TBM S1073 Makes Final Breakthrough for Mumbai Metro L-3’s UGC-04

Besides the Bombay High Court’s decision to grant interim stay on the…

16 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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BMRCL Planning 2 Lines in Bangalore Metro’s Phase 3

Per the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)’s latest annual report…

16 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 36 Comments
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PSD Installation Underway at Ahmedabad Metro’s Stations

Back in March 2019 when Ahmedabad Metro Phase 1’s first 6 km section (Apparel…

15 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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LiDAR Survey Begins for Delhi – Varanasi High Speed Rail

With calibration testing completed on Saturday, Aarvee Associates Architects…

14 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 18 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s Govt. Polytechnic Depot Takes Shape

With station finishing works beginning on Kanpur Metro Line-1’s 8.728…

14 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Nagpur Metro Installs 200 kW Solar Plant at Sitabuldi Interchange

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation…

14 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro, Pune Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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JICA Evaluating $318 mn Loan for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 2A & 2B

Following the Asian Development Bank’s approval this Tuesday for a USD…

13 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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Delhi Metro Invites Bids for Magenta Line’s JICA Packages

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) this week invited bids for two small…

12 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Sam India Begins Kanpur Metro’s Station Finishing Work

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on Friday night announced on Twitter that station finishing works had commenced at IIT Kanpur Station on the…

12 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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J Kumar Launches Mumbai Metro’s 1st Pier Cap Using Straddle Carrier

J Kumar Infraprojects this morning erected the first pier cap using its new 29.5 meter tall straddle carrier for Mumbai Metro’s 15.18 km Line-6 (Pink…

11 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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SAI Begins Soil Testing for Agra Metro’s Construction

Just prior to the inauguration of construction works for Agra Metro’s Phase 1 this week, workers from SAI Geotechnical Engineers began soil testing…

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 of Kolkata’s Biman Bandar (Airport) Station which will serve the city’s…

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 of TBM Mavala – the largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) to ever be deployed…

10 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 15 Comments
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Texmaco Casts Bangalore Metro Kengeri Extn’s Crossover

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd. on Monday completed casting a track crossover at Kengeri Bus Stand Station for the 8.814 km south-western extension…

09 Dec 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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