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…

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…

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…

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…

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 &…

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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Ranjit Buildcon Wins Ahmedabad Metro’s Motera – Ranip Contract

A local infrastructure company called Ranjit Buildcon was recently awarded the contract for constructing the 4.85 km elevated viaduct between Motera…

16 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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3 JVs Shortlisted for Nagpur Metro’s General Consultancy

Three joint venture companies are in the race for the General Consultant (GC) role of Nagpur’s 38.215 km metro project! The GC’s role would…

15 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Delhi Govt’s Approval for Metro’s Phase 4 is Absurd & Not Final

Over this past weekend, an unnamed “senior government official” from Delhi’s government made an announcement that an “in-principle…

15 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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KMRL Unveils Changampuzha Park Station’s Design

The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. recently unveiled the Changampuzha Park stations’s interior & exterior design! This station’s unique theme…

12 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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NMRCL Invites Tenders to Procure 69 Coaches for Nagpur Metro

This piece of news slipped through the cracks! The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd recently published a notice on their website inviting tenders from…

12 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur 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 – 94.3 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 – 16 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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