Bangalore’s RV Road – Bommasandra Line Realigned at Jayanagar

Here’s something that I found mildly interesting. The Bangalore Metro…

19 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Nagpur Metro’s Viaduct to be Integrated with Ram Jhula’s 2nd Phase

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. is going to integrate the 2nd phase of…

19 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai Metro – March 2016 Tunneling Update

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

19 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Soma Wins Bangalore Metro’s Pattanagere – Challegatta Contract

Soma Enterprise Limited has been awarded the Reach 2B contract for constructing…

17 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Aravali Mid-Shaft

Yet another breakthrough! This is the 4th one for the month after recent breakthroughs…

17 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T Awarded Lucknow Metro’s Transport Nagar – Amausi Section

The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. has tasked Larsen & Toubro Ltd….

17 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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[Pics] Bangalore Metro’s Underground Section Nearing Completion

Yesterday, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. gave a tour of 3 of its…

16 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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DMRC Internally Aiming to Start ITO – Kashmere Gate Line Before I-Day

With all tunneling works recently wrapped up on the 9.37 km Central Secretariat…

16 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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UP Cabinet Approves 32.385 km Kanpur Metro

…and another one joins the list! Recent approvals include projects in Patna and Guwahati. Yesterday, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet chaired by Chief…

15 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Includes Yellow Line’s Extension to Siraspur in Phase 3

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has officially included a small 1.057 km elevated extension of the Yellow line from Samaypur Badli to Siraspur…

15 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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TBM Makes Final Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Delhi Gate Station

This is the 3rd breakthrough for the month! The first took place at the Mayapuri Shaft on March 2 and the second at the Panchsheel Park station on March…

14 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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JICA Approves Higher Bids for Mumbai’s Colaba – SEEPZ line

This is BIG news! Over this weekend, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd’s Managing Director Ashwini Bhide announced that they’ve received…

14 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NMRCL Invites Bids for 9 Stations on Nagpur’s Metro’s NS Line

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. has finally invited bids (see notice) from infrastructure / construction companies to construct 7 elevated and 2…

11 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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2nd TBM Commissioned from Delhi Metro’s RK Puram Shaft

Yesterday morning, the FEMC-Pratibha JV team for contract CC-18 in Delhi commissioned their last Tunnel Boring Machine from the RK Puram shaft on the…

10 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi 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 – 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 – 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

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