New Images of Kochi Metro’s Line & Station at Aluva

Here’s a post with new images of the 25.6 km Kochi Metro’s line…

11 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Delhi Metro TBM Makes a Breakthrough at Magenta Line’s Panchsheel Park Station

Yesterday evening at about 5 pm, a TBM deployed by the FEMC-Pratibha JV (CC-23)…

11 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Station Work Begins for Apparel Park – Vastral Gam Section of Ahmedabad Metro

The preliminary work to construct 6 metro stations for the Ahmedabad Metro has…

11 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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[Pics] Views from Navi Mumbai Metro’s Pethapada Station

Here’s a post that shows different views from the 11.10 km Navi Mumbai…

10 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Starts Tunneling on Pink Line from Naraina Vihar to Mayapuri Shaft

On this Tuesday, the J Kumar-CRTG JV started tunneling on the Delhi Metro’s…

10 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – December 2015 Tunneling Update

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) recently released their December 2015…

10 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Delhi Metro Starts Tunneling on Pink Line from RK Puram Shaft to Bhikaji Cama Place

As expected, FEMC-Pratibha – the Delhi Metro’s contractor for the…

09 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Images from Inside the Noida – Greater Noida Metro Project’s Precast Yard

In the fifth board meeting of the Noida Metro Rail Corp, it was announced that…

09 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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[Pics] Ahmedabad Metro’s Construction – December 2015 Update

Here’s a post with some new images of Ahmedabad’s Metro line taking shape on Vastral Road in the Vastral and Nirant Cross Roads area! These…

08 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Delhi Metro Starts Erecting 40m Long Steel Girders at Britannia Chowk

On this Sunday, HMM Infra Ltd. on a subcontract from Larsen Toubro started erecting 40 meter long I-shaped steel girders for the Delhi Metro’ new…

08 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – November 2015 Update

Thanks to my Twitter follower Shashwat Pant for giving me a heads-up that the DMRC has FINALLY updated their website with the progress made up till the…

07 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Delhi Metro Violet Line’s Extension to Ballabhgarh Starts Taking Shape

After building & extending the Delhi Metro’s Violet line to Faridabad by 13.875 km in September, Larsen & Toubro is now building a further…

07 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Will Shut Down Purple Line Next Week For Testing

December 6 Update: Only Reach 2 is scheduled to be closed. Operations on Reach 1 will continue as normal. Original post below: Reach 1 and 2 of the Bangalore…

05 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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1st Pier Cap Erected for Noida – Gr.Noida Metro at Knowledge Park V

At roughly 7 pm yesterday night, the CEC-SAM JV which is in-charge of constructing all 3 sections (NC01, NC02 & NC03) of the 30.016 km Noida-Gr.Noida…

05 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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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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