Sam India Wins Agra Metro Line-1’s Construction Work

October 23 Update: Sam India has been awarded AGCC-01’s Rs 272.95 crore…

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L&T Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C4

That was quick! Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing…

19 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 48 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Bids for Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Depot

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) today invited bids from construction…

17 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T Begins Assembling India’s Largest TBM for Mumbai’s Coastal Road

Towards the end of September, workers from Larsen & Toubro began assembly…

17 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 13 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM Surya-2 Records Breakthrough at Hutatma Chowk

On Friday, Tunnel Boring Machine Surya-2 operated by the Larsen & Toubro…

17 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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HCC Lowers Delhi Metro Phase 4’s First TBM S86 at Vikaspuri

Workers from HCC – VCCL JV today started lowering parts of tunnel boring…

16 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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TPL-CCECC JV Casts Ahmedabad Metro Reach 2’s Final Segment

Last Saturday, workers from Tata Projects Ltd – China Civil Engineering Construction…

16 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Ghaziabad Mechfab Wins Delhi Metro’s Ajronda Depot Package DC-25

October 23 Update: Ghaziabad Mechfab has been awarded Package DC-25’s…

15 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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2 Bidders for Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Turnout & Crossover Package 15

Voestalpine VAE VKN India Pvt. Ltd. and Vossloh Cogifer S.A. are the two rail manufacturing firms that submitted bids today for supplying standard gauge…

15 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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Maharashtra Govt Approves Nagpur’s Broad Gauge Metro Project

Maharashtra Government’s cabinet on Wednesday approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Nagpur’s Broad Gauge Metro project with an estimated…

15 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Broad Gauge Metro, Nagpur Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Records NATM Tunnel Breakthrough for T1 Subway

Back on September 22, a relatively small but significant tunnel breakthrough was recorded for a passenger subway connecting Vile Parle East to the Domestic…

14 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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17 Bidders for Mumbai – Nagpur HSR’s Utility Survey & Traffic Study

India’s National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has received 12 and 5 separate bids for carrying out a survey of utilities and preparing…

14 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 3 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s Topo & Geo Bids Opened for Ulhasnagar Extn

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on September 29 and today opened financial bids for topographical and geotechnical surveying works to assist with…

14 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Vindhya Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro at Cantt

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week commissioned Tunnel Boring Machine Vindhya (DZ671) from Cantonment Station for building tunnels on the 21.386…

14 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 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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