Author Archive for: TMRG

Afcons Awarded Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C2 Tunnel Contract

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) and Afcons…

09 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail, Tunnels ⋅ 10 Comments
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7 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line 5’s E&M Contract for 22 Stations

7 firms have bid for Chennai Metro Line-5’s electrical & mechanical…

08 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro Phase 2 TBM S98 Records 1st Breakthrough

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) on Wednesday celebrated the first ever breakthrough…

08 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Gurugram Metro’s HUDA – Cyber City Line Approved by Union Cabinet

The Indian Government’s Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new 28.50…

08 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 26 Comments
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J Kumar Lowers Delhi Metro Silver Line DC-08’s 1st TBM Shalini

J Kumar Infraprojects on Monday started lowering parts of TBM S64B (Shalini)…

07 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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J Kumar Begins Piling Work for Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Depot

J Kumar Infraprojects – AIC Infrastructures JV this weekend bored and concreted…

06 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Afcons Launches Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 Sabarmati Bridge’s 1st Segment

Afcons Infrastructure last week launched their first precast box segment for 28.254…

06 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2A & 2B’s Track Work Contracts

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates…

05 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Alstom Begins Agra Metro’s Signaling Trials at PAC Depot

Alstom Transport last month started signaling trial runs on a 700m test-track…

05 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar Wins Chennai Port – Maduravoyal Expressway’s Package 2

J Kumar Infraprojects was today declared as the lowest bidder to construct 5.096…

05 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 23 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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