L&T & MEIL Win Thane – Borivali Tunnel Project’s Work in Mumbai

May 12, 2023 Update: MEIL has been declared as the preferred bidder for both…

25 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 21 Comments
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Afcons – SAM JV’s Agra Metro TBM Yamuna Records 1st Breakthrough

Afcons Infrastructure – SAM India Consortium this morning celebrated the first…

25 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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NCC Awarded Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s Contract for Pending Work

April 25, 2023 Update: Per the comment section, it appears the contract was…

24 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Egis Wins Kochi Metro Phase 2’s Detailed Design Consultant Contract

Egis Rail earlier this month was declared as the lowest bidder for Kochi Metro…

21 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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SYSTRA-RITES-DB JV Wins Hyderabad Metro Airport Line’s General Consultant Contract

SYSTRA – RITES – DB Engineering JV has been declared as the preferred…

21 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Afcons – SAM JV’s Agra Metro TBM S718C Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht on Tuesday completed factory…

20 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons Casts Delhi Metro Silver Line Airforce Shaft’s Base Slab

Afcons Infrastructure on Friday night poured concrete to cast the 1st base slab…

17 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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NCC Launches Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s 1st U-Girder

NCC Ltd. on Thursday night launched the 1st set of U-girders for Bangalore Metro’s…

15 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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DMRC Wins Mumbai Metro Line-3’s O&M Contract

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today beat Keolis to emerge as the lowest bidder for the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) contract of Mumbai…

13 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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4 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C3 Package

June 16, 2023 Update: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is lowest bidder – see details April 12, 2023 Original Post: 4 firms (3 in a consortium) have…

12 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 29 Comments
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Ahluwalia Wins Mumbai CSMT Railway Station Redevelopment Project

Ahluwalia Contracts was today declared as the lowest bidder among 4 firms to redevelop Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)…

12 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 2 Comments
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3 Bidders for Kochi Metro Phase 2’s Electrification DDC Contract

3 firms have submitted bids for the Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract of Kochi Metro Phase 2‘s electrification system after Kochi Metro…

12 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Wins Chennai Metro Line 3 & 5’s OHE & RSS Electrification Work

May 24, 2023 Update: CMRL has issued LOAs and signed contracts with L&T for Rs. 239.41 crore (OHE) and Rs. 533.87 crore (RSS, ASS & SCADA). April…

11 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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(Pics) Agra Metro’s Underground Stations & Tunnels Take Shape

With elevated station & viaduct works on Agra Metro Priority Corridor’s 3 km elevated section grabbing all eyeballs, here’s a post on…

11 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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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 – 37.9 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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