L&T Lowers TBM Lavi into Bangalore Metro’s Shivajinagar Station

Back in mid-June, workers from Larsen & Toubro quietly lowered pieces of…

02 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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ADB Reveals Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Design Details

The updated website of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reveals many…

01 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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12 Bidders for Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Construction

Earlier today, Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) opened technical bids from…

01 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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ADB Evaluating $780 mn Loan for Chennai Metro Phase 2 Project

Per the updated website of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the bank on June…

30 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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7 Bidders for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line’s Electrification Contract

7 firms have submitted bids for the overhead electrification contract (Package…

30 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 18 Comments
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Som Begins Piling for Delhi Metro’s Punjabi Bagh Interchange

Som Projects Private Limited has started piling work to build an interchange…

30 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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MMRDA Invites DDC Bids for 13 Mumbai Metro Interchange Facilities

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Monday invited bids…

30 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Bombardier Wins Kanpur & Agra Metro’s 201 Coach Rolling Stock & Signalling Contract

July 3 Update: Bombardier has been awarded the contract valued at approximately…

29 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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NCC Completes Pune Metro’s 2 Spans over JRD Tata Flyover

Workers from NCC Ltd. in Pune today completed launching precast segments on top of Bharat Ratna J.R.D. Tata Flyover at Nashik Phata for building the 10.795…

26 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Model of Mumbai Metro Line-2A’s Charkop Depot

Here’s a post with images of an extremely detailed, cute and impressive model of Mumbai Metro’s under construction Charkop Depot which’ll…

26 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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MPSPL Completes Trial Assembly for Pune Metro’s Steel Girder

Last week, Modern Prefab Systems Pvt. Ltd. in Bhillai, Chhatisgarh completed trial run assembly for a 36 m long steel composite girder fabricated for use…

25 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Longjian–KEC Begins Piling for Delhi Metro Line-7’s Extension

Following a small puja, workers and engineers from Longjian – KEC JV today officially began piling work for the construction of a 12.558 km extension of…

24 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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CCECC – KEC Begins Casting 1st U-Girder for Delhi Metro Phase 4

Following a small inauguration event, workers from KEC International Ltd. today started casting their first U-Girder for a 12.375 km elevated extension…

24 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NCC Assembles Bowstring Bridge for Nagpur Metro Viaduct’s ROB

Workers from NCC Ltd. over the past few weeks have assembled pieces of a bowstring (tied-arch) girder bridge for a vehicular railway overbridge (ROB) that…

24 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 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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