L&T Wins 2 Chennai Metro Phase 2 Contracts for Line-5

Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder for 2 elevated contracts…

06 Sep 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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6 Bidders for Delhi Metro Silver Line’s DC-09 Underground Work

December 14, 2021 Update: Afcons Infrastructure is lowest bidder (L1) for DC-09’s…

27 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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6 Bidders for Delhi Metro Silver Line’s DC-07 Underground Work

January 17, 2022 Update: DMRC has issued LOA to Afcons Infrastructure with a…

18 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Tuaman & Jindal Steel Win Patna Metro’s E&M & Track Work

November 18 Update: Package PT-7 has been cancelled. October 13 Update: DMRC…

18 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Himcon & SC Agarwal Win Delhi Metro Mukundpur Depot’s Work

Himcon Engineers (India) and S.C. Agarwal earlier this month emerged as the…

18 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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6 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Underground Work

Besides opening bids for the 26 km Line-4’s GC contract, Chennai Metro…

16 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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4 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s General Consultant Work

4 design & engineering consortia have submitted tenders for the General…

16 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Bangalore Metro’s Kengeri Extension

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) on Tuesday started its 3-day…

11 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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Chennai Metro Invites EOI to Lease 126 Coaches in Phase 2

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) last week invited Expression of Interest applications to lease 126 coaches for Chennai Metro’s Phase 2 project. These…

11 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Titagarh Unveils 1st Pune Metro Train in Italy

Titagarh Wagons’ Italian subsidiary Titagarh Firema SpA on July 31 rolled out Pune Metro’s first 3-coach trainset to operate on its 31.254…

11 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS Approves Nagpur Metro’s Sitabuldi-Kasturchand Park Section

Per MahaMetro’s press release, Janak Kumar Garg – the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) has approved commercial operations on the…

10 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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SWPL Begins Kanpur Metro’s Third Rail Installation Work

Workers from Sterling & Wilson – GSC Construction Company JV last week began installing the 750V Third Rail electrification system for Kanpur…

10 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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7 Bidders for Delhi Metro Silver Line’s DC-08 Underground Work

November 23, 2021 Update: Tata Projects (TPL) is lowest bidder (L1) for DC-08’s contract – see details. August 10, 2021 Update: 7 construction firms…

10 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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EIB to Provide €480 mn Loan for Agra Metro’s Phase 1

The European Investment Bank (EIB)’s updated website indicates that on April 23 it began officially appraising a 480 million Euro (approx….

10 Aug 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 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

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