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Bangalore Metro Begins Kengeri Extension’s Third Rail Testing

Per a newspaper advertisement, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)…

16 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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APCO Wins Bangalore – Chennai Expressway’s PH2 Package 2

September 15, 2021 Update: APCO Infratech has received NHAI’s LOA. March…

15 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 6 Comments
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STRABAG Wins Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ TVS & ECS Package 23

The winner for another RRTS systems package is now known. STRABAG International…

13 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 5 Comments
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SECON Begins Mumbai – Nagpur High Speed Rail’s LiDAR Survey

SECON – Helica JV on Friday started light detection and ranging (LiDAR)…

13 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 15 Comments
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Afcons’ TBM S-1264 Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro at RMS

Engineers from Afcons Infrastructure today commissioned tunnel boring machine…

12 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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SYSTRA Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s UTO Consultancy

A consortium of SYSTRA – SYSTRA MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. has been…

12 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-4A’s 1st U Girder Launched by J Kumar

In the early morning hours of Thursday, J Kumar Infraprojects launched the first…

12 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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27 Bidders for Delhi Dehradun Expressway Phase 2’s Packages 2 & 3

April 2 Update: NHAI has cancelled the bidding process without offering a reason…

12 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 6 Comments
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Sadbhav Begins Surat Metro’s Test Piling Work

Engineers from Sadbhav Engineering Ltd. – SP Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd….

12 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Bids Invited for Indore Metro’s Super Corridor Route

Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (MPMRC) on Wednesday invited tenders…

11 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore 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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