Voestalpine Wins 2 Delhi Metro Phase 4 Crossover Contracts

Voestalpine VAE VKN India is the lowest bidder to manufacture and supply UIC-60…

14 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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18 Bidders for Durg – Raipur – Arang Expressway’s Work

18 firms have submitted a total of 32 bids for the construction of 92.23 km…

13 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 Comments
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Hitachi Wins Chennai Metro Line 3’s Signaling Contract ASA04

Hitachi Rail STS India Pvt. Ltd. Last week was declared as the lowest bidder…

11 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s 2nd TBM Tatya Starts Tunneling

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell on Monday commissioned tunnel boring machine…

09 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Agra Metro’s Alstom Train Design Revealed

Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister on Monday virtually unveiled the final…

09 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T’s 1st Patna Metro TBM Passes Factory Tests

China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. (CRCHI) has completed factory…

08 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM DZ1090 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer China Railway Construction Heavy Industry…

07 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Blue Star Awarded Bangalore Metro Pink Line’s TVS & E&M Contracts

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates…

06 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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18 Bidders for Patna – Purnia Expressway’s DPR Work

18 firms have bid for preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Patna – Purnia Expressway in Bihar after the National Highways Authority…

05 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 2 Comments
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DPR Bids Invited for Mumbai Metro Line 3’s Navy Nagar Extension

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) on Tuesday invited tenders to prepare a Detailed Project Report for extending Mumbai Metro’s 33.5 km Line-3 (Aqua…

05 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBMs S97 & S98 Pass Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Terratec has completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) in China on S97 & S98 – the 2nd & 3rd of 4 new machines…

04 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Mumbai Metro Line 3’s 1st Alstom Train Arrives

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) on Tuesday received their first Alstom train-set for Mumbai Metro’s 33.5 km Aqua Line (Line-3) which will connect…

03 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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APCO Wins Shamli – Ambala Expressway Package 2’s Work

APCO Infratech on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct 38.9 km Package 2 of the 121.786 km Shamli – Ambala Expressway project…

03 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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APCO Wins Delhi – Katra Expressway’s Package 17 in J&K

APCO Infratech on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct 28.92 km Package 17 of the roughly 650 km Delhi – Amritsar – Katra (DAK) Expressway…

02 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 15 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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