STEC Awarded Delhi – Meerut RRTS Package 4’s Contract

Multiple industry sources have confirmed to me that Shanghai Tunnel Engineering…

21 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 6 Comments
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Sadbhav – SP Singla Wins Surat Metro Line-1’s Construction

January 11, 2021 Update: Sadbhav Engineering has been issued a LOA by GMRC for…

21 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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7 Bidders for 3 High Speed Rail Projects’ EIA Study

7 firms have submitted a total of 16 bids over the past month for carrying out…

21 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 5 Comments
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Soil Testing Completed for Kanpur Metro’s Rania – Naubasta Section

Techpro Engineers Pvt. Ltd. has wrapped up a 2 month geotechnical soil investigation…

21 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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CMRL Invites Bids for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Rolling Stock

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) on Saturday invited tenders (bids) to procure…

20 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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L&T’s TBMs Pass Through Mumbai Metro’s Hutatma Chowk Station

After recording breakthroughs in October by Surya-2 and November by Surya-1,…

20 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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National Rail Plan Drafted for India’s High Speed Rail Projects

India’s Ministry of Railways on Friday published a draft of the National…

20 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 29 Comments
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Pre-Construction Work Underway for Bangalore Metro’s Airport Line

Over the past 9 months, various small contractors have been carrying out pre-construction…

19 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6’s AFC System

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) has invited bids for commissioning an Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system at 32 stations of Kolkata Metro’s under…

19 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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APCO-CRFG Launches Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ 1st Parapet Segment

A crew from Apco Infratech Pvt. Ltd. – China Railway First Group Company Ltd (APCO – CRFG) JV on Friday launched the first of 3196 parapet wall…

19 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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6 Bidders for Kanpur & Agra Metros’ Ballastless Track-Work

Six firms / consortia have submitted bids to supply and install ballastless tracks and fastening systems for the 32.385 km Kanpur Metro and 29.40…

18 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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L&T Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Bridge Package P4 X & Y

January 25 Update: Larsen & Toubro – IHI Infrastructure Systems Consortium has been issued a LoA by NHSRCL December 18 Original Post: Larsen &…

18 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 11 Comments
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Sam India & GR Infra Bid for Noida Metro’s Aqua Line Extension

Sam India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. and GR Infraprojects Ltd. are once again the only two bidders for a 9.605 km extension of Noida Metro’s Aqua Line from…

18 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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ITD Begins Blasting for Bangalore Metro’s Venkateshpura Station

While a crew of ITD Cementation India in Mumbai was celebrating the completion of tunneling work on Tuesday, another ITD crew in Bangalore began controlled…

18 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 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 – 75.2 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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