J Kumar’s TBMs Arrive for Surat Metro’s Construction

J Kumar Infraprojects on Wednesday received their two tunnel boring machines…

01 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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East Metals Awarded Kanpur & Agra Metros’ HH Rail Contract

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on April 20 awarded East Metals…

30 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Gulermak-Sam Starts Soil Testing for Kanpur Metro’s Underground Line

Gulermak – Sam India JV this week began geotechnical soil investigation…

30 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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SCC-VRS Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C8

February 4, 2022 Update: SCC – VRS JV has received LOA for C8’s…

28 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 9 Comments
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Pune Metro’s Mula-Mutha River Bridge Completed

Besides the completion of the Purple Line’s tunnels under Mutha River,…

28 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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NCC Begins Pier Work for Patna Metro’s Viaduct

Workers from NCC in the past fortnight have started tying rebar to form piers…

28 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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4 Qualify for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C8

Four bidders today qualified through the technical bid evaluation round for…

27 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 6 Comments
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Pune Metro’s Tunnels Completed Under Mutha River

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha Metro) on Monday announced completion…

27 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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7 Bidders for Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Track Contract

Seven rail firms have submitted bids to supply and install ballastless tracks for Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Nicco Park – Titumir section, after Rail…

26 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Records NATM Breakthrough at Shitladevi Station

Workers from Continental Engineering Corp – ITD Cementation – Tata Projects JV on Saturday celebrated a NATM tunnel breakthrough at Shitladevi Station…

26 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Afcons Launches 2 x 45m Steel Girders for Kanpur Metro

Afcons Infrastructure on Friday night erected their second 45 meter steel box girder at Rawatpur for constructing Kanpur Metro’s 23.785 km Line-1 between…

24 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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TBM S-1259 Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro’s Pink Line

Afcons Infrastructure on Friday commissioned their second tunnel boring machine, S-1259, at Dairy Circle Ramp to build Bangalore Metro’s 21.386…

24 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Bids Reinvited for Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s MTNL-Chembur Section

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) this evening invited tenders for completing balance civil work on a 5.868 km section of Mumbai…

22 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM Surya-2 Records Breakthrough at CSMT

Moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine Surya-2 operated by Larsen & Toubro – Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company JV arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj…

22 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 13 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 – 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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