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4 Bidders for Kochi Metro Phase 1B’s Project Mgmt Consultant Contract

Four engineering design and management companies have submitted bids to provide…

06 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MMRDA Reinvites Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s 3 Iconic Bridges

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) today re-invited bids…

06 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Pune-Nashik Semi High-Speed Rail Gets Railways’ In-Principle Approval

Earlier this week, the Railway Board under the Ministry of Railways gave its…

06 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune - Nashik Semi High-Speed Rail ⋅ 11 Comments
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LKT Wins Noida Metro Extension’s DDC Contract

LKT Engineering Consultants Ltd. has emerged as the lowest bidder for the Detailed…

05 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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[Pics] Inside Mumbai Metro Line-3’s Sahar Crossover NATM Tunnels

Just east of the Sahar Road Station on the 33.5 km under construction Mumbai…

05 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Chennai Metro to Procure 288 and Lease 126 Coaches for Phase 2

As per a new procurement projection document on Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL)’s…

05 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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UMTC to Prepare 60.2 km Vizag Metrolite Project’s DPR

After being appointed to prepare Visakhapatnam Metro Phase 1 project’s…

05 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Visakhapatnam Metrolite ⋅ 0 Comments
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5 Bidders for Delhi Meerut RRTS’ Sarai Kale Khan – New Ashok Nagar

5 construction firms have submitted tenders (bids) to build the 4.3 km Sarai…

03 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 6 Comments
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Sam India-Gulermak Wins Delhi Metro’s Ashok Vihar Extn Work

June 16 Update: Sam India – Gulermak JV was issued a Letter of Acceptance…

02 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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MMRDA Publishes Mumbai Metro Yellow Line-2A’s Station Names

My post on Mumbai Metro Line-7 (Red Line)’s station names yesterday led…

02 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 18 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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