Work on Kanpur’s Metro Project Expected to Begin Next Year ; Geotechnical Investigation in Progress

As per a news report from last month, during a meeting with the Lucknow Metro…

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Lucknow Metro’s Airport Station to be Built 100m from Airport Terminal

So looks like no amount of convincing has been able to make the Airports Authority…

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[Pics] Ahmedabad Metro’s Construction in Vastral & Nirant Cross Roads – November 1 Update

Here’s a post with some new images of Ahmedabad’s Metro line taking…

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Chennai Metro Starts Building Chequered Canopy Over Alandur – OTA Line to Warn Pilots

As per a recent report, the Airports Authority of India had recently asked the…

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Delhi Metro TBM Makes a 2nd Breakthrough at Lajpat Nagar Station on Pink Line

In the early morning hours of today (Nov 4), while the city was asleep, a 2nd…

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Delhi Metro Starts 2nd TBM Between Greater Kailash and Nehru Enclave on Magenta Line

On October 30 (Friday), the Pratibha-FEMC team which is in-charge of contract…

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November 3 – Assorted Images from India’s Metro Construction Sites

This is the second installment of a series of monthly posts with recently shot…

03 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Kochi Metro, Lucknow Metro, Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Starts Tunneling on Najafgarh Branch of the Blue Line

Yesterday, the Hindustan Construction Company – the Delhi Metro’s…

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Alstom Built Coaches for Kochi’s Metro to Start Arriving at Muttom Depot from December 13

As per a recent report, the first few coaches for Kochi’s metro will start arriving in batches at the Muttom Depot from December 13! Designed &…

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Girders for Navi Mumbai’s Metro to Finally be Launched Over Sion-Panvel Highway

As per a recent report, Nagarjuna Construction Company – the contractor for the southern portion of Navi Mumbai’s 11.10 km line 1 from Belapur…

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[Pics] Noida – Gr. Noida Metro Line Taking Shape at Sector Delta 1

A couple days back, I had posted about new piers (pillars) starting to pop up at Noida’s Sector 50 for the 29.07 km Noida – Greater Noida…

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Work Resumes on Kolkata Metro’s East-West Line at Howrah Maidan

After many false starts and an equal number of premature celebrations for it, there’s yet another start! Exactly a year ago, work was said to have…

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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – November 2015 Tunneling Update

Here’s a comprehensive list of Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 tunnels and their current progress (as November 1 2015) that some of you have been waiting…

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[Pics] Lucknow Metro’s Viaduct – November 1 2015 Update

Just a little more than a year after the bhoomi-pooja for the Lucknow Metro project on September 27 2014, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) – the contractor…

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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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