HCC Lowers Delhi Metro Phase 4’s First TBM S86 at Vikaspuri

Workers from HCC – VCCL JV today started lowering parts of tunnel boring…

16 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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TPL-CCECC JV Casts Ahmedabad Metro Reach 2’s Final Segment

Last Saturday, workers from Tata Projects Ltd – China Civil Engineering Construction…

16 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Ghaziabad Mechfab Wins Delhi Metro’s Ajronda Depot Package DC-25

October 23 Update: Ghaziabad Mechfab has been awarded Package DC-25’s…

15 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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2 Bidders for Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Turnout & Crossover Package 15

Voestalpine VAE VKN India Pvt. Ltd. and Vossloh Cogifer S.A. are the two rail…

15 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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Maharashtra Govt Approves Nagpur’s Broad Gauge Metro Project

Maharashtra Government’s cabinet on Wednesday approved the Detailed Project…

15 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Broad Gauge Metro, Nagpur Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Records NATM Tunnel Breakthrough for T1 Subway

Back on September 22, a relatively small but significant tunnel breakthrough…

14 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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17 Bidders for Mumbai – Nagpur HSR’s Utility Survey & Traffic Study

India’s National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has received…

14 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 3 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s Topo & Geo Bids Opened for Ulhasnagar Extn

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on September 29 and today opened financial…

14 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Vindhya Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro at Cantt

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week commissioned Tunnel Boring Machine Vindhya (DZ671) from Cantonment Station for building tunnels on the 21.386…

14 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Paras & Pragati Bid for Delhi Metro’s Najafgarh Tunnel Work

Paras Railtech and Pragati Construction Consultants are the two bidders for constructing a 289.65 meter cut and cover tunnel (Package CC-126A) on the 1.218…

13 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Afcons & Shankaranarayana Win Bangalore Metro Phase 2A ORR Work

Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. and Shankaranarayana Constructions Pvt. Ltd. today emerged as the lowest bidders for constructing Bangalore Metro’s 18.236…

13 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 51 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st Pier Cap Erected by CCECC – KEC in Rohini

Workers from China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation – KEC International (CCECC – KEC) JV today erected the first ever 9.6 meter wide…

12 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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GMRC Reinvites DDC Bids for Surat Metro’s Elevated Sections

Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) today reinvited bids from engineering design firms for the appointment of a Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) to…

12 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi Metro’s Ajronda & Sarita Vihar Depot’s DDC Contract

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday opened technical bids from design engineering firms to reveal three firms had submitted bids for the Detailed…

12 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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