KEC-VNC JV Begins Piling for Kochi Metro’s Extension

KEC International Ltd. – Vijay Nirman Company Pvt. Ltd. in the presence of…

17 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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YFC Begins Casting U-Girders for Delhi Metro’s Phase 4

YFC Projects Pvt. Ltd. today began casting 28 meter long U-girders to build…

17 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Pune Metro’s Final Titagarh Train Design Revealed

The Indian government’s Secretary of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs…

15 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Haryana Govt Approves 28.8 km Gurugram Metro Line

Haryana Government on Thursday announced its cabinet had approved the final…

15 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM 1239 Retrieved as 1 Unit from Worli Station

After retrieving Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) 1238 from Worli Station in March…

13 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BMRCL to Power Up Green Line’s Anjanapura Extn on Aug 14

Per a newspaper advertisement, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)…

13 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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TBM S71 Makes a Breakthrough for Ahmedabad Metro at Shahpur

An hour ago, Tunnel Boring Machine S-71 operated by Larsen & Toubro made…

13 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Afcons Infra Launches Kanpur Metro’s 1st U-Girder

Moments ago, workers from Afcons Infrastructure erected the first U-girder for…

11 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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4 Bidders for Delhi – Varanasi HSR’s Final Alignment Design

Four design and engineering firms have submitted bids to prepare the final alignment design including an aerial LiDAR survey for the Detailed Project Report…

11 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 7 Comments
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Linxon Awarded Kochi Metro Phase 1B’s Power Supply Contract

Linxon Private Limited – a Hitachi ABB Power Grids & SNC-Lavalin Company – today announced it had been awarded the complete power supply…

10 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi Metro Sarita Vihar Depot’s Remodel

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today opened technical bids from construction companies to reveal that three firms had submitted tenders (bids) to…

10 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons Builds India’s Deepest Ventilation Shaft for Kolkata Metro

Afcons Infrastructure today announced the completion of a 43.5 meter deep ventilation shaft – India’s deepest for a metro line – at Strand…

10 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bombardier Begins Delivering 40 New Coaches to Delhi Metro

Bombardier Transportation on Friday began dispatching new MOVIA metro coaches to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) from its local plant in Savli, Gujarat…

10 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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UPMRC Invites Bids for Agra Metro’s 1st Section & Depot

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (UPMRCL) today initiated the bidding process for constructing the 29.40 km Agra Metro Phase 1 project which’ll…

06 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 10 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 – 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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