Quality Buildcon Lowest Bidder for Patna Metro’s New ISBT Depot

December 2 Update: Quality Buildcon has been awarded New ISBT Depot’s…

23 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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HRIDC Invites EOI for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor’s GC

Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation (HRIDC) on Monday invited…

23 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 3 Comments
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AIIB Evaluating $400 mn Loan for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor

Per the updated website of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank…

23 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 4 Comments
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KEC–CCECC Launches 1st Segment for Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ Package 1

This morning, a crew from KEC International and China Civil Engineering…

22 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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HCC Begins D-Wall Work for Delhi Metro’s Krishna Park Extn Station

Workers from HCC – VCCL JV and Heritage Infraspace this past week began…

22 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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NDB Evaluating $500 mn Loan for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line

The New Development Bank (NDB)’s updated website reveals that on June…

22 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 2 Comments
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World Bank to Provide Loan for 106.5 Km Delhi – SNB RRTS Line

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) on Monday invited…

21 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 8 Comments
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Paras & Vijay Nirman Bid for Delhi Metro Airport Exp Line’s Track-work

Paras Rail Tech Pvt. Ltd and Vijay Nirman Company Pvt. Ltd. are the two rail…

20 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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CCECC – KEC JV’s 1st U-Girder Ready for Delhi Metro Phase 4

This Sunday, workers from China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation – KEC International (CCECC – KEC) JV completed casting their first…

20 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM 1238 Lowered at Science Museum as One Unit

On Sunday, workers from the Doğuş-Soma JV and Freight Wings lowered Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) 1238’s entire shield, still assembled as a single unit,…

20 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s NATM Stabling Lines at Cuffe Parade Near Completion

Workers from Larsen & Toubro – Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. (L&T – STEC JV) are rushing to complete a pair of stabling lines…

18 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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JSPL, Mitsui & Voestalpine Awarded Pune Metro’s HH Rail & Turnout Contracts

Pune Metro project’s updated website indicates that on June 20 and July 13, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) awarded…

18 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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HCC-VCCL Starts Casting Tunnel Segments for Delhi Metro’s Phase 4

Workers from HCC – VCCL JV today began pouring concrete to cast their very first tunnel ring segment for constructing a 2.03 km underground extension…

17 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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DMRC Invites DDC Bids for Navi Mumbai Metro’s Lines 2 & 3

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today invited bids from global design engineering firms to appoint a Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) for assisting…

17 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 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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