L&T Awarded Bengaluru Suburban Rail Kanaka Line 4’s Civil Contract

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Saturday was finally awarded a Rs. 1040.51…

31 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 6 Comments
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Track Work Begins for Bangalore Metro Pink Line’s Underground Section

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd. today began casting the track plinth inside…

30 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Agra Metro’s Underground Section

What a day! With the final tunnel breakthrough recorded on the up-line tunnel…

30 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Agra Metro Priority Corridor’s Final Breakthrough Recorded by TBM Ganga

That’s a wrap! Afcons Infrastructure – SAM India Consortium on Friday celebrated…

30 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi – Meerut RRTS: Trial Runs Extended to Meerut South Station

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) today started trial runs…

29 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 11 Comments
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URCC Wins Bhopal Metro Package BH03’s Civil Contract

URC Construction (URCC) was today declared as the lowest bidder for the civil…

29 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Paras Wins Mumbai Metro Line 6’s Track Work Contract MT-09R

January 29, 2024 Update: DMRC has issued LOA and awarded Paras Railtech a Rs….

29 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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4 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line 7A & 9’s Electrification Contract CA-176

Four firms have submitted bids for the 25 kV AC OHE electrification contract…

29 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Bids Invited for Patna Metro’s Underground Contracts PC-05 & PC-06

It’s finally out! Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today invited bids for two underground tunneling contracts (PC05 & PC06) of Patna Metro’s…

27 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-6: Ahluwalia & Sam Bid for Kanjurmarg Depot’s Work

Ahluwalia Contracts (India) and Sam India Builtwell have submitted bids for the civil construction contract (CA-209) of Mumbai Metro Line-6‘s Kanjurmarg…

27 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Mumbai Trans Harbor Link: GRIL & Gawar Bid for O&M Contract

January 3, 2024 Update: Gawar Constructions is lowest bidder for the O&M contract after placing a bid of 234.18 crore versus GR Infra’s bid of…

26 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 6 Comments
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7 Bidders for Belagavi Airport’s New Terminal Contract

Seven firms have submitted bids for the civil construction work of a new terminal building at Belagavi Airport, also known as Belgaum Airport, in Belagavi,…

26 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 2 Comments
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Ahmedabad Metro: Narmada Canal Extradosed Bridge’s 1st Segment Launched

Besides the 810m Sabarmati River Bridge, the 28.254 km Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 project’s viaduct also includes the construction of a 303m long…

25 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Texmaco Wins Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s Track Contract DT-08

January 4, 2024 Update: DMRC has issued LOA and awarded Texmaco Rail & Engineering with a Rs. 117,08,37,681.40 contract for Magenta Line’s track…

24 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 58.66 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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