Bombardier Unveils Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Train Design

Bombardier Transportation today unveiled the first look of the 40 train-sets…

25 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 10 Comments
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6 Bidders for Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ E&M Package 10

Six construction firms / consortia have submitted bids for architectural finishing…

25 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 2 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C6

Just like Package C4 on Wednesday, India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation…

25 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 11 Comments
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JSPL & SAIL Bid for Delhi & Mumbai Metro Line-6 Depots’ Tracks

Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL) and Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL)…

24 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar Awarded Mumbai Metro Line-2 & 7’s Station Facade Contracts

In a BSE filing, J Kumar Infraprojects today announced it had been awarded two…

24 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Sam India Awarded Kanpur Metro’s Station Finishing Contract

Sam (India) Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. on Tuesday was awarded a Rs. 150 crore contract…

23 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Voestalpine Awarded Kanpur & Agra Metros’ Track Contract

Voestalpine VAE VKN India Pvt. Ltd. on September 16 was awarded a Rs. 64.52…

23 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C4

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) today received 3…

23 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 20 Comments
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(Pics) Jaipur Metro’s Phase 1B Inaugurated to Badi Chaupar

Moments ago, Rajasthan’s Chief Minister virtually inaugurated commercial operations on the new 2.35 km Phase 1B underground extension of…

23 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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13 Bidders for Delhi – Ahmedabad HSR’s GADs & Ridership Study

India’s National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) today opened technical bids for two packages to reveal a total of 13 firms had submitted…

22 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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Delhi Metro Invites Bids for Grey Line’s Work After Site Collapse

Following a construction site collapse in mid-August, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Monday invited bids from construction firms for the completion…

22 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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TBM T61 Records Breakthrough for Mumbai Metro Line-3 at CSIA T1

Moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) T61 nicknamed Tapi-1 operated by the J Kumar Infraprojects – China Railway Tunnel Group JV made a breakthrough…

21 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Sam India Wins Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line’s Package 9A

Sam India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. on Friday emerged as the lowest bidder for the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line‘s Package 9A involving…

19 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 8 Comments
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DMRC Invites Bids for Patna Metro’s Underground Section

In addition to Line-1’s first package (PC-04), the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today also invited bids for the construction of the first…

18 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 5 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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