Archive for category: Kolkata Metro

Bids Invited for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s UG1 Underground Contract

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) last week invited tenders (bids) for the underground…

23 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Kolkata Metro Line-2’s Sealdah Station Inaugurated

Union minister Smriti Irani on Monday inaugurated commercial services on Kolkata…

12 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Siemens Wins Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6’s CBTC Signaling Contract

Per a reliable source, Siemens Ltd. on March 28 emerged as the lowest bidder…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Kolkata Metro Line-2’s Sealdah Station & Tunnels

Md. Latief Khan – the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) from the…

21 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Senbo & ITD Win Kolkata Metro Barasat Line’s Underground Work

Senbo Engineering and ITD Cementation India last week emerged as the lowest…

20 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Kolkata Metro’s Official Line Colours Published

Kolkata Metro last week officially assigned line colors to the city’s metro…

07 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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ITD Unearths Kolkata Metro’s TBMs Urvi & Chandi at Bowbazar

Workers from ITD Cementation have over the past month reached the bottom of…

20 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Rahee Wins Kolkata Metro Line-6’s 2nd Track-Work Contract

Rahee Infratech on June 21 emerged as the lowest bidder to supply and install…

03 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Linxon Begins Third Rail Installation for Kolkata Metro’s Line-6

Linxon India in early-June began installing the 750 V Third Rail electrification…

26 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Linxon Begins Third Rail Installation for Kolkata Metro’s Line-3

Linxon India in mid-May began installing the 750 V Third Rail electrification…

01 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata – 24 October 1984 – 41.3 km
• Delhi – 24 December 2002 – 349 km
• Bangalore – 20 October 2011 – 55.6 km
• Gurgaon – 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai – 8 June 2014 – 30.15 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 – 22.9 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.73 km
• Pune – 6 March, 2022 – 10.35 km

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