Ahmedabad Metro Completes Casting First Pier Cap at Nirant Cross Roads

Remember the first under construction pier (pillar) cap that I had written about…

01 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Airport Express Line’s Shivaji Stadium Station Renamed to ONGC Shivaji Stadium

Continuing with the recent spate of name changes on the Delhi Metro network,…

01 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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RITES Submits Detailed Project Report for Agra Metro to Agra Development Authority

The pre-construction activities for the development of Agra’s metro are progressing as…

26 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Glimpses from the Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2015

The 8th edition of the annual Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo organized…

25 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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Greater Noida Metro’s Delta 1 Station Starts Taking Shape

Not only have new piers recently been cast on the 29.07 km Noida – Greater…

24 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Images from Inside Delhi Metro’s New Magenta Line’s Tunnel between Palam & Saddar Bazaar

Here are some new images shot inside one of the 36.24 km Magenta line’s…

24 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Begins Full Length Trials on Purple Line from Baiyappanahalli to Mysore Road

At 6 am in the morning today, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)…

23 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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New Construction Images of Gurgaon Metro’s 7 Km Southern Extension

Here are some recent assorted construction images of Gurgaon Metro’s 7…

23 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Manjara Trust Gives In-Principle Approval to Transfer Land to Build Depot for Mumbai’s Charkop – DN Nagar Line

As per a new report, UPS Madan – the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s Commissioner has revealed that the Manjara Charitable…

22 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Appointed Interim Consultant for Metro Projects in Trivandrum & Kozhikode

After a little nudge from E. Sreedharan in September and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation announcing (read: threatening) the closure of their local…

21 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kozhikode Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BEML & Hyundai Rotem Roll Out 1st Locally Produced Phase III Train for Delhi Metro!

On Wednesday (Nov 18), Hyundai Rotem and BEML (earlier known as Bharat Earth Movers Limited) rolled out the first locally produced train for the Delhi…

21 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Images of Precast Segments Cast for Ahmedabad Metro’s Apparel Park to Vastral Section

The Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) which functions as the nodal agency for executing the Ahmedabad Metro project recently uploaded…

20 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NCC Ltd Emerges as Lowest Bidder for Bangalore Metro’s 6.29 Km Extension to Anjanapura

As per Vasanth Rao who serves as Bangalore Metro Rail Corp Ltd’s General Manager for Finance, the financial bids have been opened for the Green line’s 6.29…

20 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Completes Dragging TBM1 & Starts Dragging TBM2 Across Naraina Vihar Station

The team of J Kumar-CRTG & Terratec working on CC-20 of the Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 project has completed dragging their TBM #1 across the entire…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi 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 – 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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