Archive for category: Chennai Metro

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
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L&T Casts Chennai Metro Line-3’s 1st U-Girder & Pile Cap on OMR

Larsen & Toubro in the past fortnight has recorded two significant milestones…

10 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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ITD’s Chennai Metro TBM S1073B Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht on Tuesday completed factory…

04 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM S1327A Lowered at Greenways Shaft

Larsen & Toubro this week lowered parts of S-1327A – their first tunnel…

06 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S81B Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Terratec last week completed factory acceptance…

13 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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ITD Cem Casts Chennai Metro Line-4’s 1st Tunnel Segment

ITD Cementation India Ltd. on Monday began pouring concrete to cast their very…

06 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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8 Bidders for Chennai Metro Phase 2 Extension’s Feasibility Report

8 design and engineering firms have bid to prepare 3 detailed feasibility reports…

20 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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RVNL Wins Chennai Metro Line-3’s Sholinganallur – SIPCOT Section

January 21, 2023 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to RVNL with a contract value of…

30 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S1330A Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this week completed factory…

23 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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6 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line 3 & 5’s Electrification Contracts

6 firms have bid for 2 separate contracts to commission Chennai Metro line 3…

19 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 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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