2nd TBM to Soon Start Tunneling in Jaipur

Under Phase 1B of the Jaipur Metro project, the existing line is currently being…

30 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC’s New Fare Proposal Faces Delays

Due to political opposition, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) which operates…

29 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DPR for Visakhapatnam Metro Ready

Visakhapatnam or Vizag as it is popularly called is on its way to get a new…

28 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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New Cutterhead Fixed on TBM Godavari

The Tunnel Boring (TBM) machine nicknamed Godavari has finally got a new cutterhead!…

28 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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State Govt Planning to Fund Lucknow Metro

The Uttar Pradesh government has had enough. The past couple of months had tired…

28 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Impact of Metro Systems on Real Estate

I was recently asked by a user on Twitter what my thoughts are on the impact…

27 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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Ad-wrapped tokens being introduced in Mumbai & Delhi

Recently I came across a tweet with images showcasing Paytm’s cool micro…

26 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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How Delhi Metro Manages to be a Model of Efficiency Every Day

Please note that this was originally appeared in the Economic Times. Keeping…

26 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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DPR For Chennai’s 76 km Phase 2 to be Prepared Soon

As per news reports emerging in the Tamil media (see this video & this report), a tender will soon be released to have the Detailed Project Report…

25 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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New Fare Table Released for Mumbai Metro

I posted this on Twitter yesterday morning as soon as I spotted it, but thought I’d cover it here as well. Reliance has released the new fare table…

25 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s New Lines to Run on 3rd Rail!

We can all let out a sigh of relief! As per a tender released on the BMRC’s website, the two new lines of Bangalore’s Phase II project will…

24 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Latest Images of Kochi Metro’s Completed Sections

I’ve been regularly posting images of Kochi’s Metro project on my Twitter account, so thought it would good to make a quick post to highlight…

24 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Nagpur Metro’s Interchange to be part of 25 Storey Building

As per various reports (like this & this), Nagpur’s Sitabuldi station, which will function as an interchange between the north-south and east-west…

24 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC to assist Mumbai Metro!

Following Devendra Fadnavis’ meeting with the DMRC’s MD Mangu Singh in June, the DMRC has (finally) been roped in by the state government to…

23 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in 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 – 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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