Commercial Operations Start on Gurgaon Metro’s 7 km Phase 2

Yesterday, the Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon (RMRG) launched commercial operations…

01 Apr 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 38 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Bangalore Metro’s Mantri-Nat’l College UG Section

This morning, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) commenced trial…

31 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 96 Comments
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CMRS Approves Gurgaon Metro’s 7km Phase 2; Operations Start Today

What a pleasant surprise! This news came out of nowhere… After recently…

31 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Chennai Metro’s Robbins TBM Starts Tunneling to Theagaraya College

On Monday evening, workers from Afcons Infrastructure commissioned their Robbins…

30 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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MMRDA Approves Mumbai Metro’s Dahisar – Mira-Bhayandar Line-10

With an aim to rapidly ramp up and modernize Mumbai’s urban transportation…

30 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 32 Comments
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1st Girder Launched for Delhi Metro’s Shahid Nagar Station’s Platform

This past weekend, the Guangdong Yuantian Engineering Co. – Tata Projects…

30 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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2nd New Train Arrives at Lucknow Metro’s Transport Nagar Depot

On March 25, the 2nd new 4-coach Alstom Metropolis train-set for Lucknow Metro’s…

28 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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BEML Wins Contract to Convert Bangalore Metro Trains into 6-Coaches

Bangalore-based BEML Ltd. yesterday announced that it had won a Rs 1,421-crore…

28 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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ITD-ITD Cem JV Lowest Bidder for B’lore Metro’s Bomasandra-HosaRd

The Italian-Thai Development – ITD Cementation India (ITD-ITD Cem) JV today emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing the 6.418 km Reach 5 –…

25 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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ITD-ITD Cem JV Lowest Bidder for Bangalore Metro’s Reach 1A

A couple days after emerging as the lowest bidder for the 7.218 km Reach 1B, the Italian-Thai Development – ITD Cementation India (ITD-ITD Cem) JV has…

24 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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Piling Work Begins for Ahmedabad Metro’s Shreyas – Ranip Section

Construction work for the 8.94 km Shreyas – Ranip section of Ahmedabad Metro’s 18.52 km north-south line has commenced with the contractor,…

24 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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ITD-ITD Cem JV Lowest Bidder for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extn

That was quick! Yesterday, the Italian-Thai Development – ITD Cementation India (ITD-ITD Cem) JV emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing the…

22 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 28 Comments
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TBM S496 Makes a Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Gurdwara Shaft

Last week, TBM S496 – the 3rd tunnel boring machine operated by the CEC-CICI JV made a breakthrough at the Delhi Metro’s Gurdwara Emergency Shaft…

22 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 26 Comments
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[Pics] Chennai Metro’s Nehru Park Station – March 2017

Here’s a picture-post with some new images of Chennai Metro’s upcoming Nehru Park Station – the temporary eastern terminal of the 22 km Green Line…

17 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 14 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 – 75.2 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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