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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM DZ1040 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer China Railway Construction Heavy Industry…

07 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBMs S97 & S98 Pass Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Terratec has completed factory acceptance…

04 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM S1326A Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this week completed factory…

30 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Alstom Awarded Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 78 Coach Contract

Alstom Transport India on Tuesday was awarded a Rs. 946.92 crore contract to…

29 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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HCC-KEC Casts Chennai Metro Line-5’s 1st Pier at Kovilambakkam

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International JV last week cast their…

19 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S96 Arrives at Madhavaram

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL)’s first tunnel boring machine, S96, arrived at…

14 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM S1327A Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this weekend completed factory…

07 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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UMTC & Aarvee Win MRTS Feasibility Contracts for Salem, Trichy & Tirunelveli

Aarvee Associates Architects Engineers and Consultants and Urban Mass Transit…

05 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro, Other ⋅ 4 Comments
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5 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s E&M Contract

November 28, 2022 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to Voltas Ltd. with a contract…

28 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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3 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line 3’s Track Work Contract

3 firms have submitted bids to supply and install standard gauge tracks for…

22 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 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 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 59.2 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

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