L&T’s TBM Lavi Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro at Shivajinagar

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week quietly commissioned Tunnel Boring…

16 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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PK Engineers Win 2365 KM High Speed Rail Projects’ Ridership Study

May 27 Update: UMTC has been awarded this tender’s contract. February…

16 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi Metro Magenta Line UG’s OHE Work

Alstom, Hitech & Siemens are the three firms have submitted tenders (bids)…

16 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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KEC Tests New U-Girder Launcher for Delhi Metro’s Phase 4

Back on February 6, engineers from CCECC – KEC JV performed a load test…

16 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Sam Begins Pier Work for Agra Metro’s Priority Corridor

Workers from Sam India Builtwell this past week started tying rebar to form…

15 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Afcons Launches Kanpur Metro Priority Corridor’s 300th U-Girder

Afcons Infrastructure on Saturday night celebrated the launch of their 300th…

15 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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PM Modi Inaugurates 9 KM Chennai Metro Phase 1 Extension

Moments ago, India’s Prime Minister remotely inaugurated commercial operations…

14 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Afcons Begins Casting I-Girders for Mumbai Metro’s Line-5

After U-girders in December 2020, Afcons Infrastructure this past week began…

14 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Sterling & Wilson Begins Mumbai Metro Line-2A’s OHE Work

Sterling and Wilson this week began installing 25 kV overhead equipment (OHE) wires for traction at the elevated viaduct of Mumbai Metro’s 18.6 km Line-2A…

13 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Ranjit Conducts Pile Load Tests for Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase 2

Over the past couple weeks, Ranjit Buildcon and Cimec Technologies have been conducting initial vertical pile load tests at two sites between GNLU and…

13 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Jakson – JSC JV Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s E&M Work

Per Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website, Jakson Ltd. – JSC PT JV on January 7 was awarded a Rs. 171. 56 crore…

13 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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RITES – SMEC JV Wins Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor’s GC Contract

February 26 Update: HRIDC has awarded RITES – SMEC JV HORC’s General Consultant contract with a final contract value of Rs. 60,97.79.000 +…

12 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 10 Comments
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4 Bidders for Delhi Metro Dwarka ECC Station’s PSDs

Four small firms have submitted bids for the platform screen door contract at Dwarka ECC Station on the Delhi Metro Airport Express Line’s new 1.878…

12 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM T62 Makes Final Breakthrough for Mumbai Metro Line-3’s UGC-06

Moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine T62 (Tapi-2) operated by J Kumar Infraprojects – China Railway Tunnel Group JV recorded a breakthrough at CSI Airport’s…

12 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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