First Girder Placed for Nagpur Metro’s North-South Line

Last week, a crew from NCC Ltd. successfully placed the 1st girder for Nagpur…

02 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Emerges as Lowest Bidder for Lucknow’s KDSB-Munshipulia Section

Last week, the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. opened the financial bids…

01 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – August 2016 Tunneling Update

Here’s my Delhi Metro Phase 3 tunneling update for August 2016! All the information…

01 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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Chennai Metro’s Washermenpet – Korrukupet Project Launched

Last month, while India’s Urban Development Minister and Tamil Nadu’s…

01 Aug 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Site Prep Begins for Lucknow Metro’s Underground Section

Crews from the TPL-Gulermak JV have over the past week started barricading…

30 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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CMRS Begins Inspection of Chennai Metro’s Airport – Little Mount Section

The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety and his team yesterday kick-started a…

29 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Makes 2nd Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s RKP Mid-Shaft

I tweeted about this development right after it happened, but waited to post…

29 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Chennai Metro – July 2016 Tunneling Update

This took a while to come through, but the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. has finally…

28 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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3rd Launching Gantry Commissioned for Ahmedabad Metro’s EW Line

Last week, J Kumar Infraprojects commissioned their 3rd launching gantry crane close to Apparel Park for building a 6 km portion of Ahmedabad Metro’s 20.536…

27 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Foundation Stone Unveiled for Chennai Metro’s 9 km Extension

On this past Saturday, India’s Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister Jayaraman Jayalalithaa unveiled the…

26 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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IL&FS Awarded Contract for 10 Nagpur Metro Stations

IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd. has announced (see press release) that they have been awarded the Letter of Acceptance (LoA) for…

26 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tunneling Resumes on Chennai’s May Day Park – AG-DMS Section

On this past Friday, tunneling work underneath Chennai’s busy Anna Salai resumed after 14 months of inactivity! The 4.5 km May Day Park – AG-DMS…

26 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Largest Pier Cap in India Cast for Noida Metro

On July 19, engineers and construction workers from the CEC-SAM JV cast the largest ever pier cap to be used in India for Noida’s 30 km new metro…

23 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Kolkata Metro Unveils Design of CNR Dalian Trains

Hat tip to TMRG reader Adri for sharing this news. The operator of Kolkata’s Metro, ‘Metro Railway, Kolkata’ has unveiled the design…

22 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 19 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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