J Kumar Launches 1st U-Girder for Mumbai Metro Line-6’s Package 1

In the early morning hours of this past Thursday, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects…

03 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Video: Bangalore Metro Begins High Speed Tests on Anjanapura Extn

Earlier this week, engineers from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd….

01 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Green – Pink Line Interchange Takes Shape

Workers from Som Projects Pvt. Ltd. have started erecting the first few steel…

01 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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4 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-4’s Signalling & PSD System

Four global rail firms – Alstom, Bombardier, Hitachi & Siemens –…

30 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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NDB Approves Loans for Mumbai Metro Line-6 & Delhi-Meerut RRTS

The New Development Bank (NDB)’s Board of Directors on Tuesday approved…

30 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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14 Bidders for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor’s General Consultancy

February 26, 2021 Update: RITES – SMEC JV has been awarded HORC’s…

30 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 5 Comments
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7 Bidders for Kanpur Metro’s Underground Construction

Seven construction firms / consortia have submitted tenders (bids) to build…

30 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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NMRC Reinvites Bids for Noida Metro Aqua Line’s Extension

Noida Metro Rail Limited (NMRC) today re-invited bids tenders (bids) for the…

29 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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14 Bidders for Delhi – Ahmedabad HSR’s Alignment Design and Survey

India’s National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) today opened technical bids for two packages to reveal a total of 14 firms had submitted…

29 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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KEC Begins Construction on Delhi – Alwar RRTS’ Gurgaon Section

Workers from KEC – CCECC JV and Pinnacle Piling have quietly started piling work near Gurgaon’s Atul Kataria Chowk for constructing the National…

29 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 10 Comments
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Paras Railtech Wins Delhi Metro Airport Exp Line’s Track Contract

Paras Railtech Pvt. Ltd on September 23 emerged as the lowest bidder for the supply and installation of tracks inside the 1.878 km underground extension…

29 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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ITD Begins Casting Tunnel Segments for Bangalore Metro’s Pink Line

Workers from ITD Cementation India Ltd. today began pouring concrete to cast their very first tunnel ring segment for constructing a 4.591 km underground…

28 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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6 Bidders for Surat Metro Line-1’s Construction

Six construction firms / consortia have submitted tenders (bids) to build the 11.6 km Kadarsha Ni Nal – Dream City (Package CS1) section of Surat Metro‘s…

28 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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TBM S78 Records Breakthrough at Pune Metro’s Civil Court Station

Moments ago – tunnel boring machine (TBM) S78, nicknamed Mutha, operated by the Gülermak – Tata Projects Limited JV made a breakthrough…

28 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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