Archive for category: Kolkata Metro

Afcons Begins Piling for Kolkata Metro’s Line-6 in New Town

Afcons Infrastructure today evening began piling work – the first step…

09 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Kolkata Metro’s TBM Urvi Passes Halfway to Bowbazar Shaft

ITD-ITD Cementation India’s tunnel boring machine S-616 (Urvi), en route…

07 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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KEC-Siemens Wins Kolkata Metro Line-3 & 6’s Electrification

KEC International – Siemens JV on March 26 emerged as the lowest bidder for…

03 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Yuksel JV Wins Kolkata Metro Line-3’s General Consultancy

Yuksel Proje – Tumas JV on Tuesday won the General Consultant (GC) and…

24 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Afcons Begins Work on Kolkata Metro’s Line-6 at City Centre 2

Afcons Infrastructure has started ground work to construct Kolkata Metro…

01 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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PM Modi Inaugurates Kolkata Metro’s Dakshineswar Extension

Over an hour ago, India’s Prime Minister remotely inaugurated commercial operations…

22 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6’s Signaling & Telecom

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) today invited tenders (bids) for the CBTC signaling…

20 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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L&T & KEC-Siemens Bid for Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6’s Electrification

Larsen & Toubro and KEC International – Siemens JV are the two bidders…

06 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Kolkata Metro’s Dakshineswar Extension

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) from the railways’ eastern…

05 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Kolkata Metro’s Dakshineswar Extn on Feb 5 & 6

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under the Ministry of Aviation…

02 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata – 24 October 1984 – 39.2 km
• Delhi – 24 December 2002 – 347 km
• Bangalore – 20 October 2011 – 48.1 km
• Gurgaon – 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai – 8 June 2014 – 11.4 km
• Jaipur – 3 June 2015 – 12 km
• Chennai – 29 June 2015 – 54.1 km
• Kochi – 19 June 2017 – 25 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 – 6 km
• Nagpur – 8 March 2019 – 22.9 km

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