17 Bidders for Mumbai – Nagpur HSR’s Utility Survey & Traffic Study

India’s National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has received…

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…

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…

14 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Paras & Pragati Bid for Delhi Metro’s Najafgarh Tunnel Work

Paras Railtech and Pragati Construction Consultants are the two bidders for…

13 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Afcons & Shankaranarayana Win Bangalore Metro Phase 2A ORR Work

Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. and Shankaranarayana Constructions Pvt. Ltd. today…

13 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 51 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st Pier Cap Erected by CCECC – KEC in Rohini

Workers from China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation – KEC International…

12 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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GMRC Reinvites DDC Bids for Surat Metro’s Elevated Sections

Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) today reinvited bids from engineering…

12 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi Metro’s Ajronda & Sarita Vihar Depot’s DDC Contract

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday opened technical bids from design…

12 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Implications: Mumbai Metro Line-3’s Depot Relocated from Aarey to Kanjurmarg

Maharashtra’s Chief Minister on Sunday announced the state government’s decision to move the 33.5 km Mumbai Metro Line-3 (Aqua Line)’s…

12 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 33 Comments
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L&T Begins Mumbai Metro Line-3’s Track Installation Work

Workers from Larsen & Toubro on Friday lowered and deployed the first flash butt welding machine at CSIA’s Terminal 2 Station to begin track-installation…

10 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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L&T Wins Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line’s Package 7

November 11 Update: Larsen & Toubro has been awarded Package 7’s Rs 723.35 crore contract. October 9 Original Post: Larsen & Toubro today…

09 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Meerut Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Lisha Wins Agra Metro PAC Depot’s Construction Contract

October 14 Update: UPMRCL issued a LOA to Lisha Engineers for the depot’s Rs 112.63 crore construction contract. October 5 Original Post: That was…

09 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Kolkata Metro’s TBM Urvi Records Breakthrough at Sealdah

Less than an hour ago, Tunnel Boring Machine S-616 (Urvi) operated by the ITD-ITD Cementation India Ltd JV made a breakthrough at Sealdah Station’s…

09 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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3 Bidders for Kochi Metro Extension’s Track-Work

Three rail manufacturers today submitted tenders (bids) to supply and install ballastless tracks on the 2.95 km Kochi Metro’s Phase 1A &…

09 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 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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