Author Archive for: TMRG

Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Trial Runs Begin from Poonamallee Depot

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) this Wednesday officially started trial runs…

23 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Paras Wins Delhi Metro Golden Line’s Track Work Contract DT-10R

March 24, 2025 Update: DMRC has issued LOA and awarded Paras Railtech with a…

19 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T’s Delhi Metro TBM-3 Records Breakthrough at IGNOU Station

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) DZ1125’s…

18 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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SYSTRA Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 3’s Electrification Consultant Contract

April 25, 2025: BMRCL has issued LOA and awarded SYSTRA with a Rs. 2,74,38,131…

18 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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HCC – Tata JV Awarded Indore Metro’s Underground Contract IN-05R

Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. – Tata Projects Ltd. (HCC – TPL JV) has…

18 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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Bids Invited for Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s 48 Coach Contract RS-01

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MAHA-METRO or MMRCL) this week invited…

16 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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4 Bidders for Navi Mumbai – Badlapur Expressway’s DPR Consultant Contract

Four design and engineering firms on Thursday submitted bids to prepare a Detailed…

15 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 3 Comments
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HCC – KEC JV Launches Chennai Metro Line-4 ECV-02’s Final U-Girder

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International (HCC – KEC JV) last week…

15 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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GRIL Wins Agra – Gwalior Expressway’s Construction Contract

GR Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL) on Thursday was declared as the preferred bidder…

14 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 8 Comments
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Alstom Wins Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 96 Coach Contract ARE04A

May 22, 2025 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to Alstom with a contract value of…

13 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 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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