Kanpur Metro’s 1st TBM Breakthrough Recorded at Nayaganj

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV on Tuesday celebrated their tunnel boring machine (TBM) S93 recording its first tunnel breakthrough at Nayaganj Station’s…

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Siemens Wins Indian Railways’ 1200 Electric Locomotive Contract

Siemens Ltd. with a bid of Rs. 13,177 crore has emerged as the lowest bidder to manufacture, supply and maintain 1200 electric locomotives of 9000 HP (horse…

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ITD Cem Casts Chennai Metro Line-4’s 1st Tunnel Segment

ITD Cementation India Ltd. on Monday began pouring concrete to cast their very first tunnel ring segment for constructing Chennai Metro Line-4’s 10 km…

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Kanpur Metro’s 1st TBM Breakthrough Recorded at NayaganjSiemens Wins Indian Railways’ 1200 Electric Locomotive ContractITD Cem Casts Chennai Metro Line-4’s 1st Tunnel Segment

Kanpur Metro’s 1st TBM Breakthrough Recorded at Nayaganj

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV on Tuesday celebrated their tunnel boring…

07 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Siemens Wins Indian Railways’ 1200 Electric Locomotive Contract

Siemens Ltd. with a bid of Rs. 13,177 crore has emerged as the lowest bidder…

07 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 4 Comments
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ITD Cem Casts Chennai Metro Line-4’s 1st Tunnel Segment

ITD Cementation India Ltd. on Monday began pouring concrete to cast their very…

06 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T – Sojitz JV Awarded Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s D2 Sabarmati Depot Contract

Sojitz Corporation – Larsen & Toubro JV have been awarded a roughly…

05 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-3’s Final TBM Breakthrough Recorded by Tansa 1

What a moment. Tunnel Boring Machine 1238 operated by Doğuş-Soma JV on Wednesday…

01 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-6’s 56m Girders Placed Over WEH and Line-7

J Kumar Infraprojects this past week launched three 56m long steel composite…

22 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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8 Bidders for Chennai Metro Phase 2 Extension’s Feasibility Report

8 design and engineering firms have bid to prepare 3 detailed feasibility reports…

20 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Paras Awarded Delhi Metro Pink Line Extension’s Track Work

Paras Railtech Pvt. Ltd. this week was awarded a Rs. 67.67 crore contract to…

20 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Ayesa Awarded Delhi Central Vista APM Metro’s Design Contract

Ayesa India Pvt. Ltd. this month was awarded a Rs. 7.48 crore contract by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the Detailed Design Consultant (DDC)…

20 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s Pending Work DC01A

3 civil construction firms last week submitted bids for 3.5 km Package DC-01A (Vikaspuri Ramp – Mangolpuri) of Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s 28.92…

20 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-4’s Mogharpada Depot Re-Invited

Back in late-October, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) re-invited tenders from construction companies to build Mumbai Metro…

20 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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NCC Launches Pune Metro Reach 1 Viaduct’s Final Segment

NCC Ltd. on October 31 celebrated launching the final box segment for 10.795 km Reach-1 (PCMC – Range Hills) section of Pune Metro’s 16.589 km…

19 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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HCC Records Delhi Metro Phase 4 DC-06’s Final TBM Breakthrough

Hindustan Construction Company – Vensar Constructions Company Ltd JV’s tunnel boring machine S86 today recorded its second breakthrough at…

19 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Dilip Buildcon Launches Bhopal Metro Package 1’s Final Segment

Dilip Buildcon Ltd. (DBL) on November 2 launched the final of 1851 precast segments for the viaduct of Bhopal Metro Phase 1 project’s 6.225 km Package…

19 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata – 24 October 1984 – 41.3 km
• Delhi – 24 December 2002 – 349 km
• Bangalore – 20 October 2011 – 55.6 km
• Gurgaon – 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai – 8 June 2014 – 30.15 km
• Jaipur – 3 June 2015 – 12 km
• Chennai – 29 June 2015 – 54.1 km
• Kochi – 19 June 2017 – 26.8 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 – 22.9 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.73 km
• Pune – 6 March, 2022 – 10.35 km

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