Delhi Metro Phase 3 – May 2016 Tunneling Update

Here’s my Delhi Metro Phase 3 tunneling update for May 2016! All the data…

02 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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[Pics] Bangalore Metro Starts Underground Metro Operations

Bangalore Metro yesterday started commercial operations on its new 4.8 km underground…

01 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 31 Comments
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[Pics] Bangalore Metro’s EW Underground Section Inaugurated

Bangalore Metro’s long awaited 4.8 km east-west underground section with…

30 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Chennai Metro’s Train Enters Underground Section for the 1st Time

In an unannounced move, the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. yesterday operated a train…

29 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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[Pics] Bangalore Metro Gets Ready for Today’s Inauguration

Today’s the day everyone in Bangalore has been waiting for! Or maybe not,…

29 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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History of Bangalore Metro’s MG Road – Magadi Road Section

With only one day to go for the inauguration of Bangalore Metro’s 4.8…

28 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Afcons Emerges as Lowest Bidder for Nagpur’s Lokmanya Nagar – Jhansi Rani Sq. Section

Afcons Infrastructure has emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the viaduct…

27 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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[Pics] 2nd New Train Arrives for Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line

Six brand new coaches of the 2nd new Hyundai Rotem train which will operate…

27 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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[Pics] Bangalore Metro’s Cubbon Park Station is Ready to Go Live!

Hat tip to Murlidhar Bhat for sharing these images. With only 2 more days left for the inauguration of Bangalore’s 4.8 km underground section, the…

27 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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AECOM Wins DDC Contract for Mumbai’s Dahisar – Mankhurd Line

AECOM, a technical services firm recently won the Detailed Design Consultant contract for Mumbai’s 40 km Dahisar – Mankhurd line! Besides…

26 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Last TBM Commissioned for Delhi Metro’s Pink Line at Majlis Park

This calls for a celebration! On Friday afternoon, the CEC-CICI JV for contract CC-04 of Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 project commissioned the 2nd of…

25 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BMRCL to Inaugurate EW UG on April 29 ; Commercial Ops Begin on 30th

It’s now official! After mindless hearsay and numerous incorrect reports which claimed to have confirmed the dates straight from ministers, we finally…

25 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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1st TBM Commissioned from Howrah Maidan for Kolkata’s Metro

Yesterday afternoon, the Afcons-Transtonnelstroy JV team commissioned their first Tunnel Boring Machine in Kolkata at the Howrah Maidan station! The S640…

22 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Bhikaji Cama Place Station

If I’ve got my math right, this is the 11th TBM breakthrough in Delhi this year! Yesterday afternoon, the S803 Tunnel Boring Machine operated by…

22 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 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 – 75.2 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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