MMRDA Cancels Mumbai Metro Line-2B & Iconic Bridges’ Tenders

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) today cancelled the…

05 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 28 Comments
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Geotechnical Investigation Begins for Navi Mumbai Metro’s Extension

Zed Geotech Pvt. Ltd. today began geotechnical soil investigation works at two…

04 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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MMRDA Invites Bids for Mumbai Metro’s Mogharpada Depot

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) today invited bids…

04 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s NATM Tunnel for Hutatma Chowk Station Takes Shape

Roughly 24 meters below heritage structures flanking the east-side of Mumbai’s…

02 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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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 construction of a 9.605 km extension of Noida Metro’s Aqua Line from…

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 90 UTS, UIC 60, 13 m, Class “A” 880 Grade Rails for use across various…

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 boring machine (TBM) Urja – their first of four machines –…

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 General Arrangement Drawings (GADs) for the Detailed Project Report…

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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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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