Alstom & Siemens Bid for Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Signalling System

Alstom and Siemens are the two firms that have submitted bids for providing…

08 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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DRA Infracon Only Bidder for Delhi Metro’s Package DC-10

Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Pvt. Ltd. on Tuesday emerged as the sole bidder…

07 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Ahluwalia Wins Mumbai Metro Line-2B Mandale Depot’s Pending Work

November 9 Update: After negotiation, Ahluwalia Contracts has been awarded Mandale…

06 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Nagpur Metro’s Cantilever Bridge Takes Shape over Railway Tracks

Six kilometers north of Nagpur’s newly installed bowstring bridge, workers…

06 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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3 Bidders for Agra Metro Line-1’s Construction Work

Three construction firms today submitted tenders (bids) to build the 4 km Taj…

05 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 56 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM S-1074 Records Breakthrough at Dadar

Moments ago, Tunnel Boring Machine S-1074 (Krishna-2) operated by the Continental…

05 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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5 Bidders for Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Escalators & Elevators

In September-end, the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC)…

05 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 8 Comments
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(Pics) Kolkata Metro’s Phoolbagan Extension of Line-2 Inaugurated

Over an hour ago, India’s Minister of Railways virtually inaugurated a…

04 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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J Kumar Launches 1st U-Girder for Mumbai Metro Line-6’s Package 1

In the early morning hours of this past Thursday, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects launched their first pair of U-girders for Package BC-01R1 of the…

03 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Video: Bangalore Metro Begins High Speed Tests on Anjanapura Extn

Earlier this week, engineers from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL), BEML and Alstom began high speed tests on the Green Line’s 6.29…

01 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Green – Pink Line Interchange Takes Shape

Workers from Som Projects Pvt. Ltd. have started erecting the first few steel piers near Punjabi Bagh West Station to form the Delhi Metro’s missing…

01 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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4 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-4’s Signalling & PSD System

Four global rail firms – Alstom, Bombardier, Hitachi & Siemens – have submitted bids for the signalling, train control and platform screen…

30 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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NDB Approves Loans for Mumbai Metro Line-6 & Delhi-Meerut RRTS

The New Development Bank (NDB)’s Board of Directors on Tuesday approved two loan proposals for lending $241 million for the under construction Mumbai…

30 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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14 Bidders for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor’s General Consultancy

February 26, 2021 Update: RITES – SMEC JV has been awarded HORC’s General Consultant Contract with a 72 month deadline. See details here. September…

30 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 5 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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