TBM Bhadra Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro’s Pink Line

ITD Cementation India on Thursday commissioned their first tunnel boring…

21 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Bids Invited for Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Final Package DC-05

January 18, 2021 Update: DMRC has issued LOA for DC-05 to Afcons Infrastructure…

21 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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June 2021 Site Update

Hi everyone – hope you’re all staying safe & healthy during this…

02 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 12 Comments
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Lisha Engineers Wins Delhi Metro Pink Line’s Package DC-11

June 9 Update – Lisha Engineers today received a LOA from DMRC with a…

02 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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20 Bidders for Hyderabad Regional Ring Road’s DPR Work

20 design and engineering firms have submitted bids to prepare a Detailed Project…

02 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 20 Comments
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Chennai Metro Reinvites Bids for Line-4’s General Consultant

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) today re-invited tenders to appoint a General…

02 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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SMEC Unveils Design for Bangalore Metro Blue Line’s Stations

Consulting firm SMEC has unveiled architectural concepts and designs for 18…

02 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 36 Comments
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Afcons Casts Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 C1’s 1st Pile Cap

Workers from Afcons Infrastructure on Monday night poured concrete to cast their…

02 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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NMRC Reinvites Bids for Noida Metro Aqua Line’s Extension

Here we go once again. Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Monday re-invited tenders (bids) for the construction of a 9.605 km elevated extension…

01 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Alstom Begins OHE Work inside Mumbai & Pune Metros’ Tunnels

Alstom Transport India has in the past fortnight began installing anchor bolts to support the 25 kV overhead electrification (OHE) system of Mumbai Metro’s…

01 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro, Pune Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Linxon Begins Third Rail Installation for Kolkata Metro’s Line-3

Linxon India in mid-May began installing the 750 V Third Rail electrification system for Kolkata Metro’s 15.215 km Line-3 which will connect Joka…

01 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Work Begins for Mumbai Metro Line-5’s Kasheli Creek Bridge

Afcons Infrastructure this past week began work for a 550 meter bridge over Kasheli Creek of Mumbai Metro’s 24.9 km Line-5 (Orange Line) which will…

31 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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Barricading Work Begins for Chennai Metro’s Phase 2

HCC – KEC JV (Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. – KEC International Consortium) this past week began barricading works in Nazarethpettai for constructing…

31 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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Surya-1 Makes Final Breakthrough for Mumbai Metro Line-3’s UGC-01

Besides the start of trial runs on Line-2A and Line-7, another signficant milestone was recorded today! Moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine Surya-1 operated…

31 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 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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