Tenders released for Nagpur Metro project

As stated in my previous post on the Nagpur Metro project, the tender for the…

17 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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IL&FS wins Bangalore Metro contract

In a Press Release from earlier this year, the IL&FS Engineering and Construction…

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Delhi Metro completes tunnel between South Ex & Lajpat Nagar

Early last month on June 11, the Delhi Metro successfully completed tunneling…

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Work on Nagpur’s Metro system begins!

Nagpur will soon become a metro city! Details are very limited now, but as per…

15 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Pegmarking for Kochi Metro’s Tripunithura extension begins

Pegmarking has begun for the metro’s southern extension to Tripunithura…

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Mumbai Metro approved to run at 80 kmph

Some goods has come out from the Metro’s partial closure of services on…

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Bangalore’s Mysore Rd-Magadi Rd section to open in August

The BMRC is all set to open the 6.4 km long Mysore Road – Magadi Road…

14 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DMRC starts trial runs on Jahangirpuri-Samaypur Badli section

Earlier this month on July 3, the DMRC quietly started trial runs on the 4.4…

13 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Kochi Metro’s train shell unveiled!

Earlier this year in March, Alstom threw an event to unveil the shell of what will become Kochi’s first metro train at their manufacturing facility…

13 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi’s Airport Express shows signs of a turnaround

The Delhi’s Airport Express line has shown a big jump in ridership compared to a year ago. According to the ridership numbers revealed by the…

13 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kolkata Metro’s new revised deadlines

Things move awfully slow in Bengal and that’s due to the entire spectrum of notable people (especially ones with big egos), govt. organizations…

12 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Kochi Metro gains momentum

A recently published video by the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) brings us some nice visuals of the completed sections of Kochi’s new metro line:…

12 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Phase 2 of Gurgaon’s Rapid Metro to open in 2016

The second phase of Gurgaon’s Rapid Metro system is rapidly (pun intended) coming along. Construction on all the piers (pillars) is now complete…

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Navi Mumbai Metro to start operations in 2017

Due to tendering delays, metro operations in Navi Mumbai are expected to only begin in 2017. The 23.40 km long Line 1 is slated to run from Belapur CBD…

12 Jul 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 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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