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…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

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…

03 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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ITD Completes Bangalore Metro Yellow Line’s Span over BETL Flyover

Back in November, workers from ITD Cementation India Ltd. completed launching precast segments on top of Bangalore Elevated Tollway Limited (BETL)’s…

02 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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Bombardier Delivers Delhi Metro RS16’s Final MOVIA Coach

Bombardier Transportation today announced they had delivered the final of 40 new MOVIA metro coaches to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) from its…

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 tenders (bids) for the construction of a 9.605 km elevated extension of Noida…

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 at Aarey Station for the 16.5 km Mumbai Metro Line-7 (Red Line) which…

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 on Friday transported the largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), to ever be…

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) line is moving along at an incredible pace where Larsen & Toubro…

28 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Meerut Metro ⋅ 7 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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