6 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Underground Work

Besides opening bids for the 26 km Line-4’s GC contract, Chennai Metro…

16 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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4 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s General Consultant Work

4 design & engineering consortia have submitted tenders for the General…

16 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Bangalore Metro’s Kengeri Extension

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) on Tuesday started its 3-day…

11 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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Chennai Metro Invites EOI to Lease 126 Coaches in Phase 2

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) last week invited Expression of Interest applications…

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Titagarh Unveils 1st Pune Metro Train in Italy

Titagarh Wagons’ Italian subsidiary Titagarh Firema SpA on July 31 rolled…

11 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS Approves Nagpur Metro’s Sitabuldi-Kasturchand Park Section

Per MahaMetro’s press release, Janak Kumar Garg – the Commissioner…

10 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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SWPL Begins Kanpur Metro’s Third Rail Installation Work

Workers from Sterling & Wilson – GSC Construction Company JV last…

10 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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7 Bidders for Delhi Metro Silver Line’s DC-08 Underground Work

November 23, 2021 Update: Tata Projects (TPL) is lowest bidder (L1) for DC-08’s…

10 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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EIB to Provide €480 mn Loan for Agra Metro’s Phase 1

The European Investment Bank (EIB)’s updated website indicates that on April 23 it began officially appraising a 480 million Euro (approx….

10 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM Tansa-1 Records Breakthrough at Mahalaxmi

Tunnel Boring Machine 1238 operated by Doğuş-Soma JV on Thursday evening arrived at Mahalaxmi Station on Mumbai Metro’s upcoming 33.5 km Line-3…

10 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Pune Metro’s TBM S78 Records Breakthrough at Budhwar Peth

Back on July 31, Gulermak – Tata Projects JV celebrated tunnel boring machine S78’s breakthrough at Budhwar Peth Station on Pune Metro’s 16.59…

10 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tenders Invited for Agra Metro’s Underground Work AGCC-02

It’s finally out. Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on Thursday invited bids for constructing Agra Metro Phase 1’s underground section…

07 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Trilokpuri Section Inaugurated to Complete Pink Line

What a day. Delhi Metro on Friday recorded an important network milestone by opening the Pink Line’s 1.38 km long-pending Trilokpuri link between…

07 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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12 Bidders for Ludhiana – Bathinda Expressway Package 2’s Work

12 construction firms have submitted bids to construct Package 2 of the 75.4 km Ludhiana – Bathinda Expressway (NH-754AD), after the National…

07 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 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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