Last TBM Commissioned for Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line at Chirag Delhi

The last Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to excavate & build the 23.807 km underground…

11 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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MEGA Invites Bids for 5 Stations on Ahmedabad Metro’s NS Line

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

11 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Golcha Mid-Shaft

5 days after Era-Metrostroy’s final breakthrough for CC-07 at the Violet…

10 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Bihar’s Cabinet Approves Rs 16960 cr 30.92 km Patna Metro

Yesterday, the Bihar cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave its…

10 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC MD Approves Survey for Modified 95.86 km Phase 4

In December 2015, I shared an official map & plan of what Delhi Metro’s…

09 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 50 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – February 2016 Tunneling Update

It’s that time of the month! The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd…

09 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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CMRL to Open 3 Sections of Chennai Metro in 2016

After opening a 10 km stretch from Koyambedu to Alandur in 2015, officials from…

08 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Noida Metro in Gr. Noida

Here are some brand new images of the Noida Metro line under construction by…

08 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Delhi Metro’s Red line in Ghaziabad

Here are some brand new images of the Delhi Metro’s Red line’s construction in the town of Ghaziabad! Also included within this post are some…

08 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Gurgaon Metro Receives 2 New Trains

Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon (RMRG) yesterday received train-sets number 9 & 10! These 2 trains with 3 coaches each are part of the 7 new trains ordered…

06 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Lal Qila Station

‘Tis the season of breakthroughs! Click here to see details & images of the breakthrough at Mayapuri Shaft on Feb 3. Yesterday at around 6 pm,…

05 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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[Pics] Viaduct Construction to Begin Soon for Ahmedabad’s Metro

In March, J Kumar Infraprojects will begin launching precast segments to construct the viaduct of a portion of Ahmedabad’s 20.737 km east-west metro…

05 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Makes Breakthrough at Delhi Metro’s Mayapuri Shaft

Yesterday afternoon, the S26 Tunnel Boring Machine operated by the J. Kumar – CRTG – Terratec team for contract CC-20 of Delhi Metro’s…

04 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Navi Mumbai’s Metro over Sion-Panvel Highway

Here’s a post showing the progress made by NCC Ltd. on the Navi Mumbai’s 11.10 km metro line over the busy Sion-Panvel highway in Navi Mumbai!…

04 Feb 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai 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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