Afcons – Sam JV Records Agra Metro’s Final Tunnel Breakthrough

Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India Consortium last Tuesday celebrated tunnel…

09 Jun 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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8 Bidders for Gurgaon Metro HUDA – Cyber City Line’s Contract CC-01

Eight civil engineering firms last week submitted bids for the first civil construction…

20 May 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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MEIL Wins Gaimukh – Fountain Hotel Tunnel & Elevated Road’s Contracts in Thane

Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. (MEIL) today was declared as the…

20 May 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 6 Comments
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DRA-Siemens JV Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Signaling Contract S1

June 9, 2025 Update: NHSRCL has awarded DRA Infracon – Siemens JV with…

18 May 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 7 Comments
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AECOM-led JV Wins Thane Metro’s General Consultant Contract

A consortium of AECOM India Pvt. Ltd. – Egis Rail S.A. – Doyen Engineeering…

18 May 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Thane Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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5 Bidders for Delhi Metro Saket – Lajpat Nagar Line’s Package D2C-02

Five civil engineering firms in mid-April submitted bids for the civil construction…

17 May 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s T1 Track Contract

Three firms with two in a consortium this week submitted bids for track work…

03 May 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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Alstom-L&T JV & DRA-Siemens JV Bid for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Signaling Contract S1

Alstom Transport – Larsen & Toubro JV and DRA Infracon – Siemens…

03 May 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 6 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s Track Contract CA-273

June 25, 2025 Update: MMRDA has awarded Paras Railtech with a Rs. 99.99 crore contract April 26, 2025 Original Post: Paras Railtech, Apurvakriti Infrastructure…

26 Apr 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s 7th OWG Launched over WDFC near Vadodara

M G Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) earlier this month completed launching their seventh open web girder (OWG) bridge for the 508.17 Mumbai – Ahmedabad…

20 Apr 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 6 Comments
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4 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s E&M Underground Station Contract

Four firms on Wednesday submitted bids for Chennai Metro Line-4’s underground electrical & mechanical (E&M), plumbing and fire protection contract…

20 Apr 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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J Kumar’s Mumbai Metro TBM Disha Records Breakthrough for Line-7A

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) on Thursday celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) Disha’s first and only breakthrough at the Airport Colony Shaft for…

18 Apr 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Egis-led JV Wins Patna Metro’s General Consultant Contract

Egis Rail – Egis India – Tumas India – Lion – PINI India JV last week was declared as the preferred bidder for Patna Metro Phase…

16 Apr 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Delhi – Meerut RRTS: Trial Runs Extended to Sarai Kale Khan Station

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) this weekend started trial runs (train testing) on the 5 km New Ashok Nagar – Sarai Kale Khan section…

14 Apr 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 6 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 – 68.5 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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