RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Viaduct in Salt Lake

The Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has invited bids for the construction of…

31 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Central Govt. Approves New Metro Rail Policy to Develop New Lines

On August 16, the central government’s cabinet chaired by Prime Minister…

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BMRCL Invites Bids for Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Signalling System

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation today invited bids for the installation…

30 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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MMRDA to Procure 216 Coaches for Mumbai Metro’s Line-4

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which is the lead external…

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BEML’s 3rd Metro Coach Manufacturing Line Inaugurated

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on August 26 inaugurated a third manufacturing…

30 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Delhi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Other ⋅ 13 Comments
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L&T Awarded Ahmedabad Metro Phase 1’s Track Contract

Larsen & Toubro has announced that it has won a turnkey contract from the…

29 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Herrenknecht Completes Factory Testing 2nd TBM for Mumbai Metro

German tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Herrenknecht AG on August 17…

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L&T Completes Pushing Hyderabad Metro’s Oliphant Steel Bridge

On the night of August 19, a team from Larsen & Toubro and Spacechem Engineers…

29 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Terratec Completes Factory Testing 2nd New TBM for Mumbai Metro

Australia-based tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Terratec earlier this month completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) for the second of five new…

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Lucknow Metro to be Inaugurated on Sept 5; Ops Begin on Sept 6

India’s ninth metro system is scheduled to be inaugurated in Lucknow on September 5 by India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh’s…

29 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Simplex Lowest Bidder for B’lore Metro’s Gottigere-Swagath Rd Section

Simplex Infrastructures Ltd. has emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing the 7.501 km Gottigere –  Swagath Road Cross section of Bangalore…

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TBM S53 Makes a Breakthrough at Lucknow Metro’s Hazratganj Station

Tunnel Boring Machine S53 ‘Ganga’ on Tuesday evening made a successful breakthrough at Lucknow Metro Line-1’s Hazratganj Station a day…

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DB – Hill – Louis Berger JV Wins Mumbai Metro Line-4’s GC Contract

A consortium of DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH, Hill International and Louis Berger SAS has won the General Consultant services contract for Mumbai…

09 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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BMRCL to Procure Approx. 96 Coaches for Gottigere – Nagawara Line

The European Investment Bank (EIB), which is one of the two lead financiers of Bangalore Metro’s 21.415 km Line-4 (Reach 6) between Gottigere and…

09 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 20 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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