Chennai Metro’s Phase 2 to Connect Siruseri

As per a new report, the Chennai Metro Rail Corp (CMRL) is looking to slightly…

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Details Emerge on Bangalore’s Jayadeva Interchange

Details on the design of Bangalore Metro’s Jayadeva Interchange station…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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CMRS Clears Badarpur-Faridabad Metro Line with Conditions

The DMRC has received the mandatory safety clearance by the Commissioner of…

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[Pics] Bangalore’s Mysore Road & Magadi Road Stations Get Cladded

The finishing works on Bangalore Metro’s 6.4 km Reach 2 from Mysore Road…

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Excellent Aerial Video of Chennai’s Metro

I recently came across this excellent aerial video on Youtube that shows both…

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August Update: Noida-Gr. Noida Metro Line

Things are moving at a brisk pace since the last update on the new 28.8 km metro line connecting Noida with Greater Noida. Piling work is in progress…

14 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tenders Released for Two Sections of Ahmedabad’s Metro

Two new tenders have been released by the MetroLink Express Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad (MEGA) for building the North-South line (see official map) of Ahmedabad’s…

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Gurgaon’s Rapid Metro Ridership Goes Up

A combination of unabating rain, rise in traffic and the movement of kanwarias has led to a steep rise in the ridership of Gurgaon’s 5.1 km long…

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Chennai Metro to start testing Little Mount – OTA line in October

As per various sources, the Chennai Metro Rail Corp will begin conducting trial runs on the blue line between Little Mount and the Officers Training Academy…

13 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Update: Bangalore Metro’s Majestic Interchange

New images of Bangalore Metro’s Majestic interchange have emerged online showing the view from the north looking south. As a reminder, the Majestic…

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Track-laying for Kolkata’s EW Metro to Start?

A recent article in the TOI suggested that the track laying “will start in a few weeks” for the new 14.67 km long east-west Metro line from…

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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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