3 Qualify for Chennai Metro Line-4’s General Consultant Service

Three global consortia have qualified for Chennai Metro Line-4’s General…

02 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Kolkata Metro’s Dakshineswar Extn on Feb 5 & 6

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under the Ministry of Aviation…

02 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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AFD – GoI Sign MoU for Surat Metro’s € 250 mn Loan

Last Thursday, India’s Finance Ministry and France’s Agence Française…

02 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Budget 2021: Metro & High Speed Rail in India

Earlier today, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several…

01 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, High Speed Rail, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Broad Gauge Metro, Nagpur Metro, Nashik Metro, Other ⋅ 14 Comments
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4 Bidders for Chennai-Mysuru HSR’s LiDAR & Alignment Design

4 design and engineering firms today submitted bids to prepare the final alignment…

01 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 11 Comments
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Jaipur Metro Publishes Phase 1C & Phase 2 DPRs for Finalization

Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) through the Government of Rajasthan has…

01 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Factory Tests Completed on ITD’s Bangalore Metro TBMs

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Herrenknecht India on Friday wrapped…

31 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro’s Sholinganallur – SIPCOT Section

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Friday night invited tenders (bids) for…

30 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Bids Invited for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Track-Work

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) on Friday night invited bids for the design, manufacturing and installation of tracks (Package…

30 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 10 Comments
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Work Begins on Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase 2 to Gandhinagar

Following the virtual inauguration of construction work last week, Afcons Infrastructure and Ranjit Buildcon – both civil contractors of Ahmedabad…

27 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Track Installation Begins for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extension

Workers from Texmaco Rail and Engineering this weekend began track plinth casting works to install tracks (rails) for Bangalore Metro’s 15.257 km Reach…

26 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s RV Road Interchange Starts Taking Shape

In south-central Bengaluru, a key interchange station at Rashtriya Vidyalaya Road has started taking shape for Bangalore Metro’s 73.92 km Phase 2…

25 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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1st Pier Caps Erected for Mumbai Metro’s Line-5 & RRTS’ Package 3

This past week saw major milestones being recorded for Mumbai Metro’s 24.9 km Line-5 (Orange Line) and 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut Regional Rapid Transit…

24 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T Wins Kanpur & Agra Metros’ Track-Work Contract

February 2 Update: Larsen & Toubro has been awarded its contract by UPMRCL with a value of INR 3,63,68,64,879 and Euro 30,61,550 January 23 Original…

23 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 14 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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