MahaMetro Invites Bids for Pune Metro’s PCMC – Range Hills Section

Late last month, MahaMetro kick-started the civil bidding process for constructing…

03 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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1st Pier Cap Launched for Mumbai Metro’s Line-7

Yesterday night, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects launched and erected the…

03 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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U-Girder & Pier Cap Casting Begins for Lucknow Metro’s North Extn

After launching piling work in October 2016, workers from Larsen & Toubro…

03 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Segment Launching Begins Near Ahmedabad Metro’s East Ramp

Late last month, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects began launching precast…

02 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Lucknow Metro’s TBM S53 Starts Tunneling towards Hazratganj

The Tata – Gülermak JV yesterday commissioned TBM S53 – their second Tunnel…

02 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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[Pics] Bangalore Metro’s Chickpet Station – March 2017

Here’s a picture-post with some new images of Bangalore Metro’s upcoming…

02 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Karnataka Govt’s Cabinet Approves Bangalore Metro’s ORR Line

The Karnataka government’s cabinet today approved Bangalore Metro’s…

01 Mar 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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Simplex Lowest Bidder for B’lore’s Hessaraghatta Cross – BIEC Section

The contractor for the northern extension of Bangalore Metro’s Green Line…

28 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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TBM S710 Makes a Breakthrough at Chennai Metro’s Central Station

A little more than four years after being commissioned from Washermenpet in north Chennai, Tunnel Boring Machine S710 finally made its 3rd and final breakthrough…

27 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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2nd Launching Gantry Commissioned for B’lore’s R4B at Yelachenahalli

Workers from NCC this weekend commissioned their 2nd launching gantry at Yelachenahalli to launch precast segments for building the Bangalore Metro Green…

21 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 39 Comments
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LMRC Extends Lucknow Metro Trial Runs to Charbagh Station

The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) Ltd. yesterday evening extended trial runs/testing by another 2 km to Charbagh Station – the northern terminal…

17 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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TBM S711 Lowered into Chennai Metro’s Washermenpet Shaft

After making a breakthrough at Central Station for Chennai Metro’s UAA-01 project in November 2016, Tunnel Boring Machine S711’s parts have…

15 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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TBM S640 Makes a Breakthrough at Kolkata Metro’s Howrah Station

Earlier this month, TBM S640 – a Herrenknecht EPB Tunnel Boring Machine operated by the Afcons-Transtonnelstroy JV for Kolkata Metro’s UG-1…

14 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – February 2017 Phase 1 Update

Over this weekend, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) made their February 2017 newsletter available for everyone to see the progress made…

14 Feb 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 29 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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