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…

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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…

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…

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…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Noida – Gr. Noida Metro Line Taking Shape at Sector 51 & Delta 1

Construction on the 29.07 km Noida – Greater Noida metro line is progressing…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Noida Sector-18 Station Renamed to Wave Sector-18 Noida

Last month, I had written about how Wave Infratech had won the bid for the semi-naming…

19 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Starts Operations on Reach 2 between Magadi Road and Mysore Road!

A few hours ago and exactly 2 days after the Bangalore Metro Rail Corp inaugurated…

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Kolkata Metro’s Proposed Mominpur Station to be Discussed with Defense Officials Today

As per a report from last week, discussions related to the construction (and…

18 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] TBM Margarita in Bangalore Being Dismantled After North Ramp Breakthrough

Yesterday morning, I had posted some images on Twitter of TBM Margarita being dismantled after it successfully made a breakthrough at the Bangalore Metro’s…

18 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s MG Road Station in Gurgaon Renamed to SYSKA MG Road

This past Saturday, I ran a post on how the Delhi Metro’s Guru Dronacharya Station was recently renamed to include ‘Indigo’ after Indigo…

18 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Approves 42.54 Km Visakhapatnam Metro Project

The Andhra Pradesh state cabinet today approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for Visakhapatnam (Vizag)’s…

17 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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E. Sreedharan Assures Lucknow Metro Will Start Operations in March 2017

Mr. E Sreedharan who functions as Lucknow Metro’s Principal Advisor has in a recent interview given his word that the metro will start commercial…

17 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Images of Track-Work Underway for Kochi’s Metro at Kalamassery

Track installation work for the 25.6 km long Kochi Metro is rapidly progressing on different sections of the elevated line which runs from Aluva to Tripunithura…

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Bangalore Metro’s 6.4 Km Magadi Road – Mysore Line Inaugurated!

A couple hours ago, the 6.4 km Magadi Road – Mysore Road section (called Reach 2) of Bangalore Metro’s Purple line was inaugurated by Karnataka’s Chief…

16 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore 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 – 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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