[Pics] Noida – Gr. Noida Metro Line Taking Shape at Sector 51 & Delta 1

Construction on the 29.07 km Noida – Greater Noida metro line is progressing…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Noida Sector-18 Station Renamed to Wave Sector-18 Noida

Last month, I had written about how Wave Infratech had won the bid for the semi-naming…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Starts Operations on Reach 2 between Magadi Road and Mysore Road!

A few hours ago and exactly 2 days after the Bangalore Metro Rail Corp inaugurated…

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Kolkata Metro’s Proposed Mominpur Station to be Discussed with Defense Officials Today

As per a report from last week, discussions related to the construction (and…

18 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] TBM Margarita in Bangalore Being Dismantled After North Ramp Breakthrough

Yesterday morning, I had posted some images on Twitter of TBM Margarita being…

18 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s MG Road Station in Gurgaon Renamed to SYSKA MG Road

This past Saturday, I ran a post on how the Delhi Metro’s Guru Dronacharya…

18 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Approves 42.54 Km Visakhapatnam Metro Project

The Andhra Pradesh state cabinet today approved the Detailed Project Report…

17 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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E. Sreedharan Assures Lucknow Metro Will Start Operations in March 2017

Mr. E Sreedharan who functions as Lucknow Metro’s Principal Advisor has…

17 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Images of Track-Work Underway for Kochi’s Metro at Kalamassery

Track installation work for the 25.6 km long Kochi Metro is rapidly progressing on different sections of the elevated line which runs from Aluva to Tripunithura…

17 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s 6.4 Km Magadi Road – Mysore Line Inaugurated!

A couple hours ago, the 6.4 km Magadi Road – Mysore Road section (called Reach 2) of Bangalore Metro’s Purple line was inaugurated by Karnataka’s Chief…

16 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MIAL to Levy Development Fee on Fliers from Mumbai’s CSIA for Funding Metro’s Construction

So remember the Memorandum of Understanding signed on September 18 by the Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (MIAL) and the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation…

16 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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A Look Back into the History of Bangalore Metro’s Magadi Road – Mysore Line

As posted a couple days ago, the 6.4 km Magadi Road – Mysore Road section of Bangalore Metro’s Purple line is all set to be inaugurated tomorrow…

15 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Guru Dronacharya Station Renamed to Indigo Guru Dronacharya

Remember how the Delhi Metro’s Noida City Centre station on its Blue line was recently renamed to Wave City Center Noida? Now the Guru Dronacharya…

14 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Completed Façade of Kochi’s Metro Train Unveiled

Here’s the first look of the completed façade of a Kochi Metro train shot at Alstom’s rolling stock manufacturing plant in Sri City! As mentioned…

14 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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