MEGA Invites Bids for Ahmedabad Metro’s Shreyas – Ranip Section

The Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad (MEGA) has finally invited…

24 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BMRCL to Invite CMRS for Underground Section’s Inspection in March

Just about everyday I get asked about the current status of the underground…

24 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Nehru Enclave

Last night, Tunnel Boring Machine S937 made a breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s…

23 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Piling Work Begins at Ahmedabad Metro’s Apparel Park Depot

Decent Engineers on a subcontract from URC Construction Pvt. Limited last week…

23 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Erects Girders Above ROB for Lucknow Metro

After applying and securing approvals for 2 railways blocks of 1.5 hours each…

23 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Railway Minister Inaugurates Underground Work for Kolkata Metro

After launching the start of work for the 16.34 km east-west line’s underground…

23 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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LMRCL Unveils Preliminary Design of Lucknow Metro’s Trains

On Friday, the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.’s Managing Director…

22 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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J Kumar Begins Launching Segments for Ahmedabad Metro

On this past Friday night, J Kumar Infraprojects started launching precast segments…

22 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Foundation Stones for Trivandrum & Kozhikode Metros to be Laid Feb 28-29

With an eye on the upcoming state assembly elections, Kerala’s state government has decided to lay the foundation stones for Thiruvananthapuram and…

19 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kozhikode Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai Metro – February 2016 Tunneling Update

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd just published their January 2016 newsletter with in-depth tunneling data recorded up till January 31 from all 5 ongoing tunnel…

18 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons Begins Lowering TBM Parts at Howrah Maidan Station

Yesterday evening, the Afcons-Transtonnelstroy JV began a month long process of lowering parts of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) at the Howrah Maidan…

18 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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5 Firms Qualify for Lucknow Metro’s 3.44 km Underground Contract

5 joint venture firms have qualified in the technical bidding round for constructing the 3.44 km underground stretch of Lucknow Metro’s 22.878 km…

17 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 62 Comments
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Gurgaon Metro Receives & Hoists Last 2 New Trains

Here’s a post with some new images of the last 2 train-sets (#11 & #12) which were hoisted on top of Gurgaon Metro’s viaduct earlier this…

17 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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JCDecaux Unveils 1st Ad-Wrapped Chennai Metro Train

JCDecaux which bagged a 10 year contract from the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd for exclusive advertising rights outside & within Chennai Metro’s trains…

16 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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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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