TBM Godavari in Bangalore Restarts Tunneling Towards Majestic Station

In Bangalore, the Godavari Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) working on the Green…

20 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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RITES Expected to Submit DPR for Varanasi’s Metro by Month-end

The metro fever is slowly creeping into tier 3 cities. While I’m not sure…

20 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Varanasi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MIAL Signs MoU with MMRC to Contribute Rs 777 cr to Build Airport Stations on Mumbai’s Line 3

Thanks to Rajendra B. Aklekar, my twitter follower who’s most popularly…

18 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ Comments
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[Video] Chennai’s Central Square to Link Different Buildings & Transport Systems

I recently posted details of how Chennai’s Central (railway) station…

18 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro TBM Makes a Breakthrough at Pink Line’s Sarojini Nagar Station

This is my fifth post on a TBM breakthrough in Delhi in the last 7 days and…

18 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Nagpur Metro Finalizes Design for a Double Decker Viaduct on Wardha Road

After Jaipur, Nagpur will soon have a double decker viaduct! The National Highways…

18 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Bangalore Metro’s Tunnels between Cubbon Park & Vidhana Soudha

Work on Bangalore Metro’s 4.8 km east-west tunnels on the Purple line…

17 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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#TBT – Delhi Metro Completes Palam – Shankar Vihar Tunnels

After my premature Throwback Thursday celebrations on Tuesday (see: #TBT –…

17 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Land Acquisition Issues at These 3 Places May Delay Delhi Metro’s Pink Line

Since the start of work for Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 in 2011, the DMRC has run into various issues involving land acquisition along its new corridors…

17 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Bangalore Metro to Receive Rs 2000 cr loan from Agence Francaise De Développement

For Phase 2 of Bangalore’s Metro project, France’s Agence Francaise De Développement (AFD) has accepted the Bangalore Metro Rail Corp’s…

16 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Systra Appointed to Prepare Report for Chennai Metro’s Extension to Thiruvottiyur

Thing just keep getting better for Systra – a French firm that provides planning, design, engineering, and construction management services to metro…

16 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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DMRC Reinitiates Tenders For Noida-Gr.Noida’s Rolling Stock Contract

With surprisingly no takers for the Rs 700 crore contract to supply 78 coaches for the Noida-Gr.Noida metro line, the Delhi Metro Rail Corp has now released…

16 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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DMRC Slashes Airport Express Line fares by upto 50%

In a move that caught me by surprise, the DMRC via a Press Release has announced up to a 50 per cent cut in the fares of its 22.7 km Airport Express line…

16 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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#TBT – Images from Delhi Metro TBM’s Breakthrough at Shankar Vihar Shaft

I’m celebrating Throwback Thursday a little early this week! Earlier this year, the Larsen & Toubro & SUCG  JV – the Delhi Metro’s…

15 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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