Archive for category: Kolkata Metro

ISGEC Awarded Rs 350 cr Kolkata Metro Joka Depot’s Contract

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) on Tuesday awarded ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd….

26 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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4 Bidders for Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Airport Extension

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) today opened technical bids from construction companies…

24 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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GPT Infra Awarded Rs. 196.30cr Kolkata Metro Line-3 Contract

GPT Infraprojects on Monday announced it had won a Rs. 196.30 crore contract…

18 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons Builds India’s Deepest Ventilation Shaft for Kolkata Metro

Afcons Infrastructure today announced the completion of a 43.5 meter deep ventilation…

10 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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7 Bidders for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Joka Depot

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) today opened bids from construction companies to…

31 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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8 Bidders for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s General Consultancy

Officials from Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) today opened technical bids to appoint…

30 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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The Metro Rail Guy Turns 5 Today!

I can’t believe it, but today marks the 5th anniversary of The Metro Rail…

11 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Delhi NCR RRTS, Hyderabad Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kolkata Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Other, Pune Metro ⋅ 41 Comments
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ITD’s TBM Urvi Resumes Tunneling for Kolkata Metro Line-2

Workers from ITD Cementation and Herrenknecht on Friday resumed tunneling work…

22 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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BEML Flags Off Final Kolkata Metro Line-2 Train-set

BEML today announced it had flagged-off the final of 14 train-sets for Kolkata…

17 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Airport Extension

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. today invited bids for the civil construction of Kolkata…

15 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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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 – 68.5 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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