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PM Modi Inaugurates Kolkata Metro’s Dakshineswar Extension

Over an hour ago, India’s Prime Minister remotely inaugurated commercial operations…

22 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Afcons Begins Work on Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Yamuna Bridge

Afcons Infrastructure in January launched site preparation works to construct…

22 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 3 Comments
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RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6’s Signaling & Telecom

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) today invited tenders (bids) for the CBTC signaling…

20 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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9 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C8

Nine construction firms have submitted bids for the 2.127 km Package C-8 related…

19 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 19 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Phase 2 & Line-4’s Final Section

Besides Package UG-02, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) yesterday also invited…

19 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Maharashtra Govt Approves Pune Metro’s 4.4 KM Nigdi Extension

Maharashtra state government’s cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension…

19 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Line-4’s 1st Underground Section

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) just invited tenders (bids) for the construction…

18 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Kerala Govt Approves Kozhikode & Trivandrum Light Metros

Kerala state government’s cabinet on February 12 approved and provided…

18 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kozhikode Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Alstom Bids for Delhi Metro Yellow Line’s Virtual Signaling

Alstom Transport India is the only bidder for upgrading and introducing virtual…

17 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Lavi Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro at Shivajinagar

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week quietly commissioned Tunnel Boring…

16 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 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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