Bombardier Delivers Delhi Metro RS16’s Final MOVIA Coach

Bombardier Transportation today announced they had delivered the final of 40…

01 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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NMRC Reinvites Bids for Noida Metro Aqua Line’s Extension

Here we go again. Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Saturday re-invited…

01 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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ITD Casts Mumbai Metro Line-7’s First Crossover

ITD Cementation India Ltd. last week celebrated casting the first track crossover…

30 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T Prepares to Lower India’s Largest TBM for Mumbai’s Coastal Road

With partial assembly works completed, Larsen & Toubro and Freight Wings…

28 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 5 Comments
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L&T’s Piers Take Shape for Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ Package 3

Construction work in Meerut District for the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut (RRTS)…

28 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Meerut Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Extraction Work Begins for Pune Metro’s TBMs at Civil Court

Workers from Gülermak – Tata Projects Limited JV earlier this month began…

27 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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NHSRCL and L&T Sign Contract for Bullet Train’s Package C4

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) and Larsen &…

27 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 16 Comments
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Work Begins on Patna Metro’s Phase 1 Project

As I mentioned in Agra Metro’s post the other day, work to facilitate…

26 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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CMRS Approves Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Extn with 37 Conditions

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on Monday received the final statutory approval from the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS)…

25 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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J Kumar & NCC Win Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s Pending Work

May 28 Update: Contract to J Kumar Infra been awarded at Rs. 1307.88 crore. April 22 Update: MMRDA has re-invited bids for Package L2B-C102 where NCC was…

24 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 42 Comments
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Work Begins on Agra Metro’s Phase 1 Project

Workers from Sam India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. and Lisha Engineers have started barricading works along Agra Metro Line-1’s 4 km ‘Priority Corridor’…

24 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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BIAL Invites Design Bids for Bangalore Metro’s 2 Airport Stations

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) last week invited proposals from engineering design firms to appoint a Detailed Design Consultant (DDC)…

24 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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BEML Receives 72 Coach Order for Mumbai Metro’s Lines 2 & 7

In a BSE filing, BEML Ltd. has announced it has received another order from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to supply 72 more coaches (12 train-sets…

23 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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ITD Launches Bangalore Metro Reach 1B’s Final Segment

Workers from ITD Cementation India Ltd. on Friday launched the final of 2125 segments near Vydehi Hospital – a major milestone for constructing the…

23 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 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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