Quick Recap of the Year – Significant Moments (2017)

Railways-

22 February, 2017:  Minister for Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu Dedicates Coaches of Antyodaya Express to the nation at Delhi Safdarjung Station

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27 February, 2017 : Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu flagged off the fourth Humsafar clan of trains and first Antyodaya clan of trains through video conferencing from Rail Bhawan

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16 April 2017:  Railway Minister Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu flags off the train with new Vistadome coach between Visakhaptnam and Araku

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22 May, 2017:  Minister for Railways flags off India’s First Tejas Express Between Mumbai and Karmali

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14 July, 2017:  Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inducts First 1600 HP DEMU Train with Solar powered Coaches into service to the Nation

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14 September 2017:  Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Japan, Shri Shinzo Abe, lays foundation stone for First High Speed Train Project between Mumbai Ahmedabad

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22 September 2017:  Prime Minister Flags Off Third Mahamana Express between Varanasi and Vadodara

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10 October, 2017 :  Indian Railways and German Railways sign Joint Declaration of intent regarding carrying out of feasibility study on existing Chennai-Kazipet corridor of Indian Railways for increasing the speed trains to 200 kmph

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09-November, 2017:  Prime Minister of India & Prime Minister of Bangladesh Jointly along with Chief Minister, West Bengal Flag off New Cross-Border Train between India & Bangladesh, “Kolkata-Khulna Bandhan Express” from Kolkata

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29-November, 2017:  Ministry of Railways launched 1ST Swarna Rajdhani under Project Swarna



Metros-

02 May 2017:  The second phase of Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon launched by the Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar

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17 June 2017 :  President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates the 11.3 km Green Line stretch of Bengaluru metro

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17 June 2017:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off the Kochi Metro

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5 September 2017 :  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the maiden run of the Lucknow Metro

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9 November 2017:  Hyundai Rotem Bags Order For Supply Of 96 Metro Cars Worth 177.1 Billion (US$ 159 Million) For Ahmedabad Metro Rail

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28 November 2017:  Prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated first phase of the Hyderabad metro rail project covers a 30-km stretch between Miyapur and Nagole

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15 December 2017:  First Train For Aqua Line Of Noida-Greater Noida Metro Rail Reaches Greater Noida Depot

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25 December 2017:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launches 12 km Stretch Of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line