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)…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 –…

26 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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EIB Approves €650 mn Loan for Kanpur Metro’s Phase 1

The European Investment Bank (EIB)’s updated website indicates that on July 15, its board approved a €650 million (approx. Rs. 5661 crore)…

25 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Supreme Court Approves Agra Metro’s Construction with 11 Conditions

Durga Shanker Mishra, the Secretary for Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs on late Friday night announced that India’s Supreme Court (SC) had…

25 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Afcons Launches 1st Double T-Girder for Kanpur Metro’s Stations

Workers from Afcons Infrastructure on Friday launched the first ever double T-Girder for the platform levels of 9 stations on the 8.728 km elevated ‘Priority…

24 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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KEC-VNC Wins Kochi Metro’s Thrippunithura Extn Work

August 4 Update: KEC – VNC JV has been issued a LoA by KMRL Original Post: KEC International Ltd. – Vijay Nirman Company Pvt. Ltd. (KEC – VNC…

24 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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MMRDA Invites Bids for Mumbai’s Mobility App & Integrated Ticketing

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) today invited bids to develop Mumbai’s integrated ticketing system which will allow for…

24 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Begins Testing TBM Urja at Bangalore Metro’s Cantt Station

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro on Thursday began site acceptance tests (SAT) on their tunnel boring machine (TBM) Urja at Cantonment Station for building…

24 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 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

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