Author Archive for: TMRG

TBM T-59 Commissioned for Mumbai Metro’s Line-3 towards Kalbadevi

Following a small puja, engineers and workers from the Hindustan Construction…

21 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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MahaMetro Invites Bids for Pune Metro’s Civil Court – Ramwadi Section

This weekend, the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MahaMetro) launched…

21 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-3 – February 2018 Tunneling Update

With construction work picking up pace on Mumbai Metro’s new 33.5 km Line-3…

21 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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GDA Approves Delhi Metro Blue Line’s Extn to Sahibabad & Mohan Ngr

2020 Update: Both lines’ Detailed Project Reports were submitted to the…

21 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Delhi Metro’s Pink Line between February 26 – 28

The final round of safety inspections on the 20.6 km Majlis Park – Durgabai…

20 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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NCRTC Invites Bids for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line’s Construction

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) this past week initiated…

19 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 12 Comments
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RCC-MBZ & Neeraj-Guan Lowest Bidders for Mumbai Metro’s Line-2B

Update – MMRDA awarded 2 contracts to both consortia on March 3, 2018….

18 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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Ahmedabad Metro’s 1st TBM Lowered into Apparel Park TBM Shaft

With soil excavation completed for the Apparel Park Shaft earlier this month,…

17 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Afcons Finishes Excavation for Ahmedabad Metro’s TBM Launch Shaft

Earlier this month, Afcons Infrastructure completed soil excavation work for…

17 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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KA Govt Approves Preparation of DPR for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 3

While presenting Karnataka’s 2018-19 budget yesterday, the state’s…

17 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 59 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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