Mumbai Metro Line-12’s Groundbreaking Held to Start Construction

Maharashtra’s Chief Minister on Sunday formally inaugurated construction…

04 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Dilip Buildcon Launches Girders for Indore Metro over Railway Tracks

Working under a tight 3 hour window, workers from Dilip Buildcon (DBL) on early…

03 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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MVR Infra Awarded Bangalore Metro Whitefield Extension’s Contract

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

03 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Siemens Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 2A & 2B’s Electrification Contract EPC5-CC

Siemens – Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (Siemens – RVNL JV) in February…

02 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T Commissions Chennai Metro Line-5 EV-03’s 1st Launching Gantry

Larsen & Toubro this week started launching U-girders at Retteri Flyover…

02 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Madavara Extension’s Final Track Turnout Cast by Texmaco

Texmaco Rail and Engineering last night completed casting all track turnouts…

02 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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6 Bidders for Agra Metro Line-2’s AGCC-07 Elevated Contract

Six firms today submitted bids for civil construction contract AGCC07 of Agra…

01 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bids Reinvited for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 96 Coach Contract ARE04A

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) on Wednesday re-invited bids for procuring 32…

01 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons & HCC Bid for Dharamtar Creek Bridge’s Contract Near Mumbai

Afcons Infrastructure (AIL) and Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) are the only two bidders for the civil construction of a new 2.04 km bridge between…

01 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 11 Comments
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Meerut Metro’s 1st Alstom Train Arrives at Duhai Depot

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) on Tuesday night received their first train-set for Meerut Metro’s 23 km Line-1 (Partapur –…

29 Feb 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS, Meerut Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Godrej Wins Mumbai Metro Line-4 Stations’ Finishing & PEB Contract CA-222

Godrej & Boyce earlier this month was declared as the lowest bidder for the architectural finishing and pre-engineered building (PEB) roof contract…

29 Feb 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Cengrs Awarded Gurugram Metro HUDA – Cyber City Line’s Geotechnical Contract

Cengrs Goetechnica last week was awarded a Rs. 53.90 lakh contract for the geotechnical soil investigation of a new 28.50 km elevated metro line in Gurugram (Gurgaon)…

28 Feb 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Mumbai Metro Line 5’s Rolling Stock & Signaling Contract CA-241

After re-inviting bids for Line-4’s systems on Saturday, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Monday invited bids for supplying…

27 Feb 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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6 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Underground VAC & TVS Contract

Six firms on Monday bid for Chennai Metro Line-4’s ventilation and air conditioning (VAC), tunnel ventilation system (TVS), electrical and SCADA contract…

27 Feb 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 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 – 94.3 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 – 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

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