Longjian–KEC Bores Test Pile for Delhi Metro Line-7’s Yamuna Bridge

Workers and engineers from Longjian – KEC JV today bored their first test…

18 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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5 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-5/7A/9’s Systems General Consultant

5 design engineering and project management firms have submitted bids for providing…

18 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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4 Bidders for DDC of Delhi – SNB RRTS’ 7 Stations & Dharuhera Depot

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) today opened bids from…

18 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 4 Comments
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BEML Flags Off Final Kolkata Metro Line-2 Train-set

BEML today announced it had flagged-off the final of 14 train-sets for Kolkata…

17 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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MMRDA Terminates Mumbai Monorail’s Tender for 10 Train-sets

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Tuesday terminated…

17 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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9 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s General Consultant Contract

Moments ago, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) opened bids from design engineering…

16 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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TYPSA-Italferr JV Wins Kanpur & Agra Metro’s General Consultancy

Update: LOA to Technica y Proyectos, S.A. & Italferr S.P.A was issued on…

15 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 39 Comments
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RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Airport Extension

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. today invited bids for the civil construction of Kolkata…

15 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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DMRC Invites Bids to Upgrade Delhi Metro’s RS-1 Rolling Stock

September 7 2022 Update: Consortium of Escorts Limited Railway Equipment Division and Naledi Rail Engineering (Pty) Ltd. has been awarded a Rs. 42.62 crore…

14 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Afcons Begins Work on Bangalore Metro’s Underground Pink Line

Workers from Afcons Infrastructure have mobilized machinery and started full-fledged construction work for building a 3.655 km section of Bangalore Metro’s…

14 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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DMRC Invites Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-2A’s Station Facade Works

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday and Saturday invited bids from architectural detailing firms for external facade works at 17 stations on…

14 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Mominpur Extension

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. today invited bids for the civil construction of Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Majerhat & Mominpur stations, a 1.326 km viaduct…

13 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Uttarakhand’s UMTA Approves Dehradun-Rishikesh-Haridwar Metro

Per Live Hindustan, Uttarakhand’s Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) on Thursday approved a Comprehensive Mobility Plan for the state…

13 Jun 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Uttarakhand Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Kolkata Metro Line-2’s Phoolbagan Section

Abhai Kumar Rai – the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) under the Ministry of Aviation on Friday inspected a 3 km mostly underground section…

12 Jun 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 – 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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