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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S96 Lowered at Madhavaram Shaft

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) this week lowered parts of S-96 – their first…

22 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro’s 318 Coach Contract

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on Monday finally invited tenders…

21 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Bids for Bangalore Metro Airport Depot’s Civil Work Invited

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) this week invited tenders for…

17 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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HCC-URCC Launches Bangalore Metro Yellow Line’s Final Segment

Hindustan Construction Company – URC Construction (HCC – URC) JV last week…

17 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T Begins TBM Shakti’s Assembly for Rishikesh – Karnaprayag Rail

Larsen & Toubro this week began assembling parts of tunnel boring machine…

16 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 4 Comments
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Linxon Wins Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Electrification Contract

January 10 2023 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to Linxon India with a contract…

16 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Varada Makes 2nd Breakthrough at Langford

Tunnel Boring Machine S-1264 operated by Afcons Infrastructure last week recorded…

16 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Gulermak Lowers Surat Metro’s Tunnel Boring Machines at Kapodra

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV earlier this month began lowering parts…

15 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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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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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 – 94.3 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 – 16 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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