Kanpur Metro’s Govt. Polytechnic Depot Takes Shape

With station finishing works beginning on Kanpur Metro Line-1’s 8.728…

14 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Nagpur Metro Installs 200 kW Solar Plant at Sitabuldi Interchange

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation…

14 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro, Pune Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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JICA Evaluating $318 mn Loan for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 2A & 2B

Following the Asian Development Bank’s approval this Tuesday for a USD…

13 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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Delhi Metro Invites Bids for Magenta Line’s JICA Packages

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) this week invited bids for two small…

12 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Sam India Begins Kanpur Metro’s Station Finishing Work

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on Friday night announced on Twitter…

12 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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J Kumar Launches Mumbai Metro’s 1st Pier Cap Using Straddle Carrier

J Kumar Infraprojects this morning erected the first pier cap using its new…

11 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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SAI Begins Soil Testing for Agra Metro’s Construction

Just prior to the inauguration of construction works for Agra Metro’s…

11 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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ITD Cem Casts Kolkata Metro Airport Station’s Top Slab

Workers from ITD Cementation India on Tuesday completed casting the top slab…

11 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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L&T Lowers Indian-Flag Themed Cutterhead for Mumbai’s Coastal Road

Larsen & Toubro and Freight Wings on Wednesday lowered a 300 MT cutterhead of TBM Mavala – the largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) to ever be deployed…

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Texmaco Casts Bangalore Metro Kengeri Extn’s Crossover

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd. on Monday completed casting a track crossover at Kengeri Bus Stand Station for the 8.814 km south-western extension…

09 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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ADB Approves $500 mn Loan for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 2A & 2B

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced its board’s approval to lend USD 500 million (approx. Rs 3680 crore) for the development of Bangalore…

08 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 37 Comments
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L&T Wins Chennai Metro Phase 2’s First Construction Contract

Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the first 7.955 km elevated section (ECV-01) of Chennai Metro’s new 26.09 km Line-4…

08 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 38 Comments
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PM Modi Inaugurates Agra Metro’s Construction Work

Moments ago, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated piling work – the first step of civil construction – for Agra…

07 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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Delhi Metro to Procure 288 New Coaches in Phase 4

Per an advance procurement notice, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) intends to procure 288 new coaches to operate on the 65.1 km Delhi Metro Phase…

07 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 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 – 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 – 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

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