Chennai Metro Begins Trial Runs Between Alandur & Airport

On Friday, the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. started trial runs on the 5.1 km Alandur…

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TBM Makes 2nd Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Nehru Enclave Station

Tunneling works are slowly coming to a wrap! 😀 Yesterday afternoon, Tunnel…

19 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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BMRCL Presents Bangalore Metro’s 102 km Phase 3 to MoUD

As per a report published in the TOI, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation on…

19 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 74 Comments
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[Pics] New Hyundai Rotem Trains Flagged Off for Delhi’s Pink Line

Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and India’s Urban Development…

18 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Kochi Metro’s Kaloor Station – May 2016

After taking a look at the progress of CUSAT, Palarivottom & Aluva stations,…

18 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Span Work Starts for Lucknow Metro’s 255m Cantilever Bridge

Work to build the spans of Lucknow Metro’s ‘special’ 255m…

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BMRCL Invites Demolition Bids & Identifies Properties for Line 4

Two significant pre-construction developments took place last week for Bangalore…

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Work Complete for Delhi Metro’s Truss Bridge at Shakurpur

This weekend, Larsen Toubro & HMM Infra, Delhi Metro’s contractor…

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[Pics] Progress of Kochi Metro’s Aluva Station – May 2016

After taking a look at the progress of CUSAT & Palarivottom stations last week, here’s a post with new images of Aluva station – the northern…

16 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Work Resumes on Pushing Delhi Metro’s Steel Bridge at Shakurpur

Another gap on the Delhi Metro’s 58.596 km Pink Line will soon be plugged 😀 Larsen & Toubro and its subcontractor HMM Infra yesterday restarted…

14 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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[Pics] Hyderabad Metro Conducts Trial Runs at Night

Night owls in Hyderabad have noticed the concessionaire of Hyderabad Metro, L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Ltd, and its operations team from Keolis conducting…

14 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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1.5 MW Solar Plant Goes Live at Delhi Metro’s Mukundpur Depot

Rays Power Experts has announced that they’ve successfully installed and commissioned a 1.5 MW solar plant at the under construction 58.596 km Pink…

14 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Bangalore Metro’s KR Market Station

Here are some fairly new images from inside Bangalore Metro’s KR Market Station which lies on the southern leg of the Green Line! The station is…

13 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Chennai Metro – May 2016 Tunneling Update

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd just published their April 2016 newsletter with in-depth tunneling data recorded up till April 31 from all 5 ongoing tunnel…

12 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 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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