Delhi Metro’s Vaishali Station is now Jagran Vaishali

The Vaishali station on the Delhi Metro’s Blue line in Ghaziabad is the…

23 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Signs Agreement for Trivandrum & Kozhikode Metro Projects

Exactly two months after the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s approval, the Delhi…

23 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kozhikode Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro TBM Makes 2nd Breakthrough at Sarojini Nagar

Yesterday evening, a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) operated by the FEMC-Pratibha…

22 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BEML Awarded Rolling Stock Contract for Kolkata’s EW Line

After multiple rounds of tendering over 6 years, the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation…

22 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Delhi Metro Completes Pushing Truss Bridge at Punjabi Bagh

On Tuesday night, the Delhi Metro’s contractors for CC-28 completed pushing…

22 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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[Pics] Kochi Metro’s 1st Train at Muttom Depot

Here are some brand new images of Kochi Metro’s 1st train parked at the…

20 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s TBM Starts Tunneling from Chirag Delhi to GK

Tunneling work on the last section of the Delhi Metro’s 38.235 km Magenta…

20 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Lucknow Metro’s Construction at Singar Nagar

Here are some brand new images of Lucknow’s metro line under construction…

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Chennai Metro – January 2016 Tunneling Update

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd just published their December 2015 newsletter with in-depth tunneling data recorded up till December 31 from all 5 ongoing…

19 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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MEGA Invites Tenders to Procure 96 Coaches for Ahmedabad Metro

Thanks to Shashwat Pant for bringing this to my attention! The Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad (MEGA) on January 15 published a notice…

18 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Track Laying Work Starts for Lucknow Metro

Last week I had tweeted about the arrival of 225 tracks at Lucknow Metro’s depot and now work to lay them for the project has begun! On January…

18 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Gujarat CM Lays Foundation Stone For Ahmedabad Metro’s Line 2

On this Sunday, Gujarat’s Chief Minister Anandiben Patel laid the foundation stone and performed a small puja to inaugurate the start of construction…

18 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Begins Pushing Truss Bridge Over Punjabi Bagh Underpass

The Delhi Metro’s contractors on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti on January 15 began pushing a roughly 60 meter steel truss bridge for the…

16 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Delhi Metro Begins Installing Platform Screen Doors

After successfully testing a prototype, the Delhi Metro’s contractors last month began installing 288 half height Platform Screen Doors (PSDs) at…

15 Jan 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 12 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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