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Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st Alstom RS17 Train Rolls Out in Sri City

Yesterday it was Chennai Metro’s turn, and today it is Delhi Metro’s!…

23 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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L&T & Siemens Bid for Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s Telecom Contract TL-01

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Technology Services Ltd. and Siemens Ltd. have…

22 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 1st Alstom Train Rolls Out in Sri City

Alstom Transport today rolled out their first of 36 train-sets for Chennai Metro’s…

22 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Ashoka Bids for Bankot Creek Bridge’s Contract in Maharashtra

Ashoka Buildcon Ltd. on Friday emerged as the only firm to bid for the civil…

21 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 11 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM Kaveri Records Breakthrough at Adyar Junction

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Thursday celebrated tunnel boring machine S-1327A’s…

20 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Phase 3’s Geotechnical Work Begins on Magadi Road

SECON Pvt. Ltd. has officially started geotechnical soil investigation work…

19 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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BEML Wins Chennai Metro’s 210 Coach Rolling Stock Contract ARE02A

BEML Ltd. today was declared as the lowest bidder to supply 210 coaches for…

18 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Delhi Metro: Afcons Records Double TBM Breakthrough at Pulbangash

Afcons Infrastructure today celebrated a double breakthrough at Pulbangash Station…

18 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Ceigall Wins Ayodhya Bypass’ Construction Contracts in UP

Ceigall India Ltd (CIL) was today declared as the lowest bidder for the construction…

17 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 3 Comments
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Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase 2 to Gandhinagar Inaugurated

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated a 20.8 km section of…

16 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 7 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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