Afcons Begins Casting I-Girders for Mumbai Metro’s Line-5

After U-girders in December 2020, Afcons Infrastructure this past week began…

14 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Sterling & Wilson Begins Mumbai Metro Line-2A’s OHE Work

Sterling and Wilson this week began installing 25 kV overhead equipment (OHE)…

13 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Ranjit Conducts Pile Load Tests for Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase 2

Over the past couple weeks, Ranjit Buildcon and Cimec Technologies have been…

13 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Jakson – JSC JV Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s E&M Work

Per Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website,…

13 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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RITES – SMEC JV Wins Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor’s GC Contract

February 26 Update: HRIDC has awarded RITES – SMEC JV HORC’s General…

12 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 10 Comments
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4 Bidders for Delhi Metro Dwarka ECC Station’s PSDs

Four small firms have submitted bids for the platform screen door contract at…

12 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM T62 Makes Final Breakthrough for Mumbai Metro Line-3’s UGC-06

Moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine T62 (Tapi-2) operated by J Kumar Infraprojects…

12 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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8 Bidders for Delhi Metro Magenta Line UG’s E&M Work

Eight firms have submitted tenders (bids) for electrical & mechanical systems…

11 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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L&T Begins Pier Work for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train

Historic day! Larsen & Toubro today officially started construction work to build the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR…

10 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 45 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro’s Nehru Nagar – Sholinganallur Section

Besides Line-5’s final package, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Tuesday night also invited tenders (bids) for the construction of Chennai Metro…

10 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro’s CMBT – Venugopal Nagar Section

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) today invited tenders (bids) for the construction of a 10.2 km viaduct, 1 underground & 11 elevated stations (Package…

09 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Pune Metro Aqua Line’s 1st Train Arrives at Vanaz Depot

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) on Sunday received their first CRRC train for Pune Metro’s 14.665 km Aqua Line (Vanaz…

08 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Chennai Metro’s Alandur – STM Section to be Converted in Phase 2

In Chennai Metro’s upcoming 118.90 km Phase 2 project, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) has two very interesting plans in place for the new 47 km…

07 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 31 Comments
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Afcons Begins Lowering Bangalore Metro’s TBM S1264 at RMS

Workers from Afcons Infrastructure on Thursday night began lowering parts of tunnel boring machine S-1264 at a shaft adjacent to the Rashtriya Military…

06 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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