AIIB Approves $500 million Loan for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Project

Per the updated website of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank…

09 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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NCRTC & BEL Sign MoU for Indigenous Platform Screen Doors

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) and Bharat Electronics…

09 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, High Speed Rail, Other ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Line-3’s 29 Underground Stations

This is big. Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) on Saturday published a notice inviting…

08 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Pune Metro’s TBM S79 Records Breakthrough at Civil Court Station

Moments ago – tunnel boring machine (TBM) S79, nicknamed Mula, operated by…

07 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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1st Pier Caps Erected for Delhi Metro’s DC-02 & Mumbai Metro’s BC-02R

Towards the end of October, workers in Delhi and Mumbai erected their first…

07 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kirti Wins Delhi Metro Ajronda & Sarita Vihar Depot’s DDC Contract

Earlier this week, Kirti Structural Consultants Pvt. Ltd. emerged as the lowest…

06 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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KfW Approves EUR 545 mn Loan for Mumbai Metro’s Line-4

KfW’s Board of Directors today approved a loan proposal to India’s…

06 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM Surya-1 Records Breakthrough at Hutatma Chowk

Moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine XRE 2114-408 (Surya-1) operated by the Larsen…

06 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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New MetroNeo System’s Specifications Issued by Govt

Last night, the Indian government’s Secretary of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) tweeted that the ministry had issued standard specifications…

06 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nashik Metro, Other ⋅ 2 Comments
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Delhi – Ahmedabad HSR’s Alignment Design & Survey Bids Opened

Government-owned RITES and 3 other firms have emerged as the lowest bidders for 4 packages over the past 2 weeks to help prepare the Detailed Project Report…

05 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Trains Now Display Upcoming Metrolite’s Route

BEML trains operating on Bangalore Metro’s 24.20 km Green Line connecting Hesaraghatta Cross (Nagasandra) with Yelachenahalli are now equipped…

05 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Bangalore Metrolite ⋅ 24 Comments
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Dogus-Soma Restarts Mumbai Metro’s TBM 1239 towards Mahalaxmi

This past weekend, workers from Doğuş-Soma JV recommissioned their second tunnel boring machine (TBM) 1239 from Science Museum Station’s southern-end…

05 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st U-Girder Launched by CCECC – KEC

Less than a month after erecting the first pier cap, workers from China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation – KEC International (CCECC –…

03 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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7 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s General Consultancy

All seven previously shortlisted global project management consortia have submitted tenders (bids) for Chennai Metro Line-4’s General Consultant…

03 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 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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