Archive for category: Chennai Metro

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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4 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Platform Screen Door Contract

4 firms earlier this month submitted bids for the Platform Screen Door (PSD)…

17 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 1st TBM S96 Starts Tunneling

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) on Thursday commissioned S-96 – the first of 23 tunnel…

16 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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7 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Telecom Contract

7 firms on Tuesday submitted bids for the telecommunication contract (Package…

14 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Mitsui Awarded Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Head Hardened Rails Contract

Japan’s Mitsui & Co. Ltd. in early-September was awarded a Rs. 163.30…

02 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S96 Lowered at Madhavaram Shaft

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) this week lowered parts of S-96 – their first…

22 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Linxon Wins Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Electrification Contract

January 10 2023 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to Linxon India with a contract…

16 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBMs S97 & S98 Arrive at Chennai Port

Tunnel boring machines S97 and S98 last week arrived at Chennai Port in Tamil…

05 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T & KEC Win Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Track Contracts

December 12, 2022 Update: CMRL has issued a LOA to Larsen & Toubro for Line-3’s…

22 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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