Bids Invited for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C3 Package

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on Tuesday invited…

16 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 7 Comments
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4 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s BKC Station (C1)

4 firms / consortia have submitted bids to construct Bandra Kurla Complex Station…

04 Nov 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 16 Comments
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RVNL Wins Chennai Metro Line-3’s Sholinganallur – SIPCOT Section

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct…

30 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Alstom Awarded Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 312 Coach Contract RS17

Alstom Transport India on Thursday was awarded a Rs. 2631.36 crore contract…

29 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Bids for Mumbai Metro Line-5’s Kasheli Depot Invited

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) this week invited tenders…

23 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S1330A Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this week completed factory…

23 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Texmaco – ISC JV Wins Indore Metro’s Track Work Contract IN08

Texmaco Rail and Engineering – ISC Projects JV on Saturday was declared…

23 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T Wins Bhopal Metro’s Track Work Contract BH07

Larsen & Toubro on Saturday was declared as the lowest bidder to supply…

23 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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6 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line 3 & 5’s Electrification Contracts

6 firms have bid for 2 separate contracts to commission Chennai Metro line 3 and 5’s electrification system (OHE, RSS, ASS & SCADA) after Chennai…

19 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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4 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Platform Screen Door Contract

4 firms earlier this month submitted bids for the Platform Screen Door (PSD) contract of Chennai Metro’s 26.09 km Line-4 which will connect…

17 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Vossloh Wins Bhopal & Indore Metros’ Track Turnout Contract

Vossloh Cogifer earlier this month was declared as the lowest bidder to supply standard gauge rail turnouts (Package BHIN03C) for Indore Metro and Bhopal…

16 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro, Indore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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SBI Bids for Bhopal & Indore Metros’ Automatic Fare Collection

State Bank of India (SBI) earlier this month was declared as the only bidder for the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) contract (Package BHIN07) for Indore…

16 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro, Indore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 1st TBM S96 Starts Tunneling

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) on Thursday commissioned S-96 – the first of 23 tunnel boring machines for the 118.9 km Chennai Metro Phase 2 project…

16 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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7 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Telecom Contract

7 firms on Tuesday submitted bids for the telecommunication contract (Package ASA05) for Chennai Metro’s 26.09 km Line-4 which will connect…

14 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata – 24 October 1984 – 41.3 km
• Delhi – 24 December 2002 – 349 km
• Bangalore – 20 October 2011 – 55.6 km
• Gurgaon – 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai – 8 June 2014 – 30.15 km
• Jaipur – 3 June 2015 – 12 km
• Chennai – 29 June 2015 – 54.1 km
• Kochi – 19 June 2017 – 26.8 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur – 8 March 2019 – 22.9 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.73 km
• Pune – 6 March, 2022 – 10.35 km

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