CRRC Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s 216 Coach Rolling Stock Contract

China’s CRRC Corporation Ltd. has quietly been awarded with a contract to…

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Afcons Begins Casting Piers for Mumbai Metro Line-5 in Thane

Earlier this month, workers from Afcons Infrastructure began casting piers for…

20 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar Begins Piling Work for Mumbai Metro Line-9 in Bhayandar

Construction work for Mumbai Metro’s 11.38 km Line-9 (northern leg of Red…

20 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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ITD Cem Resumes Tunneling for Kolkata Metro Line-2 with TBM Urvi

After a small puja at Esplanade Station’s construction site, workers from…

19 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Royal Palms Might Host Mumbai Metro Line-3’s Depot

As per a report in the Mid-Day, Royal Palms Estate – a private residential…

19 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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MMRDA Invites Bids for 234 Coaches for Mumbai Metro Line-4 & 4A

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

18 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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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 Pvt.Ltd with a Rs. 4.47 crore contract to appoint them as the Detailed…

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 morning commenced trial runs (testing) on a 1.12 km extension of its 23.8…

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 operations on the 24.20 km Green Line’s 3.9 km Reach-4A (RV…

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 to appoint Detailed Design Consultants (DDCs) for its 57 km Line-5…

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 bids for appointing a General Consultant for the system works of Mumbai…

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, the city now has a Line-2. India’s Union Minster for Railways Piyush…

14 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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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 – 75.2 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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