Archive for category: Chennai Metro

Chennai Metro Line 4: Alstom to Supply 10 Additional Trains

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) on Monday signed a supplementary contract agreement…

29 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Chennai Metro Line 4’s Open Web Girder Launched over Bypass

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International JV (HCC – KEC JV) in…

11 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bangalore – Hosur Metro: BARSYL-Habog JV Wins Feasibility Contract

Balaji Railroad Systems (BARSYL) – Habog Consultants JV on Saturday was…

09 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro ⋅ 47 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro Phase 2 TBM S97 Records 4th Breakthrough

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) today afternoon celebrated tunnel boring machine S97’s…

02 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Bangalore – Hosur Metro: 11 Bidders for Feasibility Study Report

11 firms have submitted bids to Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) for preparing…

15 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro ⋅ 62 Comments
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Chennai Metro Phase 2: L&T, KEC & BEL Bid for Telecom Contract

3 firms have submitted bids to commission Chennai Metro line 3 and 5’s telecommunications…

14 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S99 Records Breakthrough at Venugopal Nagar

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) on Thursday celebrated tunnel boring machine S99’s…

15 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Tata Awarded Chennai Metro Line 5’s UG06 Tunneling Contract

Per a couple of my tunneling industry connections, Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL)…

13 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM Siruvani Starts Tunneling from Chetpet

Following a small puja, Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday officially commissioned…

07 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T’s 1st Chennai Metro Robbins TBM 408-1 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Robbins Company in Kancheepuram last month…

06 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata – 24 October 1984 – 47.9 km
• Delhi – 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore – 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon – 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai – 8 June 2014 – 46.5 km
• Jaipur – 3 June 2015 – 12 km
• Chennai – 29 June 2015 – 54.1 km
• Kochi – 19 June 2017 – 26.8 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur – 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune – 6 March 2022 – 23.8 km
• Navi Mumbai – 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km

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