BBD Bagh Minibus Stand & Esplanade’s Tram Tracks Will Make Way for Kolkata’s East-West Metro

With a new route/alignment finally chalked out for Kolkata’s east-west…

27 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Piling Work Underway on Noida – Greater Noida Metro in Sector 50

Piling work for the entire 28.8 km Noida-Gr. Noida metro line is currently underway…

26 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Invites Two Tenders to Build Vijayawada’s Metro from PNBS to Nidamanuru

Vijayawada will soon have a metro system! To celebrate the commencement of the…

26 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Vijayawada Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Removes Narayanapura/Jyothipuram Station & Repositions Krishnarajapuram Station in Phase 2

March 2017 update – The Jyothipuram Station has made a comeback and will…

26 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Ahmedabad Metro’s East-West Line Taking Shape on Vastral Road

The rebar for the first couple of piers to support Ahmedabad Metro’s elevated…

25 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Chennai Metro’s Scheduled Trial Run in October between OTA & Little Mount Delayed

So remember how back in August, it was announced that trials on the OTA-Little…

25 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BEML Emerges as Sole Bidder for Kolkata’s East-West Metro Line’s Rolling Stock Contract

Bangalore based BEML Ltd. has emerged as the sole bidder in the fourth round…

25 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Design of Nagpur’s 7 Storey Metro Bhavan at Ramdaspeth Unveiled

The design of Nagpur’s Metro Bhavan for administrative purposes was made…

24 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – September 2015 Update

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has just updated their website with images of the progress made over the past month. Like earlier in August (see: Delhi…

24 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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PM Modi to Lay Foundation Stone for Mumbai’s Dahisar – DN Nagar & Dahisar(E) – Andheri(E) Lines on Oct 4

Sept 25 Update – The PM’s Office has declined the invitation due to the PM’s non-availability. October 7 Update – The PM will…

23 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Releases Airport Express Lines’ New Fare Table

Last week, when the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation announced that they were slashing fares by up to 50% on the 22.7 km Airport Express line that runs from…

23 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Lucknow Metro’s Progress at Transport Nagar & LDA Colony

Construction work by Larsen & Toubro is rapidly progressing on the 8.3 km first stretch of Lucknow’s Metro that runs from the RTO office in Transport…

23 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC Submits Application to CMRS to Inspect Jahangirpuri – Samaypur Badli Metro Line

According to a new update on the Delhi Metro’s website, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on September 9 submitted its application with all necessary…

23 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Model of Nagpur Metro’s 3.41 km Double Viaduct on Wardha Road

Remember the 3.41 km double decker viaduct recently announced by the Nagpur Metro Rail Corp Ltd. to be built on Wardha Road in collaboration with the…

23 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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