Finishing Works Underway at Mumbai Metro’s Akurli Station (Line-7)

With civil construction works on Mumbai Metro’s Akurli Station long completed,…

31 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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CMRS Approves Kochi Metro’s Thaikoodam – Petta Section

On Friday, K.A. Manoharan – the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety…

30 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T Lowers TBMs Avni & Vindhya for Bangalore Metro Line-4

On Thursday evening, workers from Larsen & Toubro began lowering parts of…

29 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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BMRCL Invites UTO Consultancy Bids for Bangalore Metro’s Line-3

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) on Wednesday invited bids from…

28 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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L&T Delivers Power Supply Equipment to Mumbai Metro Line-7

On Saturday, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) announced…

25 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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APCO-CRFG & KEC-CCECC Resume Work on Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line

APCO-CRFG JV and KEC-CCECC JV – both assigned civil construction contractors…

25 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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Cyclone Amphan Damages Kolkata Metro’s Infrastructure

Cyclone Amphan, the worst storm of its type to hit West Bengal in over a decade,…

24 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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YFC Resumes Work on Delhi Metro’s Aerocity – Tughlakabad Line

YFC Projects Pvt. Ltd. has restarted development works at their casting yard…

24 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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SUCG Subcontracted Mumbai Metro Line-3’s Partial Tunneling Works

Update: DOGUS-SOMA JV reached out with clarification. SUCG has been subcontracted tunneling works to expedite and match Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation…

23 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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ISGEC Wins Bangalore Metro Kothanur Depot’s Civil Work

Update: BMRCL awarded ISGEC with a contract valued at Rs. 150,83,16,463 on July 9 Original Post: ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd. has emerged as the lowest…

23 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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J Kumar Launches 1st U-Girder for Mumbai Metro Line-6

This afternoon, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects – CRTG JV erected the first U-girder for the 15.18 km Mumbai Metro Line-6 (Pink Line) project…

22 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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L&T Pours First Concrete for Bangalore Metro’s Shivajinagar Station

Workers and engineers from Larsen & Toubro on Thursday night celebrated the first major concrete pour at Shivajinagar Station of the 73.92 km Bangalore…

22 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CCECC – KEC Resumes Work for Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Line-8 Extn

KEC International Ltd. on Thursday night announced the resumption of work at their casting yard in Mundka for a 12.375 km elevated extension (DC-01) of…

22 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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RVNL Invites DDC Bids for Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Titurmir – Airport Leg

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited today invited bids from engineering design firms for the appointment of a Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) to assist with…

21 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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