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L&T Begins Assembling India’s Largest TBM for Mumbai’s Coastal Road

Towards the end of September, workers from Larsen & Toubro began assembly…

17 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 13 Comments
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Govt of India Amends Bidding Policy for Public Projects Incl. Metro Rail

The Government of India on Thursday night amended its General Financial Rules…

24 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 9 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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NCRTC Invites EOI for Indigenous Platform Screen Doors

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) on Wednesday invited Expression…

10 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, High Speed Rail, Other ⋅ 3 Comments
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India’s Largest TBM Arrives for Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project

India’s largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) with diameter of 12.19m arrived…

29 Apr 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 5 Comments
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Metro Services & Work in India Suspended until May 3 Due to COVID-19

May 1 – Update: Lockdown has been extended through May 18. April 28 –…

22 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Jaipur Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Lucknow Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other, Pune Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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CRCHI Completes Factory Tests on Mumbai Coastal Road TBM

This is a deviation from my posts on metro construction, but right up my alley….

04 Jan 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 2 Comments
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Update on Me and Site’s Future

Hello again! Let’s cut to the chase – I got burned out. Some of you…

03 Jan 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Bhopal Metro, Chennai Metro, Coimbatore Metro, Delhi Metro, Delhi NCR RRTS, Gurgaon Metro, Guwahati Metro, High Speed Rail, Hyderabad Metro, Indore Metro, Jaipur Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Kozhikode Metro, Lucknow Metro, Meerut Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other, Patna Metro, Pune Metro, Surat Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro, Varanasi Metro, Vijayawada Metro, Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 48 Comments
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Govt Launches I-Metros – Association of Indian Metro Operators

On this past Thursday, Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha launched “I-Metros”…

12 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 20 Comments
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Sydney Metro Receives First Indian Built Alstom Train

Sydney Metro has announced the delivery of the first Alstom Metropolis trainset…

28 Sep 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 7 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata – 24 October 1984 – 35.1 km
• Delhi – 24 December 2002 – 347 km
• Bangalore – 20 October 2011 – 42.3 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 – 45.1 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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