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…

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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…

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…

11 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 52 Comments
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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…

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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…

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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…

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TBM S52 Makes “Official” Breakthrough at Lucknow’s Hazratganj Stn

This is the most absurd thing I’ve ever witnessed… Tunnel Boring Machine S52 ‘Gomti’ on this Monday afternoon made an “official”…

09 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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2 STEC TBMs Complete Factory Tests for Mumbai Metro’s Line-3

China-based tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company (STEC) today completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) for 2 refurbished…

04 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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NCC Lowest Bidder for Pune Metro’s Vanaz – Civil Court Section

NCC Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing a 7.150 km elevated viaduct on Pune Metro’s 14.665 km east-west Line-2 between Vanaz and…

04 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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DMRC to Procure 378 Coaches for Mumbai Metro’s Line-2 & Line-7

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has published a draft tender document on their website revealing that they’ll procure 378 standard gauge coaches…

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CVCC-VNC Lowest Bidder for Kochi Metro’s Pending & New Civil Works

A consortium of Cherian Varkey Construction Company and Vijay Nirman Company (CVCC – VNC JV) has emerged as the lowest bidder for completing balance…

04 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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DMRC Invites Bids for Blue Line’s New Elevated Stabling Yard in Noida

After starting a multi-year transformation program in 2016 to add 3 new 8-coach trains and convert 37 existing 6-coach trains into 8-coach trains on the…

03 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi 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 – 94.3 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 – 16 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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