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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

18 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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DMRC Invites Bids for Patna Metro Line-1’s Construction

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today invited bids for the construction…

18 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Silver Colour Assigned for Delhi Metro’s Aerocity – Tughlakabad Line

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today announced it has officially assigned the under construction 20.201 km Line-10 connecting Tughlakabad –…

16 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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4 Bidders for Navi Mumbai Metro Line 2 & 3’s DDC Contract

December 24 Update: This tender has been canceled. Sept 16 Original Post: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today opened technical bids from global design…

16 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Central Govt. Approves 121 km Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor

The Central Government’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister today approved the 121.742 km Haryana Orbital…

15 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 5 Comments
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BMRCL Invites PMC Bids for Bangalore Metro’s ORR – Airport Line

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on Monday invited tenders (bids) to appoint a Project Management Consultant (PMC) for the civil construction…

15 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s Line-5 to be Extended to Ulhasnagar

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Monday invited bids for topographical survey work to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for extending Mumbai…

15 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Avni Starts Tunneling from Bangalore Metro’s Shivajinagar

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro on this past Monday quietly commissioned Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Avni at Shivajinagar Station, without any major…

10 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 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 – 94.3 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 68.5 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

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