Images from Inside Delhi Metro’s Ghaziabad Extension Project’s Precast Yard

As some of you might recollect, last week I had posted images of Delhi Metro…

16 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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IL&FS Engineering Wins Ahmedabad Metro’s Gyaspur – Shreyas Construction Contract

IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd. yesterday announced (see…

15 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM Parts Lowered for Tunneling Delhi Metro’s Chirag Delhi – Greater Kailash Section

FEMC-Pratibha JV – the Delhi Metro’s contractor for the Magenta…

15 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] KMRL & DMRC Officials Visit & Review Progress of Kochi Metro’s Muttom Depot

Senior officials from the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation…

15 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MoUD Finally Approves Chennai Metro’s 9 Km Extension to Wimco Nagar

5 years (no typo!) after the Tamil Nadu state government approved the 9.051…

14 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC to Open Financial Bids for 2 Sections of Vijayawada’s Metro Today

Today afternoon at 3:35 pm, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation & Amaravati…

14 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Vijayawada Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Delhi Metro Red Line’s Extension to Ghaziabad Taking Shape

The Delhi Metro Red line’s 9.410 km extension from Dilshad Garden to Ghaziabad’s…

13 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Images from AIDS Awareness Campaigns at Delhi & Ahmedabad Metro Construction Sites

This isn’t a typical construction update, but something that is paramount…

13 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro, Delhi Metro, Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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21 New Images from Inside Hyderabad Metro’s Nagole Station & Trial Runs

The title of this post is pretty clear. Here’s a post which shows 21 images from inside the completed Nagole station on the ~29 km Nagole –…

12 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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DMRC Starts Recruiting for Visakhapatnam & Mumbai Metro Projects

After the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation was recently appointed to execute the construction of Visakhapatnam’s 42.54 km metro system and Mumbai’s…

12 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro, Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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1st Pier Cap Erected for NC01 Section of Noida – Gr.Noida Metro at Sector 51-72

Just 6 days after the first pier cap was erected on a pier of the NC03 section of the 30.016 km Noida – Greater Noida metro line, the first pier…

12 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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New Images of Kochi Metro’s Line & Station at Aluva

Here’s a post with new images of the 25.6 km Kochi Metro’s line passing through the neighborhood of Aluva (formerly Alwaye) in the northern…

11 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Delhi Metro TBM Makes a Breakthrough at Magenta Line’s Panchsheel Park Station

Yesterday evening at about 5 pm, a TBM deployed by the FEMC-Pratibha JV (CC-23) made a breakthrough at the Panchsheel Park station on the new 38.235 km…

11 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Station Work Begins for Apparel Park – Vastral Gam Section of Ahmedabad Metro

The preliminary work to construct 6 metro stations for the Ahmedabad Metro has begun! Flickr user Rushabh Gandhi recently posted an image which shows barricades…

11 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 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 – 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 – 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

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