Services End on Kolkata’s Circular Railway to Facilitate Metro’s Construction

10 years after being inaugurated, the Eastern Railways on September 30th ran…

13 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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[Pics] Chennai Metro’s First Underground Section Nearing Completion

Hat tip to reader Aniruddh for sharing this development. On October 8, the Chennai…

13 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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[Pics] RDSO Conducts Test Runs to Assess Kochi Metro

A day after the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. conducted a trial run clocking speeds…

13 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bombardier Delivers First of 162 New Coaches to Delhi Metro

On September 21, Bombardier Transportation held a small ceremony at the InnoTrans…

13 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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CRRC Wins Nagpur Metro’s 69 Coach Rolling Stock Contract

China’s China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) has won a Rs….

12 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Bids for Bangalore’s Hessaraghatta Cross – BIEC Section

After a gap of 16 months, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation has finally initiated…

12 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Foundation Stone Unveiled for Kanpur Metro Project

On October 4, Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister and India’s Urban…

12 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T Awarded Lucknow Metro’s KDSB-Munshipulia Stretch

If you’ve kept a tab on the Lucknow section of the site, then this news…

11 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Bids for 150 Coaches to Double Train Capacity

Looking at the ever-increasing current & projected ridership of the Bangalore Metro, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation on October 1 invited bids…

11 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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[Pics] Chennai Metro’s Airport – Little Mount Section Inaugurated

On September 21, Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister and India’s Urban Development Minister inaugurated a 8.60 km stretch of Chennai Metro’s 32.10…

11 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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SYSTRA Wins Kanpur Metro Line 1’s DDC Contract

On September 22, SYSTRA – a technical services firm emerged as the winner for the Detailed Design Consultant contract for Kanpur Metro’s Line…

11 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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CMRS Approves Hyderabad Metro’s Miyapur – SR Nagar Stretch

A month after the Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety and his team held a 2 day inspection of Hyderabad Metro’s 12 km Miyapur – SR Nagar stretch,…

11 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Krishna Makes Final Breakthrough for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 1

Just an hour ago, TBM Krishna – a Herrenknecht EPBM Tunnel Boring Machine made a historic final breakthrough for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 1…

23 Sep 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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RECAP: August & September Metro Rail Updates

Thanks everyone for your tweets, messages & emails asking about my health, safety and future plans for the site. I haven’t forgotten about you…

16 Sep 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Lucknow Metro, Mumbai Metro, Other ⋅ 40 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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