JICA & GoI Sign Rs 12,107 Cr Loan for Delhi & Bangalore Metros

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Friday signed loan agreements…

27 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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EOI Invited to Supply 50 Coaches for Nashik Metro Neo

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) earlier this week invited…

26 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nashik Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Yuksel JV Wins Kolkata Metro Line-3’s General Consultancy

Yuksel Proje – Tumas JV on Tuesday won the General Consultant (GC) and…

24 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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JSPL Only Bidder for Patna Metro Depot’s Rails

Jindal Steel & Power Limited is the only bidder for supplying 1200 MT of…

24 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Pune Metro’s TBMs Start Tunneling towards Budhwar Peth

Gulermak – Tata Projects Ltd. JV has in the past fortnight quietly commissioned…

24 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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6 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C7

6 firms / consortia have submitted bids to construct the 18.133 km Package C-7…

23 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 13 Comments
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Afcons Lowers Bangalore Metro’s TBM S-1259 at Dairy Circle

Afcons Infrastructure on Sunday morning began lowering parts of tunnel boring…

23 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NHSRCL Invites GAD Bids for 2365 KM of High Speed Rail Lines

India’s National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Monday night…

23 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 3 Comments
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Tata JV Wins Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s PMC Contract

June 17 Update: TCE – Aarvee – CEG – Padeco JV was today issued a LOA by NHSRCL to provide project management consultant (PMC) services….

22 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 41 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro Pink Line’s Pending Work

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) today invited tenders for completing the balance / pending work on the 21.386 km Pink Line’s 7.501 km elevated…

22 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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Montecarlo Wins Bangalore – Chennai Expressway’s PH2 Package 1

September 15, 2021 Update: Montecarlo (MCL) has received NHAI’s LOA. March 20, 2021 Original Post: That’s a wrap. Montecarlo Ltd. (MCL) on…

20 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 37 Comments
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PMC Approves Pune Metro’s Swargate – Katraj Extension

Pune Municipal Corporation’s General Body on Wednesday approved a 5.464 km underground extension of the 16.589 km Purple Line-1 from Swargate…

20 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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2 Qualify for Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR’s PMC Contract

Two global consortia led by Nippon Koei and Tata Consulting Engineers today technically qualified to provide project management consultancy services for…

19 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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Bids Invited for Delhi Metro Pink Line Extn’s OHE Electrification

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday invited tenders for Package DE-14 to commission the 25 kV FOCS overhead equipment (OHE) and 33 kV auxiliary…

18 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 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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