Archive for category: Kanpur Metro

Gulermak-Sam Starts Soil Testing for Kanpur Metro’s Underground Line

Gulermak – Sam India JV this week began geotechnical soil investigation…

30 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Afcons Launches 2 x 45m Steel Girders for Kanpur Metro

Afcons Infrastructure on Friday night erected their second 45 meter steel box…

24 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons Launches Kanpur Metro’s 400th U-Girder

Afcons Infrastructure on Saturday night celebrated the launch of their 400th…

21 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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HFCL Wins Kanpur & Agra Metros’ Telecom Contract

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on Monday awarded HFCL Ltd. with…

09 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Soil Testing Underway for Kanpur Metro’s 2nd Underground Section

Techpro Engineers Pvt. Ltd. has over the past couple weeks been conducting geotechnical…

05 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Alstom Begins Production of Kanpur Metro’s 1st Train

Alstom Transport today formally launched manufacturing 39 3-coach train-sets…

26 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Afcons Launches Kanpur Metro Priority Corridor’s 300th U-Girder

Afcons Infrastructure on Saturday night celebrated the launch of their 300th…

15 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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L&T Wins Kanpur & Agra Metros’ Track-Work Contract

February 2 Update: Larsen & Toubro has been awarded its contract by UPMRCL…

23 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Gulermak-Sam JV Wins Kanpur Metro’s Underground Contract

March 9, 2021 Update: Gulermak – SAM India has received UPMRCL’s…

14 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 46 Comments
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6 Firms Shortlisted for Kanpur Metro’s Underground Work

Barring Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC), all other construction…

08 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 11 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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