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Pune Metro Line-3’s 1st Segment Cast by TATA-Siemens JV

Engineers from Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. on Friday began pouring concrete…

23 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Trials Begin on Ahmedabad Metro’s North-South Line to Jivraj

Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) on late-Friday night launched train trial…

23 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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NEC Records Breakthrough on Mumbai-Pune Missing Link Project

Navayuga Engineering Company (NEC) last Wednesday recorded the second tunnel…

23 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 15 Comments
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7 Bidders for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Electrification Contract

7 firms have submitted bids for the OHE electrification contract of Chennai…

22 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Dilip Buildcon Wins Raipur – Vizag Expressway’s Package CG2

Dilip Buildcon Ltd. (DBL) today emerged as the lowest bidder to construct 56.7…

22 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 11 Comments
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20 Bidders for Surat – Chennai Expressway’s Package 1 in Telangana

20 construction firms have submitted bids to construct 39.3 km Package 1 of…

19 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 10 Comments
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Pune Metro Line 3’s 1st Pier Takes Shape in Hinjewadi

Workers from Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. earlier this month started tying rebar…

19 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Delhi – Meerut RRTS Alstom Train’s 1st Body Shell Ready

Officials from National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) this week…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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17 Bidders for Surat – Chennai Expressway’s Work in Karnataka

17 construction firms have submitted a total of 32 bids to construct packages…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 30 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Shakti Passes Tests for Rishikesh – Karnaprayag Rail Line

Herrenknecht AG on Tuesday completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on Larsen…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 14 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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