CMRL Invites Bids for Chennai Metro Line-1 UG Stations’ Balance Work

After terminating its Rs. 371 cr civil construction contract with IL&FS…

17 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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NGT Allows Delhi Metro L-7 Bridge on Yamuna Flood Plain (Read Order)

A bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on January 30 passed an order allowing…

17 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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STUP Awarded Bangalore Metro’s DDC for Challaghatta Depot & Hub

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on January 31 awarded STUP Consultants…

17 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Kochi Metro’s Thaikoodam – Petta Section

Engineers from Kochi Metro Rail Ltd and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Saturday…

16 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro to Power-up Green Line’s R4B to Anjanapura Today

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) will today (Sunday) restrict commercial…

16 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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SMEC & AECOM-CEG Awarded Bangalore Metro Line-5 DDC Contracts

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) in the past week awarded two contracts…

15 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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MMRDA Invites GC Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-5, 7A & 9’s Systems

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Wednesday invited…

15 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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(Pics) Salt Lake Section of Kolkata Metro’s Line-2 Inaugurated

Historic moment for Kolkata! A little more than 35 years since Line-1 was opened,…

14 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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HCC-URC Completes 1st Span of B’lore Metro’s Double Decker Viaduct

Workers from the Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. – URC Construction Pvt Ltd. (HCC – URC) JV have completed launching and stitching 7.5 m wide cantilever…

14 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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RInfra–Astaldi Erect 1st U-Girders for Mumbai Metro Line-4’s CA08/10

Towards the end of January, workers from the Reliance Infrastructure – Astaldi JV erected their first U-girders for packages CA-08 and CA-10 of Mumbai…

13 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NHSRCL Invites Design & Survey Bids for 6 HSR Lines Across India

On February 7, India’s National High Spreed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) invited bids for preparing the final alignment design, using LiDAR surveys,…

12 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 8 Comments
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EIB – MahaMetro Sign €600m Loan Agreement for Pune Metro Phase 1

On January 31, the European Investment Bank (EIB) formalized a €600m (Rs. 4,668 crore) loan agreement with Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha Metro)…

12 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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BMRCL Relocates Silkboard Station of Bangalore Metro’s ORR Line-5

Per a report in the Bangalore Mirror, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation has relocated the upcoming Central Silkboard Station of Phase 2A’s 18.236…

12 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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(Pics) CEG Conducts Soil Testing for Patna Metro’s Phase 1

Over the past couple months, Consulting Engineers Group Limited and its subsidiary CEG Test House and Research Centre Private Limited have been conducting…

11 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 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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