KCC Wins Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor C-1 Priority Section’s Contract

KCC Buildcon Pvt Ltd. on Tuesday emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the…

22 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 4 Comments
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SYSTRA Wins Agra & Kanpur Metro Line 2’s DDC Contract

May 17, 2022 Update: UPMRC has issued contract LOA to SYSTRA with a value of…

18 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Alstom Wins Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 78 Coach Contract

Alstom Transport India emerged as the lowest bidder to manufacture and supply…

14 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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4 Bidders for Ludhiana Bypass’ Construction Work

4 construction firms have submitted bids to construct the 25.24 km Southern…

14 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 Comments
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Work Begins for Delhi Metro’s Underground Magenta Line DC-05

Cengrs Geotechnica through a subcontract from Afcons Infrastructure last week…

14 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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L&T Wins Chennai Metro Line-3’s Elevated OMR Section’s Work

Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing Chennai…

12 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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L&T Launches DFC Girders over Noida Metro’s Aqua Line

Back in March-end, Larsen & Toubro launched six 31 meter long girders for…

12 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other ⋅ 1 Comment
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Siemens Wins Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6’s CBTC Signaling Contract

Per a reliable source, Siemens Ltd. on March 28 emerged as the lowest bidder…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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TPL Casts Pune Metro Line-3’s 1st Pier at Hinjewadi

Workers from Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. this weekend poured concrete to cast their first pier in Hinjawadi for Pune Metro’s 23.3 km Line-3 which…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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ITD Begins Work on Chennai Metro Line-4’s Underground Section

ITD Cementation has officially started pre-construction work at Marina Beach for Chennai Metro Line-4’s 10 km underground section connecting Power House…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T Wins Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Track Work Contract

Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder to supply and install standard gauge tracks for Chennai Metro’s Line-3 and Line-5 (Package BC-3,5/TRK-02)…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Phase 3 Sarjapur – Hebbal Line’s DPR Bids Invited

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) today invited tenders to appoint a consultant to create a Detailed Project Report for Bangalore Metro’s…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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RITES – PMPL JV Wins Bangalore Metro Challaghatta Depot’s Contract

RITES Ltd. – Power Mech Projects Ltd. JV today emerged as the lowest bidder to construct Bangalore Metro Purple Line’s Challaghatta Depot & Workshop…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Agra Metro Underground Line’s Geotechnical Work Begins

CEG Test House through a subcontract from Afcons – SAM India Consortium last week began geotechnical soil investigation work for Agra Metro’s…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata – 24 October 1984 – 39.2 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 – 25 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 – 6 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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