Author Archive for: TMRG

Afcons Begins Kolkata Metro Line-6’s D-Wall Work at Airport

Afcons Infrastructure this weekend began work to construct the diaphragm wall…

20 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
Read more

ST Only Bidder for Chennai Metro Line 3 & 5’s Platform Screen Doors

May 6, 2023 Update: CMRL has cancelled the tender February 19, 2023 Original…

19 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
Read more

ETA Awarded Delhi Metro Line-8’s E&M, ECS & TVS Contract DE-09

ETA Engineering – Polycab India JV this week was awarded a Rs. 263.44…

19 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
Read more

Afcons’ Delhi-Meerut RRTS TBM S88 Relaunched from Bhaisali

Afcons Infrastructure this week recommissioned tunnel boring machine Sudarshan…

19 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 3 Comments
Read more

11 Bidders for Mysore – Kushalnagar Expressway’s Work in Karnataka

11 firms have submitted a total of 31 bids for the civil construction of 92.3…

19 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 5 Comments
Read more

6 Bidders for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor’s C4 Tunnel Contract

6 firms have bid to construct 4.7 km tunneling Package C-4 of the 121.7 km Haryana…

18 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 0 Comments
Read more

8 Bidders for Bangalore-Vijayawada Expressway’s Packages 5-6 & 11-14

8 firms have submitted a total of 30 bids for the civil construction contracts…

18 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 Comments
Read more

Afcons’ Delhi Metro Phase 4 TBMs S710 & S1134 Pass Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this week completed factory…

18 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
Read more

L&T’s 1st Chennai Metro Phase 2 TBM Kaveri Starts Tunneling

Larsen & Toubro on Thursday commissioned S-1327A – their 1st of 8…

17 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
Read more

L&T, ITD & Afcons Bid for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Underground Work

3 firms – Larsen & Toubro, ITD Cementation India and Afcons Infrastructure…

16 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
Read more

Buy me a beer :)

Also see other ways to support the site

Become a Member

Sign up below to receive early access to all updates and a weekly list of tenders where technical bids are planned to open that week

Receive Instant Email Notifications

Missing out sucks. That's why my instant email for each post is so important. You'll be up-to-date on the latest happenings.

Quick Snapshot

View Quick Snapshot

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 – 75.2 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 – 8.7 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

The Metro Rail Guy
© Copyright - The Metro Rail Guy