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Waterproofing Begins at Pune Metro’s Shivajinagar Station

After Swargate Station, waterproofing works have now also started at the lowest…

04 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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SYSTRA Wins Mumbai Metro Line-5,7A,9’s GC for Systems

SYSTRA MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. in January won the General Consultant…

03 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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3 Qualify for Chennai Metro Line-4’s General Consultant Service

Three global consortia have qualified for Chennai Metro Line-4’s General…

02 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Kolkata Metro’s Dakshineswar Extn on Feb 5 & 6

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under the Ministry of Aviation…

02 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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AFD – GoI Sign MoU for Surat Metro’s € 250 mn Loan

Last Thursday, India’s Finance Ministry and France’s Agence Française…

02 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Budget 2021: Metro & High Speed Rail in India

Earlier today, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several…

01 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, High Speed Rail, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Broad Gauge Metro, Nagpur Metro, Nashik Metro, Other ⋅ 14 Comments
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4 Bidders for Chennai-Mysuru HSR’s LiDAR & Alignment Design

4 design and engineering firms today submitted bids to prepare the final alignment…

01 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 11 Comments
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Jaipur Metro Publishes Phase 1C & Phase 2 DPRs for Finalization

Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) through the Government of Rajasthan has…

01 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Factory Tests Completed on ITD’s Bangalore Metro TBMs

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Herrenknecht India on Friday wrapped…

31 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro’s Sholinganallur – SIPCOT Section

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Friday night invited tenders (bids) for…

30 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 15 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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