Tata’s TBM S81B Records Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 7th Breakthrough

It’s a season of breakthroughs! Besides Afcons in Agra, Tata Projects Ltd….

31 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Agra Metro: Afcons Records 2 TBM Breakthroughs at SN College & Raja Ki Mandi

Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India Consortium in the past fortnight celebrated…

30 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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5 Bidders for Thane Metro’s Design Consultant Contract DDC-01

Five firms have submitted bids for the first Detailed Design Consultant (DDC)…

30 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Thane Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Afcons Relaunches Kanpur Metro’s TBM S-639B Towards Transport Nagar Station

Afcons – Sam India Consortium today commissioned tunnel boring machine…

28 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tata Relaunches Chennai Metro Phase 2’s TBM S98 Towards Kellys

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) this weekend commissioned tunnel boring machine (TBM)…

27 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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4th OWG for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train Launched Near Silvassa

M G Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) on Sunday completed launching their fourth…

26 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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AIIB Approves Kochi Metro Phase 2’s $122mn Loan

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)’s updated website indicates…

25 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Crossovers Cast for Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s Phase 4 Extension

Texmaco Rail and Engineering in the past month has completed casting 2 track…

25 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bids Invited for Pune Metro Phase 1A Stations’ Construction Work

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha-Metro) on Friday invited bids for the construction contract of 4 elevated stations on Pune Metro Purple Line‘s…

25 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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MGCPL Completes Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s CLC Bridge over NH-48

MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) has completed building a 260 meter long balanced cantilever (CLC) bridge south-east of Surat for the 508.17 km Mumbai…

25 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 5 Comments
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Panasonic – Pioneer JV Awarded Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Platform Screen Door Contract

The winner of another old contract is now known. Back in June, Panasonic Manufacturing (Beijing) Co. Ltd. – Pioneer Fil-Med Pvt. Ltd. JV was awarded…

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Rithwik – Soma JV Awarded Mumbai Metro Dongri Depot’s Contract CA-207

Rithwik Projects – Soma Enterprise JV earlier this month was awarded a Rs. 701.94 crore contract for constructing Mumbai Metro Red Line‘s…

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Narmada Bridge Starts Taking Shape

South-west of Gujarat’s Bharuch town, a new 1.4 km long bridge over Narmada River is slowly taking shape for the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High…

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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2 Bidders for Mumbai BKC’s PRT System (Pod Taxi) Contract

Two firms – Sai Green Mobility and Refex Industries – have bid for constructing and operating a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system in Mumbai’s…

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 8 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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