Kolkata's East-West Metro clears first day of phase I trial run under the cloud of East-West Metro tunneling disaster on August 31 when the "TBM hit an aquifer"....
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/east-west-metro-clears...
Metro riders in D.C. were stuck in a tunnel near a fire last week because of Metro’s failure to follow safety procedures and a lack of training for train operators
https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2019/12/safety-failures-left-metro-riders-stuck-near-tunnel-fire-last-week-2/
#tunnel #safety #WashingtonDC
37% of the Pune Metro work is completed.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/pune-metro-gains-pace-first-concrete-girder-used-at-kasarwadi-station/story-7PGy4tkZVl9p4wbFTe2FHL.html
#India #tunnelling
Reality hits Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL) :
East-West Metro corridor project likely to be delayed by up to one year: KMRC offi...get delayed by approximately six months to one year," the Kolkata Metro Railwa...
#Victoria’s largest public transport project – the Metro Tunnel – continues to move forward, with the second tunnel boring machine (TBM) Meg having started its journey.
https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/2019/11/12/operations-begin-on-metro-tunnels-second-tbm/
#australia #metroTunnel
Tunnelling for Sydney Metro complete under city centre. The only tunnel left to be created for the Sydney Metro is the second railway tunnel underneath Sydney Harbour.
https://www.roadsonline.com.au/tunnelling-for-sydney-metro-complete-under-city-centre/
Second tunnel boring machine for Swargate-Agriculture metro stretch begins work
The first TBM began work...stretch. Parallel work on forward and backward metro lines is currently underway....to Budhwar peth. Work on the other half of the metro line f...
No pocket change: #Melbourne's Metro Tunnel project is feared to cost $300m over budget.
The rail project is plann...busy train lines out of the congested City Loop.
https://7news.com.au/travel/metro-trains...
Boring of İstanbul's metro line part between Kabataş and Mecidiyeköy is completed.
İstanbul mayor İmamoğlu celebrates the milestone.
https://www.bolgegundem.com/kabatas-mahmutbey-metro-hattinin-tuneli-tamamlandi-1069049h.htm
Work on phase II of Chennai Metro is set to begin on a massive scale in June, with tun...CA) and the 12-km stretch is a part of it. Chennai Metro Rail Limited (#CMRL) had to o...es/chennai/tunnelling-work-for-phase-ii-of-chennai-metro-to-beg...