KA Fire Dept Conducts Drill inside Bangalore Metro’s EW Tunnel

Hat tip to Kiran CB Nagarathna for sharing news about this safety drill! With…

19 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Chennai Metro – April 2016 Tunneling Update

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd recently published their March 2016 newsletter with…

19 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Can DMRC Really Start Trials Between Kalkaji & Botanical Garden in July?

So earlier this month, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) took the local…

18 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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[Video] Be the 1st to Ride Bangalore’s Underground Metro!

Hat tip to Faisal for sharing the link to this cool new video from Bangalore…

18 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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5 Year Old Issue Over Kolkata’s Mominpore Station Resolved

Hat tip to Prithviraj Nag & Whodunit for sharing this news from the TOI…

18 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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[Pics] Noida – Greater Noida Metro – April 2016 Update

It’s been a while since I’ve shared new images of Noida’s…

15 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Kochi Metro Unveils Aluva Station’s Design

The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. just unveiled the Aluva station’s interior…

15 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – April 2016 Tunneling Update

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) just published their April 2016…

14 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Greater Kailash Station

Yesterday morning, the S883 Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) operated by the Pratibha-FEMC team for contract CC-23 of Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 project made…

13 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NCC, Simplex & J Kumar Emerge as Lowest Bidders for Mumbai Metro

I just arrived in Miami (see images) for an early start to what will be a fantastic summer, so sorry for not posting any updates over the past couple of…

13 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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CMRS Gives Clearance to Bangalore Metro’s EW Underground Section

As per a new report in the Deccan Herald, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. is understood to have received the mandatory safety clearance from…

08 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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CMRS Completes Inspecting Bangalore Metro’s Underground Section

That was QUICK! The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety, SK Mittal, and his team from the Southern Railway yesterday completed the safety inspection of…

07 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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15 Brilliant New Images of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line Trains

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation yesterday took the local media on a tour of its new Hyundai Rotem trains parked at the upcoming 58.596 km Pink Line’s…

07 Apr 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T & Afcons Bid for Chennai Metro’s May Day Park – AG-DMS Section

Larsen & Toubro and Afcons Infrastructure have emerged as the sole bidders for completing the long delayed UAA-02 section of Chennai’s Metro…

06 Apr 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 – 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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