Linxon Begins Third Rail Installation for Kolkata Metro’s Line-3

Linxon India in mid-May began installing the 750 V Third Rail electrification…

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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…

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)…

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…

31 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Mumbai Metro’s Line-2A & Line-7

Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd. (MMMOCL) today officially started…

31 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Gulermak-Sam Begins Casting Yard Work for Kanpur Metro

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV has in the past fortnight started ground…

30 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Ranjit Begins Casting Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Pier Caps

Workers from Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. on Friday began pouring concrete to cast pier…

30 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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1st U Girder Launched for Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s DC-03R

Sam India Builtwell – Gulermak JV on Wednesday evening erected their first…

30 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MMRDA Cancels Mumbai Metro’s Tender for Mogharpada Depot

Mumbai’s depot issues just don’t seem to end. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has in the past week cancelled the tendering…

30 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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ITD Cem Lowers Bangalore Metro’s TBM Bhadra at Venkateshpura

ITD Cementation India on Wednesday started lowering parts of Tunnel Boring Machine Bhadra (S-840B) at Venkateshpura Station on Bangalore Metro’s 21.386…

29 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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J Kumar Awarded Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s Contract for Pending Work

J Kumar Infraprojects today finally received a Letter of Acceptance (work order) for completing pending (balance) construction work on the DN Nagar –…

28 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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29 Bidders for Delhi Dehradun Expressway PH2’s Packages 2 & 3

29 firms have submitted a total of 55 bids to construct civil packages 2 and 3 of the 210 km Delhi – Dehradun Expressway‘s 119 km Phase 2 (EPE…

25 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 5 Comments
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Afcons & Shankaranarayana Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2A Work

Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. and Shankaranarayana Constructions Pvt. Ltd. on Monday were finally issued work orders to construct the 18.236 km Central Silkboard…

25 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 49 Comments
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CMRL Cancels Chennai Metro Line-4’s GC Tender

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) on Wednesday officially cancelled the Request for Proposal (RFP) tendering process to appoint a General Consultant for Chennai…

22 May 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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