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PM Modi Launches Surat Metro & Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 Projects

Moments ago, India’s Prime Minister remotely inaugurated construction…

18 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro, Surat Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Bombardier Wins Mumbai Metro Line-4’s 234 Coach Contract

March 4, 2021: MMRDA has awarded Alstom with Mumbai Metro Line-4 & 4A’s…

17 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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GLM-TPL Begins Lowering Pune Metro’s TBM S81 at Swargate

Workers from Gulermak – Tata Projects Ltd. on Friday evening started lowering…

16 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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4 Bidders for 2365 KM High Speed Rail Line’s Ridership Study

4 engineering & consultancy firms today submitted bids for carrying out…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-2’s 1st BEML Train Gets Ready for Delivery

Here’s the first look of Mumbai Metro Line-2’s first train getting…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Certifer Awarded Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ ISA Contract

France’s Certifer SA on October 12, 2020 was awarded the Independent Safety…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 7 Comments
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Jindal Steel Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Track-Work

Per Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website, Jindal…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Schindler & Otis Awarded Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ Packages 21 & 22

Winners for two more system packages are now known. Per the National Capital…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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Aarvee-GSL Wins Delhi-Amritsar HSR’s LiDAR & Alignment Design

Aarvee Associates – GSL Associates today emerged as the lowest bidder…

14 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 1 Comment
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Gulermak-Sam JV Wins Kanpur Metro’s Underground Contract

March 9, 2021 Update: Gulermak – SAM India has received UPMRCL’s…

14 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 46 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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