5 Bidders for Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ UG Ashok Vihar – Sahibabad Leg

Five construction firms have submitted tenders (bids) to build the 5.6 km underground…

16 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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Delhi – NCR RRTS Lines to be Called Smart Lines

Update (March 17): NCRTC’s PR agency reached out with a clarification…

16 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 4 Comments
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9 Bidders for Bangalore Metro ORR Line-5’s Construction

9 construction firms have submitted tenders (bids) to build Bangalore Metro’s…

13 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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Alstom, Bombardier & CAF Bid for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Rolling Stock

May 2, 2020 Update: Bombardier is the lowest bidder. See more details here….

13 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Meerut Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Nagpur Metro Receives 19th CRRC Train; Returns 2 to Hyd Metro

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) on March 2 announced…

11 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro, Nagpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Civil Work Completed for Delhi Metro’s Bahadurgarh Depot-Line

Per a report in the Dainik Jagran, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s…

11 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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DMRC Invites Bids for Patna Metro’s Malahi Pakri – New ISBT Section

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has invited tenders (bids) from civil…

10 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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NHSRCL Invites EIA, SIA & Utility ID Bids for Delhi – Varanasi HSR

Over the past few weeks, India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL)…

10 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 7 Comments
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SYSTRA Lowest Bidder for Patna Metro’s 25 kV OHE DDC

SYSTRA MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. this past week emerged as the lowest bidder to provide Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) services for the 25 kV…

09 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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3 Bidders for Gurgaon Section of Delhi – Alwar RRTS Line

Three construction firms have submitted bids to build the 8.5 km Gurgaon section of the 164 km Delhi – SNB – Alwar Regional Rapid Transit System…

09 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 1 Comment
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM 1238 Retrieved & Transported as 1 Unit

Workers from the Doğuş-Soma JV and Freight Wings, with inspection support from Boss Technical Services, in Mumbai last week retrieved, lifted and transported…

09 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Jaipur Metro’s Phase 1B on March 16

March 10 Update: Inspection will be carried out over 2 days from March 17-18. Original Post: The final round of safety inspections on the new…

08 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T to Deploy 6 MSVs for Bangalore Metro Phase 2 Tunneling

Back in February when Larsen & Toubro’s tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Avni and Urja were in-transit to Bangalore from China, another Chinese…

08 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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SYSTRA Sole Bidder for Delhi Metro’s RS10 UTO Consultancy

Update: DMRC’s tender committee on March 2 recommended awarding SYSTRA with RS10’s UTO Consultancy contract. Original Post: A consortium of…

08 Mar 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi 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 – 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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