Comments
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Yet Another New Logo Revealed for Mumbai Metro

Hat tip to Rajendra B Aklekar for sharing this. Maharashtra’s Chief Minister…

19 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Construction Begins for Lucknow’s Hazratganj Underground Station

In late September, the Tata-Gulermak JV began civil work for constructing Lucknow’s…

19 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Noida – Gr. Noida Metro Line to be Named Aqua Line

Hat tip to reader Pankaj for sharing this news. The Noida Metro Rail Corporation…

19 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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[Pics] Kochi Metro’s Kalamassery Station – October Update

Here’s a post with new images shot recently at the upcoming Kalamassery station…

19 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Central Govt. Becomes Stakeholder in Noida Metro; Approves Rs 1034 Crore

Right after approving the Pune Metro project, the Ministry of Finance’s Public Investment Board on October 14 also approved Noida Metro Rail Corporation’s…

17 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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MoF’s Public Investment Board Approves Pune Metro Project

Pune’s long delayed 31.25 km metro project crossed a major hurdle yesterday with the Union Finance Ministry’s Public Investment Board approving…

15 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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[Pics] Lucknow Metro’s Krishna Nagar Station – October Update

Here’s a post with new images shot just last week at Lucknow Metro’s upcoming Krishna Nagar station. Roof work here commenced in March 2016…

15 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Bangalore Metro Plans New Depot at Baiyappanahalli Sat. Bus Station Site

The Hindu recently ran an article on the failure of Bangalore’s satellite bus stations highlighting the closure of the ones at Peenya and more recently…

15 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Operations Begin on Chennai Metro’s Alandur – St. Thomas Mount Stretch

This news came out of nowhere and the CMRL made no prior announcement to inform commuters. Earlier today at 6 am, the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. started…

14 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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CRRC to Set Up Metro Coach Plant in Butibori, Maharashtra

After winning a Rs. 851 crore contract to supply 69 coaches for Nagpur Metro’s project, the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) has selected…

14 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro, Other ⋅ 3 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 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 59.2 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 – 58.7 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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