CMRL Looking to Utilize Alandur Ramps for Koyambedu-Airport Services

Here’s another mildly interesting piece of news from this week. The Chennai…

23 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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2nd Noida Metro Line to Now Connect to Botanical Garden Station

So, remember the new 10.92 km Okhla Bird Sanctuary – Sector 142 metro…

23 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Land Acquisition Process Begins for Kochi Metro’s Phase 1B

On this Monday, when the second round of trial runs were being performed between…

23 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS Completes Inspection of Hyderabad’s Nagole – Mettuguda Section

Surprise, surprise! 🙂 Over the past weekend, the Commissioner for Metro…

22 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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[Pics] Kochi Metro Extends Trial Runs to Edapally

Yesterday, the Kochi Metro Rail successfully extended their trial runs a little…

22 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC to Prepare Surat Metro’s Detailed Project Report

Last week, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation got tasked with preparing the Detailed…

22 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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DMRC Signs MoU with CRRC to Supply Noida Metro’s 76 Coaches

Two months after opening the financial bids, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation…

21 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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2 Spans Completed for Ahmedabad Metro on Vastral Road

J Kumar Infraprojects, the contractor for Ahmedabad Metro’s 6 km Vastral…

21 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore’s RV Road – Bommasandra Line Realigned at Jayanagar

Here’s something that I found mildly interesting. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. recently made a small realignment to their upcoming 18.80…

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 the cable stayed Ram Jhula in Nagpur with the 18.557 km Lokmanya Nagar…

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 in-depth tunneling data recorded up till February 29 from all 5 ongoing…

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 the 4.869 km elevated stretch from Pattanagere to Challegatta for Bangalore…

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 at the Pink line’s Mayapuri shaft, Magenta line’s Panchsheel…

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. with building a further 1 km elevated extension of the metro’s priority…

17 Mar 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 19 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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