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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBMs S97 & S98 Arrive at Chennai Port

Tunnel boring machines S97 and S98 last week arrived at Chennai Port in Tamil…

05 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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All Turnouts Cast for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extension

Texmaco Rail and Engineering last week celebrated casting all 24 track turnouts…

04 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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NCC Casts Patna Metro Phase 1’s 1st U-Girder

NCC Ltd. earlier this month started pouring concrete to cast the first set of…

29 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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KTK Awarded Pune Metro’s Platform Screen Door Contract

Back in June, KTK Group Company Ltd. was awarded a contract to supply and commission…

28 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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7 Bidders for Surat Metro’s Electrification Contract EP-1

7 firms (3 in a consortia) have submitted bids for the 750 V DC Third Rail electrification…

28 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Tunga Makes Breakthrough at Shadi Mahal Shaft

Tunnel Boring Machine S-839B operated by ITD Cementation India on Wednesday…

28 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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4 Bidders for Delhi Central Vista APM Metro’s DDC Contract

4 design and engineering firms on Friday submitted bids for the Detailed Design…

27 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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KEC Wins Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Electrification Contract DE-02

September 13, 2022 Update: KEC has received contract LOA from DMRC with a value…

25 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro Baiyappanahalli Depot’s Remodel

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) on Monday invited tenders for…

24 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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L&T Begins Work on Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Underground Section

Larsen & Toubro on August 12 officially launched construction work on underground…

23 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.7 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 353.3 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 68.5 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 – 60.7 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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