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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

15 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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1st Alstom Metro Train Dispatched for Lucknow

The first Alstom Metropolis train-set for Lucknow Metro was yesterday dispatched…

12 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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TBM S717 Makes a Breakthrough at Chennai Metro’s Central Station

Another breakthrough! 😀 A couple hours ago, Tunnel Boring Machine S717 – a Herrenknecht EPB Tunnel Boring Machine operated by the Afcons-Transtonnelstroy…

11 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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BMRCL Reveals Silk Board – KR Puram Line’s Detailed Project Report

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. just made the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the upcoming Silk Board – KR Puram line available on their…

11 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 96 Comments
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Work Starts at Noapara for Kolkata Metro’s Extension to Dakshineswar

With 65 encroachers rehabilitated, work on a portion of Kolkata Metro’s 4.11 km western extension to Dakshineswar has finally started in Noapara…

11 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Excavation Begins for Last Level of Delhi Metro’s Gurdwara Shaft

Excavation for the last level (#6) of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s best kept secret has started at the Gurdwara Shaft in north Delhi’s…

09 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Tata – Gulermak JV Begins Casting Segments For Lucknow Metro’s Tunnels

The pace of work in Lucknow never ceases to amaze me 😀 On Monday, the Tata – Gulermak JV began casting concrete segments for building the 1,812m…

09 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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2 Delhi Metro Trains Collide at Magenta Line’s Kalindi Kunj Depot

Two trains from Delhi Metro’s new batch of 504 Hyundai Rotem coaches collided on the evening of November 4 at the upcoming 38.235 km Magenta Line‘s…

04 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 12 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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