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Afcons Launches Kanpur Metro’s 1st Cross Arm Pier Cap & I-Girder

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) this week announced that launching…

18 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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DRA Infracon Wins Ahmedabad Metro’s Thaltej Gam Section

Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Pvt. Ltd. emerged as the lowest bidder to…

17 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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L&T & NHSRCL Sign Contract for Bullet Train’s Package C6

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) and Larsen & Toubro…

16 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 16 Comments
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TBM S1073 Makes Final Breakthrough for Mumbai Metro L-3’s UGC-04

Besides the Bombay High Court’s decision to grant interim stay on the…

16 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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BMRCL Planning 2 Lines in Bangalore Metro’s Phase 3

Per the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)’s latest annual report…

16 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 36 Comments
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PSD Installation Underway at Ahmedabad Metro’s Stations

Back in March 2019 when Ahmedabad Metro Phase 1’s first 6 km section (Apparel…

15 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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LiDAR Survey Begins for Delhi – Varanasi High Speed Rail

With calibration testing completed on Saturday, Aarvee Associates Architects…

14 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 18 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s Govt. Polytechnic Depot Takes Shape

With station finishing works beginning on Kanpur Metro Line-1’s 8.728…

14 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Nagpur Metro Installs 200 kW Solar Plant at Sitabuldi Interchange

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation…

14 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro, Pune Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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JICA Evaluating $318 mn Loan for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 2A & 2B

Following the Asian Development Bank’s approval this Tuesday for a USD…

13 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 24 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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