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…

10 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 14 Comments
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Texmaco Casts Bangalore Metro Kengeri Extn’s Crossover

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd. on Monday completed casting a track crossover…

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…

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…

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…

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…

07 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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NHSRCL Invites Survey Bids for 2365 KM of High Speed Rail Lines

India’s National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Friday invited bids for conducting a ridership (traffic) study and carrying out…

05 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 33 Comments
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Mumbai – Nagpur High Speed Rail’s Design & Survey Bids Opened

Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd. (DIMMTS) and four other firms in November emerged as the lowest bidders for 5 packages to help prepare…

05 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 20 Comments
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DMRC to Provide GC & PMC Services for Noida Metro’s Phase 2

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporate (DMRC) and Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) today signed an agreement today through which DMRC will provide services…

04 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Alstom Wins Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Signalling Contract

Alstom Transport India Ltd. today emerged as the lowest bidder – beating Siemens Ltd. – for providing the signaling, train control and telecommunication…

04 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 18 Comments
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L&T Lowers TBM Mavala (India’s Largest) for Mumbai’s Coastal Road

Larsen & Toubro and Freight Wings on Thursday lowered the shields of TBM Mavala – the largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) to ever be deployed…

04 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 17 Comments
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Pune Metro to Connect Swargate – Pulgate and Hadapsar – Loni

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Monday invited bids for geotechnical survey work to develop a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Pune Metro’s…

03 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 15 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 – 94.3 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 – 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

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