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HCC Records Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st TBM Breakthrough

HCC – VCCL JV’s tunnel boring machine S86 today made the first breakthrough…

31 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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FAT Completed for Afcons’ Delhi – Meerut RRTS TBMs

Terratec has announced the completion of factory acceptance tests for 3 tunnel…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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Crossovers Cast for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extension

Workers from Texmaco Rail and Engineering have over the past 3 months cast 3…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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HCC-KEC Bores Chennai Metro Line-5’s 1st Test Pile

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International JV this week bored their…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T & YFC Awarded Patna Metro’s Construction Contracts

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday awarded Larsen & Toubro…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 28 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Pune Metro’s Priority Section: PCMC – Phugewadi

Janak Kumar Garg – the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) on…

29 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Agra Metro’s 50th U-Girder Launched by Sam India

Sam India Builtwell on Tuesday launched their 50th U-girder for Agra Metro…

29 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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14 Bidders for Kanpur Lucknow Expressway’s Package 2

February 23, 2022 Update: PNC Infratech is lowest bidder – see details….

29 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 8 Comments
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J Kumar Begins Surat Metro Railway Station’s Piling Work

J Kumar Infraprojects a fortnight ago began piling works for constructing the…

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Urja Starts Tunneling to Pottery Town

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week re-commissioned Tunnel Boring Machine…

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 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 – 59.2 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

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