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Mumbai Metro Line-2A’s Steel Bridge Ready for Launch at Borivali

Workers from J Kumar Infraprojects and Maruti Steel earlier this week completed…

15 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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AIIB to Lend $236 million for Mumbai Metro Line-5 (Thane – Kalyan)

Per the updated website of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB),…

08 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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AIIB to Lend $795.4 million for Chennai Metro Phase 2 Project

Per the updated website of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB),…

08 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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AIIB to Lend $500 million for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Project

Per the updated website of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB),…

08 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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Metro Work Resumes in Several Indian Cities per COVID-19 Guidelines

• May 17 Update: Added Kolkata• May 11 Update: Added Delhi• May 5 Update:…

05 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Pune Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Bombardier Wins Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ 210 Coach Contract

May 7 Update: Contract has been awarded to Bombardier. Original Post: Bombardier…

02 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 5 Comments
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AFD to Lend €250 million for Surat Metro Phase 1 Project

The updated website of France’s Agence Française de Développement (AFD) indicates…

01 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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GMRC Invites EOI for Surat Metro’s General Engineering Consultant

After inviting bids for appointing a Detailed Design Consultant on Tuesday,…

01 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM T-59 Makes Final Breakthrough for Mumbai Metro Line-3’s UGC-02

Just a few moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) T-59 operated by Hindustan…

30 Apr 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Stations to be At-Grade at KIA

Per a contracting notice on the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s website,…

30 Apr 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 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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