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2020 Recap: Progress of India’s Metro & High-Speed Rail Systems

Hot damn, what a crazy year right? COVID-19 obviously changed how we do a lot…

31 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail, Other ⋅ 22 Comments
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J Kumar Launches Mumbai Metro Line-9’s 1st Pier Cap

A few hours ago, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects erected the first 9.5m wide…

31 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st TBM S86 Undergoes Site Testing

Engineers from HCC – VCCL JV on Wednesday wrapped up a 2-day site acceptance…

31 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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4 Bidders for 2365 KM High Speed Rail Projects’ Survey Work

Four engineering firms today submitted bids for carrying out survey work to…

30 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR’s Project Mgmt Consultancy

Three firms on Tuesday submitted bids to provide project management consultancy…

30 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 9 Comments
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ISGEC Begins Work on Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Joka Depot

ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd. has started construction work on Joka Depot…

30 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Afcons Wins Kolkata Metro Line-6 Airport Section’s Work

Afcons Infrastructure today emerged as the lowest bidder among 4 to construct Kolkata…

29 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi-Amritsar High Speed Rail’s Alignment Design

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

29 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 13 Comments
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Gulermak-Sam & J Kumar Win Surat Metro’s Underground Work

March 1, 2021 Update: Gulermak-SAM has also been issued a LOA by GMRC for CS2….

28 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 28 Comments
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PM Modi Flags off Delhi Metro’s Driverless Train Services

Moments ago, India’s Prime Minister flagged off driverless train operations…

28 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 14 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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