Bids Invited for Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR’s Packages P1B & P1C

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on Thursday invited…

20 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 13 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Bangalore Metro Green Line’s Anjanapura Extn

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under the Ministry of Civil…

19 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Tata-Siemens Begins Piling for Pune Metro’s Line-3

Workers from Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. have finally started piling work,…

19 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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6 Bidders for Patna Metro’s Electrification Contract

Six firms have submitted tenders (bids) for substation and cabling works of…

17 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Indian Built Alstom Train Unveiled for Montreal REM Metro

Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) on Monday unveiled the first look of their…

17 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 6 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Extn on Nov 18-19

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under the Ministry of Aviation…

16 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Nagpur Metro’s Double Decker Viaduct Inaugurated

On Friday, India’s Minister for Road Transport & Highways inaugurated…

16 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Pier Work Begins for Delhi – Alwar RRTS Line in Gurgaon

Workers from KEC – CCECC JV have started tying rebar to form piers near Gurugram’s…

14 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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J Kumar Begins Casting Mumbai Metro Line-9’s 1st Pier

In the earlier morning hours of Friday, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects started pouring concrete to cast the first pier for Mumbai Metro’s 11.38…

14 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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DMRC Updates Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Length & Stations

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on their website has officially updated the length and number of stations of the Phase 4 project’s Silver…

13 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Delhi Metro Cancels Tender for 29 Metrolite Train-Sets

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has abruptly canceled its procurement process for 29 Metrolite (Light Rail Transit) trains to run on the upcoming 19.15…

12 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metrolite ⋅ 16 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Line-5’s 2nd Elevated Section

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Wednesday invited tenders (bids) for the construction of a 11.61 km elevated section (Package ECV-03) from Puzhuthivakkam…

12 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Steel Girders Erected for Bangalore Metro Phase 2 over NICE Road

With the transfer of land from Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd. (NICE) finally completed this June, workers from NCC Ltd. and Soma Enterprise…

12 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Alstom India Produces 500th Metro Coach at Sri City Plant

Alstom India yesterday announced it has successfully manufactured its 500th metro coach comprising about 112 metro train-sets at its Sri City facility…

11 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro, Kochi Metro, Lucknow Metro, Mumbai Metro, Other ⋅ 0 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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