Trial Runs Begin on Kanpur Metro’s Underground Section to Nayaganj

Historic day! Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) today started trial…

12 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Rithwik – Soma JV Wins Mumbai Metro Dongri Depot’s Contract CA-207

August 8, 2024 Update: MMRDA today issued LOA to Rithwik – Soma JV with…

12 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T Casts Patna Museum – Bihar Museum Tunnel’s 1st Segment

Larsen & Toubro today began pouring concrete to cast the first batch of…

11 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro, Tunnels ⋅ 0 Comments
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11 Bidders for Bhubaneswar Metro’s Contracts BBC-04 & BBC-05

Eleven civil engineering firms in June submitted a total of 21 bids to construct…

10 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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13 Bidders for Sabarmati Bridge’s Contract in Dharoi, Gujarat

Thirteen civil engineering firms have bid for the construction of a new 3.3…

10 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 0 Comments
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Aarvee Awarded Tumkur Metro Line’s Feasibility Contract by BMRCL

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates…

09 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line 3’s Trial Runs Extended to Siddhivinayak Station

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) on Thursday extended trial runs (train…

07 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Kanpur Metro: Ceigall Begins Casting U-Girders for Package KNPCC-12

Ceigall India and its subcontractor Dixcon Infra this Thursday began casting…

07 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Pune Metro PCMC – Nigdi Extension’s 1st Pile Cap Cast

Workers on Saturday cast the first pile cap (foundation) for 16.589 km Pune Metro Purple Line‘s 4.519 km extension from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal…

07 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Gawar Conducts Mumbai Metro Line 12’s Pile Load Tests in Dombivli

Gawar Constructions Ltd. (GCL) last week performed an initial pile load test for Mumbai Metro’s Line-12 (Orange Line) which will connect Kalyan – Dombivali…

07 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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KPIL-Gulermak’s 1st TBM for Kanpur Metro’s Line-2 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Herrenknecht Company in Guangzhou, China in June-end completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on TBM S-1408A for…

06 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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12 Bidders for Bhubaneswar Metro Package BBC-03’s Contract

Twelve civil engineering firms in June submitted bids to construct Package BBC-03 of Bhubaneswar Metro’s Phase 1 project which will connect…

05 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Afcons Begins Kochi Metro Phase 2’s Work in Kakkanad

Afcons Infrastructure on Wednesday bored their first test pile for the civil construction of Kochi Metro’s Phase 2 project under Package KBC3. This…

05 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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KSM Bashir Wins UPMRC Metro Bhawan’s Construction Contract LKCC-15

August 5, 2024 Update: UPMRC has issued LOA to KSM Bashir Mohammad and Sons with a contract value of Rs. 101,78,01,226 July 4. 2024 Original Post: KSM Bashir…

04 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro, Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 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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