CCECC – KEC Begins Casting 1st U-Girder for Delhi Metro Phase 4

Following a small inauguration event, workers from KEC International Ltd. today…

24 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NCC Assembles Bowstring Bridge for Nagpur Metro Viaduct’s ROB

Workers from NCC Ltd. over the past few weeks have assembled pieces of a bowstring…

24 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TATA-CHEC Launches 100th U-Girder for Mumbai Metro Line-4

Back on June 12, workers from TATA Projects Limited – China Harbour Engineering…

23 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi – Meerut RRTS System’s ISA Contract

3 firms have submitted bids for the Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) contract…

23 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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ITD’s TBM Urvi Resumes Tunneling for Kolkata Metro Line-2

Workers from ITD Cementation and Herrenknecht on Friday resumed tunneling work…

22 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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DMRC Begins DPR Work for Bodaki Extension of Noida Metro

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has commenced work for the preparation of a Detailed…

22 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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3 Bidders for Chennai Metro Phase 1 Extension’s ISA Contract

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) today opened bids from firms specializing in…

20 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Sterling & Wilson – Zhejiang JV Wins Ahmedabad Metro’s TVS Contract

A joint venture of Sterling & Wilson – Zhejiang Jindun Fans has been…

20 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Factory Tests for Mumbai Metro Line-7’s Tracks Held over Video Call

Engineers from ITD Cementation India Ltd and Vossloh Cogifer Turnouts India Pvt. Ltd. this week successfully conducted factory acceptance testing (FAT)…

20 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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RRTS Station at Jor Bagh Moved to INA on Delhi – SNB Line

Per an updated map on the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC)’s website, the operator has officially modified the alignment of…

19 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 13 Comments
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Longjian–KEC Bores Test Pile for Delhi Metro Line-7’s Yamuna Bridge

Workers and engineers from Longjian – KEC JV today bored their first test pile for the construction of a bridge over the Yamuna River as part of…

18 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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5 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-5/7A/9’s Systems General Consultant

5 design engineering and project management firms have submitted bids for providing General Consultant (GC) services to Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development…

18 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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4 Bidders for DDC of Delhi – SNB RRTS’ 7 Stations & Dharuhera Depot

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) today opened bids from design engineering firms to reveal that 4 firms had applied for the Detailed…

18 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 4 Comments
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BEML Flags Off Final Kolkata Metro Line-2 Train-set

BEML today announced it had flagged-off the final of 14 train-sets for Kolkata Metro’s east-west 16.34 km Line-2, connecting Howrah with Sector V,…

17 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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