L&T Prepares to Lower India’s Largest TBM for Mumbai’s Coastal Road

With partial assembly works completed, Larsen & Toubro and Freight Wings on Friday transported the largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), to ever be…

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L&T’s Piers Take Shape for Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ Package 3

Construction work in Meerut District for the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut (RRTS) line is moving along at an incredible pace where Larsen & Toubro is…

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Extraction Work Begins for Pune Metro’s TBMs at Civil Court

Workers from Gülermak – Tata Projects Limited JV earlier this month began extracting two tunnel boring machines from Pune Metro Line-1’s crossover…

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L&T Prepares to Lower India’s Largest TBM for Mumbai’s Coastal Road

With partial assembly works completed, Larsen & Toubro and Freight Wings…

28 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 5 Comments
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L&T’s Piers Take Shape for Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ Package 3

Construction work in Meerut District for the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut (RRTS)…

28 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 7 Comments
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Extraction Work Begins for Pune Metro’s TBMs at Civil Court

Workers from Gülermak – Tata Projects Limited JV earlier this month began…

27 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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NHSRCL and L&T Sign Contract for Bullet Train’s Package C4

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) and Larsen &…

27 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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Work Begins on Patna Metro’s Phase 1 Project

As I mentioned in Agra Metro’s post the other day, work to facilitate…

26 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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CMRS Approves Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Extn with 37 Conditions

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on Monday received the final statutory…

25 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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J Kumar & NCC Win Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s Pending Work

J Kumar Infraprojects and NCC today emerged as the lowest bidders for completing…

24 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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Work Begins on Agra Metro’s Phase 1 Project

Workers from Sam India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. and Lisha Engineers have started…

24 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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BIAL Invites Design Bids for Bangalore Metro’s 2 Airport Stations

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) last week invited proposals from engineering design firms to appoint a Detailed Design Consultant (DDC)…

24 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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BEML Receives 72 Coach Order for Mumbai Metro’s Lines 2 & 7

In a BSE filing, BEML Ltd. has announced it has received another order from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to supply 72 more coaches (12 train-sets…

23 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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ITD Launches Bangalore Metro Reach 1B’s Final Segment

Workers from ITD Cementation India Ltd. on Friday launched the final of 2125 segments near Vydehi Hospital – a major milestone for constructing the…

23 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Chennai Metro Phase 2 Project’s Foundation Stone Laid

India’s Home Minister in Chennai today remotely inaugurated the foundation stone for the city’s 118.9 km Phase 2 project which will feature…

21 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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J Kumar Launches Mumbai Metro Line-4A’s 1st Pier Cap

Back on Wednesday evening, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects and Sunder Cranes erected the first 9.5m wide pier cap of Mumbai Metro’s Line-4A (Green…

21 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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4 Bidders for Patna Metro Line-1’s Elevated Section

Four construction firms have submitted tenders (bids) to build the roughly 8 km package PC-04 of Patna Metro Phase 1’s 16.86 km Line-1 which’ll connect…

20 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata – 24 October 1984 – 35.1 km
• Delhi – 24 December 2002 – 347 km
• Bangalore – 20 October 2011 – 42.3 km
• Gurgaon – 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai – 8 June 2014 – 11.4 km
• Jaipur – 3 June 2015 – 12 km
• Chennai – 29 June 2015 – 45.1 km
• Kochi – 19 June 2017 – 25 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 – 6 km
• Nagpur – 8 March 2019 – 22.9 km

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