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J Kumar’s Mumbai Metro TBM Dhruv Records Final Breakthrough for Line-7A

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) on Monday celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM)…

15 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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8 Bidders for Bangalore Metro Phase 2, 2A & 2B’s ISA Contract

Eight firms have submitted bids for the Independent Safety Assessment (ISA)…

13 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Vadhavan Airport: Grant Thornton – Nippon Koei Awarded Prefeasibility Contract

Grant Thornton – Nippon Koei India JV this Monday was awarded a Rs. 30…

12 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T’s Kolkata Metro TBM Durga Starts Line-3’s Tunneling Work

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Thursday officially commissioned their first…

11 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons Records Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s 1st NATM Tunnel Breakthrough

Afcons Infrastructure on Wednesday celebrated completing their first NATM tunnel…

11 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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6 Bidders for Pune Metro Swargate – Katraj Line’s Underground Contract

Six civil engineering firms (one in a consortium) on Wednesday submitted bids…

10 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Balaji Awarded Chennai – Tamil Nadu RRTS Project’s Feasibility Contracts

Balaji Railroad Systems (BARSYL) this Thursday was awarded three contracts for…

09 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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L&T Launches Agra Metro Line-2’s 1st U-Girder at Agra Cantt

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) last Sunday night launched their first set of…

06 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s T1 Track Contract

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder for…

06 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bhopal Metro’s 1st Tunnel Boring Machine 427 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Robbins Company this week completed…

06 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 4 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 – 68.5 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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