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1st BEML Coach’s Body Shell Ready for Mumbai Metro Line-2&7

On February 20, metro coach manufacturer BEML celebrated the completion of the…

25 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mitsui Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Head Hardened Rails Contract

Besides awarding China’s CRRC Corporation Ltd. with a contract to supply…

24 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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J Kumar’s Swargate TBM Shaft Takes Shape for Pune Metro Line-1

Workers from J Kumar Infraprojects are on the verge of completing an 18m deep…

24 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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AECOM Wins Patna Metro Line-2’s DDC Contract

AECOM Singapore Pte. Ltd. – AECOM India Pvt. Ltd JV has emerged as the…

24 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MMRDA Invites Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s Balance Work

After terminating three civil construction contracts in January 2020 with Simplex…

24 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T Awarded DDC Contract for Delhi – Alwar RRTS Line’s 3 Stations

On Friday, Larsen & Toubro Infrastructure Engineering Ltd. received a letter…

22 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 3 Comments
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CCECC – KEC JV’s Yard Takes Shape for Delhi Metro Line-8 Extn

Three months after its ground breaking, workers from China Civil Engineering…

20 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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CRRC Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s 216 Coach Rolling Stock Contract

China’s CRRC Corporation Ltd. has quietly been awarded with a contract to…

20 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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Afcons Begins Casting Piers for Mumbai Metro Line-5 in Thane

Earlier this month, workers from Afcons Infrastructure began casting piers for…

20 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar Begins Piling Work for Mumbai Metro Line-9 in Bhayandar

Construction work for Mumbai Metro’s 11.38 km Line-9 (northern leg of Red…

20 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 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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