URCC Wins Chennai Metro Madhavaram Depot’s Contract

December 6, 2021 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to URC Construction with a contract…

09 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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10 Bidders for Delhi – Katra Expressway’s Package 14 in Punjab – J&K

Ten firms have submitted bids to construct 44.6 km Package 14 of the roughly…

07 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T wins Chennai Metro Line-5’s UG6 Tunneling Work

Larsen & Toubro in October-end emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing…

07 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Titagarh Only Bidder for Chennai Metro’s Rolling Stock Lease Contract

Titagarh Wagons Limited is the only rolling stock firm that responded to Chennai…

07 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NHSRCL Reinvites Bids for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s C2 Package

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) in October-end…

07 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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8 Bidders for Kanpur Metro’s 2nd Underground Section KNPCC06

February 14, 2022 Update: Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India JV is lowest bidder…

15 Oct 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 42 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s MTNL-Chembur Section

J Kumar Infraprojects, Tata Projects and NCC are the 3 construction firms that…

09 Oct 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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PADECO – Ardanuy Awarded Bangalore Metro Depots’ DDC

Back in mid-September, PADECO Co. Ltd. – Ardanuy India Pvt Ltd. JV was…

08 Oct 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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AECOM JV Wins Chennai Metro Line-4’s General Consultant Work

AECOM India – Oriental Consultants Global – Nippon Koei JV (AEON) on Thursday emerged as the preferred bidder for the General Consultant (GC) contract…

05 Oct 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C5

3 firms / consortia have submitted bids to construct the 8.198 km Package C-5  of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train)…

05 Oct 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 3 Comments
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IRCON-DRA JV Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C7

November 2, 2021 Update: LOA to IRCON – DRA Infracon was issued by NHSRCL today. October 5, 2021 Original Post: IRCON International – Dineshchandra…

05 Oct 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 10 Comments
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L&T, Tata & DRA Win Chennai Metro’s 29 Underground Station Work

Larsen & Toubro, Tata Projects and Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon today emerged as the lowest bidders for 5 underground station packages (UG01 to…

01 Oct 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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3 Bidders for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 1st Rolling Stock Contract

Alstom Transport, BEML and Titagarh Wagons are the 3 firms that have submitted bids to supply 78 coaches for Chennai Metro Line-4’s package ARE03…

30 Sep 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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25 Bidders for Delhi – Meerut Expressway’s Package 5

25 construction firms have submitted bids to build the 14.60 km Package 5 of the Delhi – Meerut Expressway project (NE-3) after the National Highways…

29 Sep 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 2 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 – 94.3 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 – 16 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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