Author Archive for: TMRG

Delhi Metro Golden Line’s 1st U-Girder Launched by YFC on DC-04

YFC Projects in August launched their first U-girder for the 23.62 km Delhi…

07 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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STUP Wins Thane Metro’s Design Consultant Contract DDC-01

October 28, 2024 Update: MMRCL has issued contract LOA to STUP Consultants valued…

06 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Thane Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bhopal Metro’s OWG Launched at Habibganj Naka over Railway Line

RKC Infratech on a subcontract from Dilip Buildcon Ltd. (DBL) this week launched…

06 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Tunga Records Final Breakthrough at Nagawara

ITD Cementation India today celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) S-839B’s…

04 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Kalpataru Wins Nagpur Metro Phase 2 Package C-11’s Contract

Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) on Monday was declared as the lowest…

02 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Pink & Blue Lines’ Train Design Unveiled as BEML Begins Production

The first look of Bangalore Metro’s new 5RS-DM train-sets is out! BEML on…

01 Sep 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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Surat Metro’s TBM Narmada Records Final Breakthrough at Railway Station

August 2024 is the gift that keeps giving! Besides tunnel breakthroughs in Mumbai,…

31 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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11 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-11’s Geotechnical Contract

Eleven firms (coincidentally) have bid for conducting geotechnical soil investigation…

31 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Tata’s TBM S81B Records Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 7th Breakthrough

It’s a season of breakthroughs! Besides Afcons in Agra, Tata Projects Ltd….

31 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Agra Metro: Afcons Records 2 TBM Breakthroughs at SN College & Raja Ki Mandi

Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India Consortium in the past fortnight celebrated…

30 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 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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