ITD Launches Bangalore Metro Reach 1B’s Final Segment

Workers from ITD Cementation India Ltd. on Friday launched the final of 2125…

23 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Chennai Metro Phase 2 Project’s Foundation Stone Laid

India’s Home Minister in Chennai today remotely inaugurated the foundation…

21 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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J Kumar Launches Mumbai Metro Line-4A’s 1st Pier Cap

Back on Wednesday evening, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects and Sunder Cranes…

21 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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4 Bidders for Patna Metro Line-1’s Elevated Section

Four construction firms have submitted tenders (bids) to build the roughly 8…

20 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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GR Infra & Sam India Bid for Noida Metro Aqua Line’s Extension

GR Infraprojects Ltd. and Sam India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. are the only two bidders…

20 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR’s Packages P1B & P1C

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on Thursday invited…

20 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 13 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Bangalore Metro Green Line’s Anjanapura Extn

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under the Ministry of Civil…

19 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Tata-Siemens Begins Piling for Pune Metro’s Line-3

Workers from Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. have finally started piling work,…

19 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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6 Bidders for Patna Metro’s Electrification Contract

Six firms have submitted tenders (bids) for substation and cabling works of Patna Metro’s 30.91 km Phase 1 project, after officials from the Delhi…

17 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Indian Built Alstom Train Unveiled for Montreal REM Metro

Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) on Monday unveiled the first look of their Alstom Metropolis light-rail coaches to carry passengers in Greater Montreal,…

17 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 6 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Extn on Nov 18-19

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under the Ministry of Aviation on November 18 & 19 will perform the final safety inspection for Bangalore…

16 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Nagpur Metro’s Double Decker Viaduct Inaugurated

On Friday, India’s Minister for Road Transport & Highways inaugurated Nagpur’s 3.14 km double-decker flyover on Wardha Road to carry vehicles…

16 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Pier Work Begins for Delhi – Alwar RRTS Line in Gurgaon

Workers from KEC – CCECC JV have started tying rebar to form piers near Gurugram’s Atul Kataria Chowk for constructing the National Capital Region’s…

14 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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J Kumar Begins Casting Mumbai Metro Line-9’s 1st Pier

In the earlier morning hours of Friday, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects started pouring concrete to cast the first pier for Mumbai Metro’s 11.38…

14 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 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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