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NCC Awarded Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s Contract for Pending Work

April 25, 2023 Update: Per the comment section, it appears the contract was…

24 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Egis Wins Kochi Metro Phase 2’s Detailed Design Consultant Contract

Egis Rail earlier this month was declared as the lowest bidder for Kochi Metro…

21 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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SYSTRA-RITES-DB JV Wins Hyderabad Metro Airport Line’s General Consultant Contract

SYSTRA – RITES – DB Engineering JV has been declared as the preferred…

21 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Afcons – SAM JV’s Agra Metro TBM S718C Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht on Tuesday completed factory…

20 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons Casts Delhi Metro Silver Line Airforce Shaft’s Base Slab

Afcons Infrastructure on Friday night poured concrete to cast the 1st base slab…

17 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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NCC Launches Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s 1st U-Girder

NCC Ltd. on Thursday night launched the 1st set of U-girders for Bangalore Metro’s…

15 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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DMRC Wins Mumbai Metro Line-3’s O&M Contract

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today beat Keolis to emerge as the lowest…

13 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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4 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C3 Package

June 16, 2023 Update: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is lowest bidder –…

12 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 29 Comments
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Ahluwalia Wins Mumbai CSMT Railway Station Redevelopment Project

Ahluwalia Contracts was today declared as the lowest bidder among 4 firms…

12 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 2 Comments
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3 Bidders for Kochi Metro Phase 2’s Electrification DDC Contract

3 firms have submitted bids for the Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract…

12 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi 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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