L&T Wins Rishikesh-Karnaprayag Rail Line’s Package 4

Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder for major tunneling work…

01 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 31 Comments
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L&T Begins Work on Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ Package 7 and 17

2020 had another major update in store! Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday performed…

01 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 8 Comments
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Meinhardt Wins Kolkata Metro Line-6’s PMC Contract

Back in early-December, Meinhardt India Pvt. Ltd. emerged as the lowest bidder…

01 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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L&T-STEC Restarts Mumbai Metro’s TBM Surya-1 towards CSMT

2020 had one last surprise in store! Workers from Larsen & Toubro – Shanghai…

01 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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2020 Recap: Progress of India’s Metro & High-Speed Rail Systems

Hot damn, what a crazy year right? COVID-19 obviously changed how we do a lot…

31 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail, Other ⋅ 22 Comments
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J Kumar Launches Mumbai Metro Line-9’s 1st Pier Cap

A few hours ago, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects erected the first 9.5m wide…

31 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st TBM S86 Undergoes Site Testing

Engineers from HCC – VCCL JV on Wednesday wrapped up a 2-day site acceptance…

31 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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4 Bidders for 2365 KM High Speed Rail Projects’ Survey Work

Four engineering firms today submitted bids for carrying out survey work to…

30 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR’s Project Mgmt Consultancy

Three firms on Tuesday submitted bids to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services for civil construction of the 508.17 km Mumbai –…

30 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 9 Comments
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ISGEC Begins Work on Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Joka Depot

ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd. has started construction work on Joka Depot of Kolkata Metro’s 15.215 km Line-3 which will connect Joka and Esplanade…

30 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Afcons Wins Kolkata Metro Line-6 Airport Section’s Work

Afcons Infrastructure today emerged as the lowest bidder among 4 to construct Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Package ANVS – a 3.519 km mostly elevated…

29 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi-Amritsar High Speed Rail’s Alignment Design

3 design and engineering firms today submitted bids to prepare the final alignment design including an aerial LiDAR survey for the Detailed Project Report…

29 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 13 Comments
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Gulermak-Sam & J Kumar Win Surat Metro’s Underground Work

March 1, 2021 Update: Gulermak-SAM has also been issued a LOA by GMRC for CS2. January 11, 2021 Update: J Kumar has been issued a LOA by GMRC for package…

28 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 28 Comments
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PM Modi Flags off Delhi Metro’s Driverless Train Services

Moments ago, India’s Prime Minister flagged off driverless train operations (DTO) via video conferencing on Delhi Metro’s 38.235 km Magenta…

28 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 353.3 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 94.3 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 79.5 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 – 16 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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