Bengaluru Suburban Rail: Bids for 264 Coach Lease Contract Invited

Karnataka Rail Infrastructure Development Company (KRIDE) last Friday invited…

02 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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Kanpur Metro KNPCC-05’s Final Tunnel Ring Segment Cast by Gulermak – Sam JV

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV last week poured concrete and celebrated…

01 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bhubaneswar Metro Phase 1 Project’s Foundation Stone Unveiled

Odisha’s Chief Minister today unveiled the foundation stone for Bhubaneswar…

01 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Chennai Metro Plans Parandur Airport Metro Line via Sriperumbudur

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to extend Chennai Metro’s Line-4…

01 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports, Chennai Metro ⋅ 29 Comments
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Ghaziabad – Jewar Airport RRTS Route Finalized via Greater Noida

Uttar Pradesh’s state government earlier this month finalized a new RapidX…

31 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports, Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 36 Comments
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Agra Metro’s 4th TBM S115 Launched from RBS Ramp by Afcons

This past Friday was special. Besides TBM Ganga recording Agra Metro Priority…

31 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Noida Metro’s Sector 142 to Botanical Garden Line Approved by NMRC

Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC)’s board this week approved the revised…

31 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Bhopal Metro Priority Corridor’s Track Work Completed by L&T

Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MPMRCL) has announced the completion…

31 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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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 crore contract for the civil construction work of 46.88 km Corridor 4 (Heelalige…

31 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 7 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 the underground tunnels of 21.386 km Bangalore Metro Pink Line (Reach…

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 earlier in the morning, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on Friday…

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 tunnel boring machine (TBM) Ganga’s breakthrough at Taj Mahal Metro…

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 (train testing) on the 12.1 km Modinagar South – Meerut South section…

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 construction work of 27.87 km Bhopal Metro Phase 1 project’s…

29 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 2 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 – 59.2 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

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