Final TBM Breakthrough Achieved for Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

After tunneling works came to a close on the Pink Line earlier this month,…

29 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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LMRCL Secretly Starts Trial Runs on Lucknow Metro’s NS Line

In the run-up to the ‘official’ trial run on December 1 which is…

29 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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NATM Tunneling Works Completed at Delhi Metro’s Kashmere Gate

On November 24, a crew from the ERA-Mosmetrostroy JV team for package CC-07…

29 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Nagpur Metro Invites Bids for Sitabuldi – Prajapati Nagar’s Viaduct

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (NMRCL) has invited bids for the construction…

24 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Nagpur Metro Demolishes Flyover for New Double Decker Structure

The contractor for Reach 1 of Nagpur Metro’s project, NCC Ltd., and Matte…

24 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Piling Work Begins for Mumbai Metro’s Line-2

Construction work for Mumbai Metro’s 18.6 km Line-2 connecting Dahisar…

23 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 29 Comments
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Solar Panel Installation Completed at Kochi Metro’s Muttom Depot

Hero Solar Energies yesterday completed installing panels for a 2 MW solar plant…

23 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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BMRCL Begins Trial Runs Between Nat’l College – Yelachenahalli

With a train now stationed at the National College Station, the Bangalore Metro…

23 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Lucknow Metro’s 1st Alstom Train Arrives in Lucknow

The first 4-coach train-set for the Lucknow Metro project arrived at Lucknow’s Transport Nagar Metro Depot on this Saturday night after a 8 day journey from…

21 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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BMRCL Pulls Metro Train through Green Line’s New Tunnels

With track-work complete on the down-line tunnel of Bangalore Metro’s long-delayed 24.20 km Green Line, the BMRCL yesterday pulled a metro train…

20 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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FinMin – AFD Sign Rs. 975 cr Loan Agreement for Nagpur Metro

Nagpur Metro’s 38.215 km Phase 1 project yesterday achieved financial closure after S.Selvakumar, Joint Secretary of the Department of Economic…

18 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Kolkata Metro to Skip Constructing Important Station on EW Line

The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation is about to commit the biggest crime in the city’s mass transit history and there hasn’t been a single voice condemning…

17 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Segment Launching For Bangalore Metro’s Reach 4B to Begin Soon

With a series of new piers cast on Kanakapura Road, NCC Limited, the contractor for Bangalore Metro’s 6.29 km Reach 4B project to Anjanapura in…

16 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Final Double TBM Breakthrough Achieved for Delhi Metro’s Pink Line

What a way to end tunneling works! 😀 Tunnel Boring Machines S25 and S28, both Ø6.61m classic EPB machines operated by the J Kumar-CRTG JV made a historic…

15 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi 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 – 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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