PM to Inaugurate Delhi Metro’s Extn to Faridabad on Sep 6

As per a Press Release by the DMRC, the Badarpur-Faridabad extension of the…

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MMRDA Approves 4 Metro Lines Totaling 118 KMs

Thanks to my twitter follower – Sambit Nayak for bringing this news to…

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CMRS Inspection on Bangalore Metro’s Reach 2 Begins

On Wednesday (Aug 26), the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) started…

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Virtual Tour of Hyderabad’s Metro Train

While new trains continue to arrive at the Chennai port for Hyderabad’s…

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[Pics] NATM Tunnel at Kalkaji in Delhi Almost Complete

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and a JV of FEMC-Pratibha have almost…

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DPR For Metro Line to Noida Extension Ready

Last week, the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) finalized the Detailed…

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East-West Corridor to be Included in Lucknow’s Phase 1

Good news for Lucknow! In a recent meeting between E Sreedharan, the Principal…

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Track Laying Work Starts for Kochi Metro

Early morning on August 24, Ircon International Ltd, the company entrusted…

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Delhi Metro Phase 3 – August 2015 Update

The Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) has updated their website with some new images of the progress made in Phase 3 which includes 2 new metro lines and 5…

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Metro work at Jaipur’s Badi Chaupar to begin in Sept

Work for the Badi Chaupar station on the 2.35 km extension from Chandpol station is expected to begin in September. The contractor of this stretch, CEC-CICI…

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LMRC Installs Countdown Timers at Lucknow Metro Office

The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has installed more than 10 countdown timers at its office to serve as a constant reminder to everyone how critical…

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[New Pics] Hyderabad Metro Shot in August

I regularly post images of all Metro systems on my twitter account and thought I’d gather the ones from Hyderabad into one sweet post showcasing…

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GNIDA Sets Ball Rolling for Gr. Noida – IGI Metro

In a recently published report, the Ministry of Urban Development gave its in-principle approval for a 57 km High Speed link between Greater Noida and…

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Metro Work in Ahmedabad’s West Side to Begin in October

Following the release of two civil construction tenders earlier this month (See: Tenders Released for Two Sections of Ahmedabad’s Metro), MEGA has announced…

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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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