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BEML to Deliver 504 Coaches to Mumbai Metro from November

BEML Limited today invited bids from transport companies to start delivering…

01 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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NCC Wins Patna Metro’s Construction Contract

September 18: NCC today received a LOA from DMRC awarding this section’s…

31 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 165 Comments
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MMRDA Reinvites Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s Balance Work

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Saturday reinvited…

31 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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L&T Completes Testing TBM Avni at Bangalore Metro’s Shivajinagar

After commissioning Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Urja in July, engineers from…

28 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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L&T’s TBM S72 Makes Final Breakthrough for Ahmedabad Metro

Historic day for Ahmedabad! This afternoon, Tunnel Boring Machine S72 operated…

28 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Extension

Earlier today Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) began trial runs…

27 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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ISGEC Awarded Rs 350 cr Kolkata Metro Joka Depot’s Contract

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) on Tuesday awarded ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd….

26 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Longjian–KEC Begins Casting U-Girders for Delhi Metro’s Phase 4

Longjian – KEC JV today began casting 28 meter long U-girders to build the…

25 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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4 Bidders for Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Airport Extension

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) today opened technical bids from construction companies…

24 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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TBM S64 Makes Final Breakthrough for Mumbai Metro Line-3’s UGC-05

Moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) S64 operated by the J Kumar Infraprojects…

19 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 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 – 94.3 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 – 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

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