DMRC Updates Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Length & Stations

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on their website has officially updated…

13 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Delhi Metro Cancels Tender for 29 Metrolite Train-Sets

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has abruptly canceled its procurement…

12 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metrolite ⋅ 16 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Line-5’s 2nd Elevated Section

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Wednesday invited tenders (bids) for the…

12 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Steel Girders Erected for Bangalore Metro Phase 2 over NICE Road

With the transfer of land from Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd….

12 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Alstom India Produces 500th Metro Coach at Sri City Plant

Alstom India yesterday announced it has successfully manufactured its 500th…

11 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro, Kochi Metro, Lucknow Metro, Mumbai Metro, Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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3 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Porur – Poonamallee Section

Just like Package ECV-01, 3 construction firms / consortia have submitted tenders…

10 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Godrej & Starworth Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Finishing Work

Per the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated tender…

10 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Vijay Nirman Wins Kochi Metro Extension’s Track-Work

Vijay Nirman Company Pvt. Ltd. (VNC) on Friday emerged as the lowest bidder…

10 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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AIIB Approves $500 million Loan for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Project

Per the updated website of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the bank’s board of directors in October approved a USD 500…

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 Limited (BEL) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding to develop…

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 tenders to build 29 underground stations of Chennai’s new 45.81…

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 the Gülermak – Tata Projects Limited JV made a breakthrough at…

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 pier caps for constructing the Delhi Metro’s Package DC-02 of Line-7’s…

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 bidder for the Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract to remodel and…

06 Nov 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 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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