BEML Reveals Mumbai Metro Red Line’s Train Rendering

Besides color-coded station façades and signage, Mumbai will also get color…

01 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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7 Bidders for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Joka Depot

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) today opened bids from construction companies to…

31 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Sam India-Gulermak Begins Yard Work for Delhi Metro Phase 4

Sam India Builtwell – Gulermak JV this week started setting up its casting…

31 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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8 Bidders for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s General Consultancy

Officials from Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) today opened technical bids to appoint…

30 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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NMRC Cancels Noida Metro Extension’s Civil Tender

Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) today canceled the tender process for the…

30 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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DMRC Invites Rail Bids across Delhi & Mumbai Metro Line-6 Depots

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation today invited bids for the supply of 3500 MT of…

30 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T Begins Tunneling for Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Pink Line

Historic day for Bengaluru! Moments ago, Larsen & Toubro commissioned tunnel…

30 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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25 Bidders for Delhi – Varanasi High Speed Rail’s GAD Contract

A total of twenty five design and engineering firms have submitted bids to prepare…

30 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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BEML’s OHE CMV Arrives at Mumbai Metro’s Charkop Depot

On Wednesday afternoon, BEML delivered a new Catenary Maintenance Vehicle (CMV) to Mumbai Metro’s new Charkop Depot for performing overhead electrification…

30 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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4 Bidders for Kochi Metro Phase 1B’s Proof Consultancy Retender

Four structural engineering & design firms have submitted bids to provide Proof Consultancy services to Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) for the 2.95…

29 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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3 Bidders for Track-work at Delhi Metro’s Ajronda & Sarita Vihar Depots

Three rail manufacturers have submitted bids to supply tracks to Delhi Metro’s existing Ajronda and Sarita Vihar depots on the Violet Line (Line-6)…

28 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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ArcelorMittal Wins Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ HH Rails Package 13

ArcelorMittal España S.A. today emerged as the lowest bidder for supplying 22,000 MT of 60E1 Head Hardened rails (Package 13) for the under construction 82.15…

28 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 4 Comments
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J Kumar Assembles Straddle Carrier for Mumbai Metro’s Construction

Last week, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects in Mumbai began assembling the first straddle carrier to be used for a metro project’s construction…

27 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CCECC – KEC Begins Casting 1st Pier for Delhi Metro Phase 4

Last night, workers from China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation – KEC International (CCECC – KEC) JV started pouring concrete to cast…

26 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi 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 – 353.3 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 – 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

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