RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Mominpur Extension

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. today invited bids for the civil construction of Kolkata…

13 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Uttarakhand’s UMTA Approves Dehradun-Rishikesh-Haridwar Metro

Per Live Hindustan, Uttarakhand’s Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority…

13 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Uttarakhand Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Kolkata Metro Line-2’s Phoolbagan Section

Abhai Kumar Rai – the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under…

12 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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ITD Wins Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Pending Station Work

Earlier this week, ITD Cementation India Ltd. emerged as the lowest bidder for…

12 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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BEML to Deliver 42 New Coaches to Bangalore Metro from July

BEML Limited earlier this week invited bids from transport companies to start…

12 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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STEC Lowest Bidder for Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ UG Package 4

Update: As of December 2020, STEC has not been awarded Package 4’s contract…

12 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 19 Comments
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5 Bidders for Patna Metro Line-2’s First Construction Contract

Five construction firms have submitted tenders (bids) to build the 6.107 km…

11 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Kerala Govt Approves 530 KM Semi High-Speed Silver Line Project

Kerala state government’s cabinet on Wednesday approved the Detailed Project…

11 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Trivandrum - Kasaragod Silver Line ⋅ 18 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Kolkata Metro’s Phoolbagan Section on June 12

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under the Ministry of Aviation on June 12 (Friday) will inspect a 3 km mostly underground section of Kolkata…

11 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Mumbai Metro Line-3 Receives Mitsui’s Head Hardened Rails

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday night announced via Twitter the delivery of the 1st batch of Head Hardened (HH) rails for Mumbai Metro’s…

11 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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7 Bidders for New ISBT Depot of Patna Metro’s Phase 1

Moments ago, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) opened bids from construction companies to reveal that seven firms had submitted tender (bids)…

09 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Longjian – KEC JV Resumes Work on Delhi Metro’s Phase 4

Workers from Longjian – KEC JV in May resumed casting yard development work and pre-construction activities for a 12.558 km extension of Delhi Metro’s…

09 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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J Kumar Casts 1st Pier for Mumbai Metro’s Line-4A in Owale

Back on May 28, J Kumar Infraprojects commenced casting work for the first ever pier of Mumbai Metro’s Line-4A (Green Line) in front of Om Sai Plaza…

09 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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MRIDC Invites Consultancy EOI for Pune-Nashik Semi High-Speed Rail

Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (MRIDC), also known as MahaRail, today invited global expression of interest proposals…

08 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune - Nashik Semi High-Speed Rail ⋅ 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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