L&T Erects 100 U-girders in Record Time in Lucknow

As per a new report, Larsen & Toubro in Lucknow has erected a record 100…

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Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 Stations to be Spacious & Curvy

The elevated stations coming up for Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 stations on…

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Chennai’s Central Station to Become a Transport Hub

Journalistic standards keep on plummeting – that’s if there were…

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[Pics] Bangalore’s City Market & Vidhana Soudha Stations

After having a look at Bangalore’s Majestic Station last week (See: Update:…

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Lucknow’s Metro is Moving Fast

After the ground breaking ceremony was held in April earlier this year, the…

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MMRDA Plans New Andheri-Dahisar Line in Mumbai

In Mumbai, while work hasn’t even started on Line 2 (Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd)…

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Kolkata’s Stalled Metro Lines Move Ahead

With the state elections approaching in Bengal, good news has started trickling…

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Western Ghats to be Kochi Metro’s Theme

To add to the allure of the Metro system and give an impetus to tourism, the…

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Delhi Metro to Install Platform Screen Doors by 2016

Due to an increasing ridership that fills up stations quickly and instances of suicides, the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) will be installing platform screen…

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Chennai Metro’s Phase 2 to Connect Siruseri

As per a new report, the Chennai Metro Rail Corp (CMRL) is looking to slightly rework its Phase 2 plans (see Phase 2 map here) that it had originally drawn. The…

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Details Emerge on Bangalore’s Jayadeva Interchange

Details on the design of Bangalore Metro’s Jayadeva Interchange station have been revealed in the Bangalore Mirror. When Phase II opens by 2020 2023…

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Excellent Voice-over on the Delhi Metro’s Maintenance

Last month I ran a post on how the the Delhi Metro manages to be a model of efficiency every day (see that post here) with images showcasing the Khyber…

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New Train-Sets for Gurgaon Metro’s PH-2 to Arrive by Month-End

A recent news article in The Hindu covering the progress of Gurgaon Metro’s Phase 2 (See: Project Details) has reaffirmed that construction on the…

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[Pics] Navi Mumbai’s Metro Stations Under Construction

In 2012, a Spanish company called San Jose Constructora was given the contract to design and build five out of eleven stations of Navi Mumbai’s…

15 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai 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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