4th OWG for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train Launched Near Silvassa

M G Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) on Sunday completed launching their fourth…

26 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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AIIB Approves Kochi Metro Phase 2’s $122mn Loan

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)’s updated website indicates…

25 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Crossovers Cast for Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s Phase 4 Extension

Texmaco Rail and Engineering in the past month has completed casting 2 track…

25 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bids Invited for Pune Metro Phase 1A Stations’ Construction Work

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha-Metro) on Friday invited bids for the…

25 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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MGCPL Completes Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s CLC Bridge over NH-48

MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) has completed building a 260 meter long balanced…

25 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 5 Comments
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Panasonic – Pioneer JV Awarded Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Platform Screen Door Contract

The winner of another old contract is now known. Back in June, Panasonic Manufacturing…

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Rithwik – Soma JV Awarded Mumbai Metro Dongri Depot’s Contract CA-207

Rithwik Projects – Soma Enterprise JV earlier this month was awarded a Rs….

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Narmada Bridge Starts Taking Shape

South-west of Gujarat’s Bharuch town, a new 1.4 km long bridge over Narmada…

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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2 Bidders for Mumbai BKC’s PRT System (Pod Taxi) Contract

Two firms – Sai Green Mobility and Refex Industries – have bid for constructing and operating a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system in Mumbai’s…

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 8 Comments
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JKIL – MEPL’s Terratec TBM Begins Tunneling for Mumbai’s PST-2 Tunnel

J Kumar Infraprojects – Michigan Engineers JV earlier this month commissioned tunnel boring machine (TBM) S116 in Malad for Mumbai city’s 4.7 km Priority…

23 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 0 Comments
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Rahee Begins Mumbai Metro Line-9’s Track Work at Miragaon

Rahee Infratech on Thursday night began ballastless track casting activities for Mumbai Metro’s 11.38 km Line-9 which will connect Dahisar…

23 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Maruti Wins Sabarmati Bridge’s Contract in Dharoi, Gujarat

Maruti Infracreation Pvt. Ltd. on Thursday was declared as the lowest bidder for the construction of a new 3.3 km long bridge in Dharoi, Gujarat on HAM…

23 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 2 Comments
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APCO Wins Ghatkopar – Bhandup Water Tunnel’s Contract in Mumbai

APCO Infratech earlier this month was declared as the lowest bidder to construct a new water conveyance tunnel between Ghatkopar Wastewater Treatment Facility…

22 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T’s Delhi Metro TBM-1 Records Breakthrough at Chhatarpur Mandir

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) DZ1122’s breakthrough at Chhatarpur Mandir Station of Delhi Metro’s…

21 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 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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