Archive for category: Chennai Metro

3 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-5’s Southern Section

3 firms / consortia have submitted bids to construct the 11.61 km Puzhuthivakkam…

30 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Chennai Metro Reinvites Bids for Line-4’s General Consultant

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) today re-invited tenders to appoint a General…

02 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Barricading Work Begins for Chennai Metro’s Phase 2

HCC – KEC JV (Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. – KEC International Consortium)…

31 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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CMRL Cancels Chennai Metro Line-4’s GC Tender

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) on Wednesday officially cancelled the Request…

22 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T, Tata, HCC-KEC Awarded Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Contracts

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) on Monday and today issued work orders to Larsen…

12 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 50 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Madhavaram Depot

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) today invited tenders (bids) for the construction…

26 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Phase 2 & Line-4’s Final Section

Besides Package UG-02, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) yesterday also invited…

19 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Line-4’s 1st Underground Section

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) just invited tenders (bids) for the construction…

18 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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PM Modi Inaugurates 9 KM Chennai Metro Phase 1 Extension

Moments ago, India’s Prime Minister remotely inaugurated commercial operations…

14 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro’s Nehru Nagar – Sholinganallur Section

Besides Line-5’s final package, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Tuesday…

10 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 14 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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