Delhi – Ahmedabad HSR’s Alignment Design & Survey Bids Opened

Government-owned RITES and 3 other firms have emerged as the lowest bidders…

05 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Trains Now Display Upcoming Metrolite’s Route

BEML trains operating on Bangalore Metro’s 24.20 km Green Line connecting…

05 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Bangalore Metrolite ⋅ 24 Comments
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Dogus-Soma Restarts Mumbai Metro’s TBM 1239 towards Mahalaxmi

This past weekend, workers from Doğuş-Soma JV recommissioned their second…

05 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st U-Girder Launched by CCECC – KEC

Less than a month after erecting the first pier cap, workers from China Civil…

03 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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7 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s General Consultancy

All seven previously shortlisted global project management consortia have submitted…

03 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Paras Wins Delhi Metro Ajronda & Sarita Vihar Depots’ Track-Work

This past Friday, Paras Railtech emerged as the lowest bidder to supply tracks…

03 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MMRDA Invites Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-4’s Head Hardened Rails

Back in October-end, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)…

03 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Delhi Metro Receives 800th Bombardier MOVIA Coach

Bombardier Transportation last week announced they had delivered their 800th…

03 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Roof-Work Package 12B

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) today opened technical bids for the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line‘s Package 12B to reveal…

02 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Meerut Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons Wins Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Package C1

More Gujarat-related news! Afcons Infrastructure today emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing the 14.36 km Package C1 of the 28.254 km Ahmedabad…

02 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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4 Bidders for Surat Metro Underground Line’s Construction

4 construction firms / consortia have submitted 6 tenders (bids) to build 2 underground (tunnel & station work) packages CS2 and CS3 of the 40.35 km Surat…

02 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C6

November 19 Update: Contract has been awarded to L&T Original Post: Another package down! Minutes ago, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) emerged as the…

02 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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4 Bidders for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Line-3 Tunnels

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) today opened technical bids for constructing roughly 42 kms of underground tunnels (Packages TU01 & TU02) of Chennai…

31 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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YFC Projects Wins Delhi Metro’s Sarita Vihar Depot & Ramp Work

YFC Projects Pvt. Ltd. last week emerged as the lowest bidder to construct a new cut & cover ramp and remodel Sarita Vihar Depot (Package DC-26) on…

31 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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