MEGA Invites Bids for 5 Stations on Ahmedabad Metro’s NS Line

The Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad (MEGA) has invited bids…

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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Golcha Mid-Shaft

5 days after Era-Metrostroy’s final breakthrough for CC-07 at the Violet…

10 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Bihar’s Cabinet Approves Rs 16960 cr 30.92 km Patna Metro

Yesterday, the Bihar cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave its…

10 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC MD Approves Survey for Modified 95.86 km Phase 4

In December 2015, I shared an official map & plan of what Delhi Metro’s…

09 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 50 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – February 2016 Tunneling Update

It’s that time of the month! The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd…

09 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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CMRL to Open 3 Sections of Chennai Metro in 2016

After opening a 10 km stretch from Koyambedu to Alandur in 2015, officials from…

08 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Noida Metro in Gr. Noida

Here are some brand new images of the Noida Metro line under construction by…

08 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Delhi Metro’s Red line in Ghaziabad

Here are some brand new images of the Delhi Metro’s Red line’s construction in…

08 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Gurgaon Metro Receives 2 New Trains

Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon (RMRG) yesterday received train-sets number 9 & 10! These 2 trains with 3 coaches each are part of the 7 new trains ordered…

06 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Lal Qila Station

‘Tis the season of breakthroughs! Click here to see details & images of the breakthrough at Mayapuri Shaft on Feb 3. Yesterday at around 6 pm,…

05 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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[Pics] Viaduct Construction to Begin Soon for Ahmedabad’s Metro

In March, J Kumar Infraprojects will begin launching precast segments to construct the viaduct of a portion of Ahmedabad’s 20.737 km east-west metro…

05 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Mayapuri Shaft

Yesterday afternoon, the S26 Tunnel Boring Machine operated by the J. Kumar – CRTG – Terratec team for contract CC-20 of Delhi Metro’s…

04 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Navi Mumbai’s Metro over Sion-Panvel Highway

Here’s a post showing the progress made by NCC Ltd. on the Navi Mumbai’s 11.10 km metro line over the busy Sion-Panvel highway in Navi Mumbai!…

04 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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KMRC Invites Bids to Install Platform Screen Doors

Roughly 7 years after beginning construction on the new East-West line from Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector V, the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation has…

03 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 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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