Afcons Begins Piling for Nagpur Metro’s Gaddigodam 4-level Structure

Following the approval by the Central Railways, workers from Afcons Infrastructure…

03 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s Official Line Colours Unveiled

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday released…

29 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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CRRC Sole Bidder for Delhi Airport Express Line’s 24 Coach Contract

This news is dated, but I wanted to put it out here for the record especially…

28 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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AECOM Wins Patna Metro Line-1’s DDC Contract

Update: The original post included details with Schedule-A values only in which…

28 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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NCRTC Invites Bids for UG Meerut Section of Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) yesterday invited…

28 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Meerut Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar Begins Pier Work for Mumbai Metro Line-4A in Owale

Workers from J Kumar Infraprojects have started tying rebar to form the very…

28 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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DPR for Hyderabad Metro’s Phase 2 Submitted to Telangana Govt

Speaking to a local media channel on February 25, NVS Reddy – the managing…

27 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 50 Comments
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L&T Wins Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ Package 3 Contract

Larsen & Toubro has emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing the 32…

27 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Meerut Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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J Kumar Launches Final U-Girder for Mumbai Metro Line-7’s CA-02

In the early morning hours of February 26, J Kumar Infraprojects and its launching partners – Safcons Contracting & Shubh Crane Services –…

27 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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NCRTC Invites Bids for Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ Sarai Kale Khan – New Ashok Nagar Section

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has invited bids for the construction of an elevated viaduct from Sarai Kale Khan to New Ashok…

26 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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Continental Awarded Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ 4th Pile Load Test Contract

Continental Piling & Excavation Pvt Ltd. has been awarded with a Rs. 6.37 crore contract by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC)…

26 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 2 Comments
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MMRDA Reinvites Bids for 10 Train-sets for Mumbai Monorail

On February 24, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) reinvited bids for procuring 10 monorail train-sets (rakes) of 4 cars to run…

26 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Soil Testing Begins for Delhi Metro Pink Line’s Phase 4 Extn

This past week, Sai Geotechnical Engineers Pvt Ltd. and Cengrs Geotechnica Pvt. Ltd. on sub-contracts from KEC – Longjian JV began geo-technical…

25 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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TBMs Avni & Urja Arrive for Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Tunneling

Larsen & Toubro’s tunnel boring machines DZ669 (Avni) and DZ670 (Urja) arrived in Bangalore city on February 20 for excavating and building tunnels…

25 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 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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