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L&T Begins Pier Work for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train

Historic day! Larsen & Toubro today officially started construction work…

10 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 45 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro’s Nehru Nagar – Sholinganallur Section

Besides Line-5’s final package, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Tuesday…

10 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro’s CMBT – Venugopal Nagar Section

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

09 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Pune Metro Aqua Line’s 1st Train Arrives at Vanaz Depot

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) on Sunday received…

08 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Chennai Metro’s Alandur – STM Section to be Converted in Phase 2

In Chennai Metro’s upcoming 118.90 km Phase 2 project, Chennai Metro Rail…

07 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 31 Comments
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Afcons Begins Lowering Bangalore Metro’s TBM S1264 at RMS

Workers from Afcons Infrastructure on Thursday night began lowering parts of…

06 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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L&T & KEC-Siemens Bid for Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6’s Electrification

Larsen & Toubro and KEC International – Siemens JV are the two bidders…

06 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 26 Comments
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J Kumar Launches Mumbai Metro Line-2A AC-01’s Final U-Girder

Last midnight, a crew from J Kumar Infraprojects – CRTG JV launched the…

06 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Chennai Metro’s Wimco Nagar Extension

Besides Kolkata Metro, Chennai Metro today also witnessed the start of its 3-day…

05 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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CMRS Inspects Kolkata Metro’s Dakshineswar Extension

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) from the railways’ eastern…

05 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 7 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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