4 Bidders for Bengaluru Suburban Rail Corridor 2’s Track Work

Four firms (one in a consortium) today submitted bids for the track laying contract…

29 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 11 Comments
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L&T Launches Delhi – Meerut RRTS Package 7’s Final Segment

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) this Saturday celebrated launching their final…

28 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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5th OWG for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train Launched Near Vadodara

M G Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) this week completed launching their fifth…

27 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 5 Comments
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5 Bidders for Bangalore Metro Blue Line’s E&M Contract for 28 Stations

5 firms have submitted bids for electrical & mechanical contract E&M-6…

26 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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22 Firms Qualify for Kanpur Ring Road Packages 2A & 2B’s Contracts

22 bidders have technically-qualified for the civil construction work of 93.2…

25 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 8 Comments
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4 Firms Qualify for Bhopal Metro Line-2’s Package BH-05

Four construction firms (1 in a consortium) today qualified for civil construction…

22 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Epitome Wins Lucknow Metro Line-2’s Topographical Survey Contract

November 26, 2024 Update: UPMRC has awarded Epitome Geotechnical Services with…

21 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s TBM Azad Records Breakthrough at Transport Nagar

Afcons – Sam India Consortium this evening celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine…

17 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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RVNL Wins Nagpur Metro Phase 2 C-06’s Contract for 10 Stations

December 16, 2024 Update: Maha-Metro has issued LOA to RVNL with a contract valued at Rs. 270 crore October 16 2024 Original Post: Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd….

16 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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STUP – RITES JV Awarded Pune Metro Extension’s Design Contract DDC-03

STUP Consultants – RITES JV last Friday was awarded a Rs. 2.92 crore contract to provide Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) services for Pune Metro’s Phase…

16 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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BEML Awarded India’s High-Speed Rail Train Contract for 16 Coaches

BEML Ltd. has announced the award of a Rs. 866.87 crore contract by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) to supply two high-speed train-sets for India’s…

16 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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Geomardy Wins Mumbai Metro Line-11’s Geotechnical Contract

Geomarine Dynamics India Pvt. Ltd. (Geomardy) was today declared as the lowest bidder for conducting geotechnical soil investigation for 18 km Mumbai Metro…

15 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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KPIL’s Kanpur Metro Line-2 TBM Gomati Starts Tunneling from Rawatpur

Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) – Gulermak JV today commissioned their first tunnel boring machine (TBM) Gomati at Rawatpur Metro Station…

15 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Pune Metro’s Phase 2 Approved by Maharashtra Government

Maharashtra Government’s Cabinet today approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of 31.64 km Pune Metro Phase 2 project with an estimated total…

14 Oct 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 16 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 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 59.2 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

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