TBM S71 Completes Factory Tests for Ahmedabad Metro’s Line-1

On January 19, Terratec completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) for a refurbished…

15 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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BMRCL Receives 1st 3-Coach Intermediate Unit for 6-Coach Conversion

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. today received the first set of 3…

14 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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L&T Completes Building Hyderabad Metro’s Lakdi-ka-Pul ROB

On the night of  February 10, workers from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) launched…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Mock-up BEML Coach Arrives for Kolkata Metro’s Line-2

On the morning of January 5, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation received a mock-up…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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BMRCL Signs MoU with Intel to Fund Bangalore Metro’s ORR Line

The February 2018 newsletter of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. indicates…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Siemens Awarded Ahmedabad Metro PH1’s Electrification Contract

On January 9, Siemens AG announced that it has won a 76 million Euro (Rs. 600.54…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM S52 & S53 Commissioned for Lucknow Metro towards Hussainganj

After completing tunneling works between Sachivalaya and Hussainganj in November…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Signalling Tests Completed on Western Half of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) yesterday announced that its engineers…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Tata & Reliance Lowest Bidders for Mumbai Metro’s Line-4

Update 2 – MMRDA awarded 5 contracts to both consortia on March 3, 2018. Update 1 – Bid results for Package CA-12 have now been added at the…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 28 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Delhi Metro Pink Line’s IP Extn – Maujpur Section

On February 7, engineers from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation began trial runs (testing) on a 10.47 km elevated section of the 58.596 km Pink Line (Line-7)…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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HCC Al Fara’a JV Awarded Contract for 8 Stations on Pune Metro

On January 4, the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation awarded Hindustan Construction Company – Al Fara’a General Contracting with a Rs. 484…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Final U-girder Launched for Delhi Metro Red Line’s Ghaziabad Extn

On the night of December 29 2017, workers from Guangdong Yuantian Engineering Co – Tata Projects (GYT-TPL) JV launched the last of 594 U-shaped girders…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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MahaMetro Invites Bids for Platform Screen Doors at Nagpur Metro

On December 26 2017, the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation invited bids for the installation of platform screen doors (PSDs) at all 40 stations of Nagpur…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Noida Metro’s Aqua Line in Gr. Noida

Engineers from the Noida Metro Rail Corporation and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on January 2 began trial runs (testing) on Noida Metro’s new 30…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 4 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 – 59.2 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

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