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…

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 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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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 Ministry of Finance for lending euro 545 million (approx. Rs 4788 crore)…

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 & Toubro – Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company (L&T – STEC)…

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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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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