EIB Approves Agra Metro’s 450 mn Euro Loan

The European Investment Bank (EIB)’s Board of Directors on Wednesday officially…

18 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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IRCON Wins Delhi Mumbai Expressway JNPT Spur’s Package 17

December 24 Update: IRCON International has received contract LOA from NHAI….

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RITES Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2A & 2B’s PMC Contract

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates…

17 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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5 Bidders for Madurai MRTS’ Feasibility Consultant Contract

Five design & engineering firms have bid for the consultant contract to…

17 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro, Madurai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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GR Infra Launches Bangalore Metro’s 1st Segment After Takeover

GR Infraprojects in November-end began launching precast segments for completing…

17 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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CMRL Cancels 2 Chennai Metro Phase 2 Rolling Stock Tenders

Besides canceling 6 underground tenders, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. in the past…

17 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Kanpur Metro’s Priority Corridor on Dec 20-22

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under the Ministry of Aviation…

16 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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11 Bidders for Kanpur Metro’s 2nd Elevated Package KNPCC-07

May 9, 2022, 2022 Update: JMC Projects is the lowest bidder – see details…

15 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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CMRL Cancels 6 Chennai Metro Phase 2 Underground Tenders

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has in the past week cancelled six significant tenders of the 118.9 km Chennai Metro Phase 2 project after failing to…

15 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Afcons Wins Delhi Metro Phase 4’s DC-09 Underground Work

Afcons Infrastructure today emerged as the lowest bidder for tunneling contract DC09 of the Delhi Metro’s Silver Line through Chhattarpur after…

14 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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J Kumar Launches Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s 1st U Girder After Takeover

On Friday night, J Kumar Infraprojects and Sunder Cranes launched the first U-girder for completing pending construction work on the DN Nagar – IL&FS…

12 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Afcons Launches Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 C1’s 1st U-Girder

In November-end, Afcons Infrastructure launched their first U-girder on PDPU Road for constructing the viaduct of the 28.254 km Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2…

12 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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13 Bidders for Bhopal Metro Subhash Nagar Depot’s Work

February 14, 2022 Update: KEC International – Sam India JV is lowest bidder (L1) – see details and bid values. December 12, 2021 Original Post:…

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L&T Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C5 in Vadodara

Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the 8.198 km Package C-5 of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed…

10 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 13 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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