Delhi Metro TBM Makes a Breakthrough at RK Puram Mid-Shaft on Magenta Line

What a way to end the year! Yesterday afternoon, the THI-1 TBM deployed by the…

30 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Chennai Metro Receives 3 New Trains at Koyambedu Depot

The Chennai Metro’s Koyambedu Depot has shiny new occupants! Yesterday,…

30 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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First U-Girder Launched for Delhi Metro Red Line’s 9.4 km Ghaziabad Extension

On the night of December 27, the GYT-TPL JV (a Joint Venture of GYT-China and…

29 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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New Images of Ahmedabad’s Metro Under Construction at Night

Here are some fantastic new images of Ahmedabad’s 20.737 km east-west…

27 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kochi’s First Metro Train Gets Ready to Roll Out of Alstom’s Indian Plant

The motor-car of the first train for Kochi’s Metro was recently spotted…

26 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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First U-Girder Launched for NC01 Section of Noida – Gr.Noida Metro at Sector 51-72

On the night of December 23, the CEC-SAM JV launched the first U-shaped girder…

25 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRL Invites Bids for Chennai Metro’s Washermenpet – Korrukupet Extension

The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) has invited bids for constructing the ~2.4…

25 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bihar CM Gives In-Principle Approval for Patna’s 27.88 km Metro System

During a recent meeting with the Urban Development and Housing Department in…

24 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – December 2015 Update

Thanks to my Twitter follower Shashwat Pant (@shashpant) for giving me the monthly heads-up about the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) having updated…

24 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Krishna Finally Starts Tunneling from Chickpet to Majestic

After undergoing maintenance for 112 days, TBM Krishna in Bangalore has finally started tunneling work again! Yesterday afternoon, the TBM began its initial…

23 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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L&T Infra to Design 9 Stations on Nagpur Metro’s Khapri – Automotive Square Line

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL)’s Managing Director Brajesh Dixit recently gave a brief overview of the progress made on Nagpur’s…

23 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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LMRC Invites Bids for Detailed Design Consultant for Kanpur Metro’s IIT – Naubasta Line

The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) which has been entrusted to execute the Kanpur Metro project has invited bids from global and Indian consultants…

23 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Union Cabinet Approves Lucknow Metro’s Phase 1A Project

More than a year after construction on the Lucknow Metro project started (see: construction updates), yesterday, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister…

23 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Telangana Govt Reveals 83 km Phase 2 of Hyderabad Metro Project

After a recent joy ride from Mettuguda to Uppal station of the Hyderabad Metro’s 8 km Nagole-Mettuguda section, the Information Technology Minister…

22 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 17 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 – 75.2 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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