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…

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…

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)…

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….

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…

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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APCO-CRFG & KEC-CCECC Cast 1st Segments for Delhi – Meerut RRTS

In January, workers from both assigned contractors of the 18 km ‘priority section’ of the 82.15 km Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System‘s…

11 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 10 Comments
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TBM 1238 Makes a Breakthrough for Mumbai Metro Line-3 at Worli

On January 29, tunnel boring machine (TBM) 1238 operated by Doğuş-Soma JV recorded the very first breakthrough for package UGC-03 of Mumbai Metro’s…

11 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Hyderabad Metro’s Green Line-2 Inaugurated to Complete Phase 1

Telangana’s Chief Minister on February 7 flagged off services on Hyderabad Metro’s 9.6 km Line-2 (Green Line) between JBS Parade Ground –…

10 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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MMRDA Invites Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-7’s Balance Works

Shortly after terminating its Rs. 348 crore civil construction contract with Simplex Infrastructures, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority…

10 Feb 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM S79 Records 2nd Breakthrough for Pune Metro Line-1

On Tuesday afternoon, tunnel boring machine (TBM) S79 operated by the Gülermak – Tata Projects Limited JV arrived at Pune Metro’s Agriculture…

29 Jan 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune 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 – 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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