Author Archive for: TMRG

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…

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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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MahaMetro Invites Bids for Pune Metro’s TBM Shafts & Swargate Stn

So back on January 10, the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation kick-started the…

17 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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J Kumar Launches 1st Platform Pier Cap for Mumbai Metro’s Line-2

On the night of January 19, workers from the J Kumar Infraprojects – CRTG…

15 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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ITD Begins Launching Segments for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extn

On February 1, a crew from ITD Cementation India launched their first precast…

15 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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LMRC Invites Bids for Kanpur Metro Line-1’s 1st Stretch

On February 6, the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation initiated the bidding process…

15 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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TBM S71 Completes Factory Tests for Ahmedabad Metro’s Line-1

On January 19, Terratec completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) for a refurbished…

15 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BMRCL Receives 1st 3-Coach Intermediate Unit for 6-Coach Conversion

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. today received the first set of 3…

14 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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L&T Completes Building Hyderabad Metro’s Lakdi-ka-Pul ROB

On the night of  February 10, workers from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) launched…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 4 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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