Rithwik – Soma JV Awarded Mumbai Metro Dongri Depot’s Contract CA-207

Rithwik Projects – Soma Enterprise JV earlier this month was awarded a Rs….

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Narmada Bridge Starts Taking Shape

South-west of Gujarat’s Bharuch town, a new 1.4 km long bridge over Narmada…

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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2 Bidders for Mumbai BKC’s PRT System (Pod Taxi) Contract

Two firms – Sai Green Mobility and Refex Industries – have bid for…

24 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 8 Comments
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JKIL – MEPL’s Terratec TBM Begins Tunneling for Mumbai’s PST-2 Tunnel

J Kumar Infraprojects – Michigan Engineers JV earlier this month commissioned…

23 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 0 Comments
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Rahee Begins Mumbai Metro Line-9’s Track Work at Miragaon

Rahee Infratech on Thursday night began ballastless track casting activities…

23 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Maruti Wins Sabarmati Bridge’s Contract in Dharoi, Gujarat

Maruti Infracreation Pvt. Ltd. on Thursday was declared as the lowest bidder…

23 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 2 Comments
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APCO Wins Ghatkopar – Bhandup Water Tunnel’s Contract in Mumbai

APCO Infratech earlier this month was declared as the lowest bidder to construct…

22 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T’s Delhi Metro TBM-1 Records Breakthrough at Chhatarpur Mandir

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) DZ1122’s…

21 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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1st TBM for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train Passes Factory Tests

August 26, 2024 Update: Two images of the TBM have been removed from my post per Herrenknecht’s request. August 20, 2024 Original Post: Say hello…

20 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 9 Comments
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Tata Awarded Mumbai Metro & Roads’ Consultant Contract CA-253

Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE) earlier this month was awarded a Rs. 19.80 crore consultant contract by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority…

20 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges, Expressways, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Nippon-Arup JV Awarded Versova – Virar – Palghar Sea Link’s DPR Consultant Contract

The winner of another old contract is now known. Back in March, Nippon Koei – Arup India JV was awarded a Rs. 49.99 crore contract to prepare the Detailed…

19 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges, Expressways ⋅ 7 Comments
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Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line’s Meerut South Station Opens for Operations

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) today extended passenger operations from Modinagar North to Meerut South on the 82.15 km Delhi…

18 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 10 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Begins Trial Runs to Madavara on Green Line

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) on Saturday morning started trial runs (train testing) on Bangalore Metro Green Line’s 3.031 km…

18 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Ceigall Casts Agra Metro AGCC-05’s First Pier Cap

Ceigall India and its subcontractor Dixcon Infra this Thursday began casting pier caps for the viaduct of Package AGCC-05 on 14.25 km Agra Metro Line-1 connecting…

18 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 6 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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