Afcons Begins Work on Kolkata Metro’s Line-6 at City Centre 2

Afcons Infrastructure has started ground work to construct Kolkata Metro…

01 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Readers (fans & industry professionals) often ask me how they can help support…

01 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 9 Comments
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Meerut Metro Train Design to Match RRTS Train

Per a design document that I got my hands on, Meerut Metro’s 3-coach Alstom…

01 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Meerut Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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NMRC Cancels Noida Metro’s Tender for 3rd Time

Here we go again. Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Thursday canceled…

28 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 26 Comments
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MPMRCL Invites Bids for Indore Metro’s 7 Stations

Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Co Ltd. (MPMRCL) today invited tenders (bids) for…

27 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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PSD Installation Begins at Mumbai Metro Line-2A’s Stations

Starting with Borivali West Station, KTK group and their subcontractor this…

27 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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DBL, MCL & DP Jain Win Bangalore – Chennai Expressway’s Work

Dilip Buildcon, Montecarlo and DP Jain & Co. Infrastructure on Thursday…

27 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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Nagpur Metro Reach 4’s Track-Work Nears Completion

Ballastless track-work on Nagpur Metro’s 8.15 km Reach-4 of the 19.4 km…

27 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Alstom Begins Production of Kanpur Metro’s 1st Train

Alstom Transport today formally launched manufacturing 39 3-coach train-sets for Kanpur Metro’s Phase 1 project at their Savli, Gujarat facility…

26 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Madhavaram Depot

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) today invited tenders (bids) for the construction of a train depot at Madhavaram Milk Colony for Chennai Metro’s new 45.813…

26 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Bids Invited for Kochi Metro Phase 2 Pink Line’s PMC

Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. (KMRL) today invited tenders (bids) to appoint a Project Management Consultant to manage Kochi Metro Phase 2’s new 11.2 km…

26 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Testing Begins on Mumbai Metro Line-2A’s Train at Charkop Depot

BEML on Wednesday started dynamic testing on the first prototype train-set for Mumbai Metro’s 18.6 Line-2A (Yellow Line) within Charkop Depot. The…

25 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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L&T Wins 4.37 KM Bhagalpur Ganga Bridge Project

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) last Friday emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing a 4.367 km new bridge over Ganga River between Bhagalpur and Raghopur…

25 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 26 Comments
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MahaMetro Takes Over Navi Mumbai Metro’s Pending Work

After a joint site visit to different facilities, City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) on Tuesday formally handed over the 11.10 km Navi…

25 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 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 – 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 – 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

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