J Kumar’s Mumbai Metro Line-7A TBM Disha Starts Tunneling

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) on Friday officially started tunnel excavation…

05 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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JKIL-AICPL Begins Bangalore Metro Baiyappanahalli Depot’s D-Wall Work

J Kumar Infraprojects – AIC Infrastructures JV last week started grabbing…

05 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Hyderabad Metro Phase 3: Aarvee & Systra Win DPR Consultant Work

Aarvee Associates and Systra MVA Consulting India have been declared as the…

03 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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ITD’s 1st Chennai Metro Line-4 TBM Flamingo Starts Tunneling

ITD Cementation India and Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) on Friday officially…

02 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Kochi Metro Phase 2 Construction Contract’s Bids Invited

Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) on Friday published a tender notice inviting bids…

02 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Haridwar’s PRT System Receives No Bids for PPP Contract

Uttarakhand Metro Rail Corporation (UKMRC) has received no bids for developing…

01 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other, Uttarakhand Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Indore Metro’s 1st Alstom Train Arrives at Gandhi Nagar Depot

Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Co Ltd (MPMRCL) on Thursday received their first…

31 Aug 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T Wins Bengaluru Suburban Rail Kanaka Line 4’s Civil Contract

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) was today declared as the lowest bidder for the…

31 Aug 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 7 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Vamika Records Breakthrough at Langford Town

Afcons Infrastructure on Wednesday celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine S-1260’s third breakthrough at Lakkasandra Station on Bangalore Metro’s 21.386…

31 Aug 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Titagarh Awarded Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s 30 Coach Contract RS3

Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd. in a regulatory filing on Wednesday announced it was awarded an approximately Rs. 350 crore rolling stock contract for supplying…

30 Aug 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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STEC Records Delhi-Meerut RAPIDX’s Final TBM Breakthrough in Vaishali

That’s a wrap! Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) today celebrated tunnel boring machine Sudarshan 4.4’s second and final tunnel breakthrough…

29 Aug 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 3 Comments
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ST Only Bidder for Chennai Metro Line 3 & 5’s Platform Screen Door Retender

Singapore’s ST Engineering Electronics Ltd. is once again the only bidder for Chennai Metro Line 3 & 5’s Platform Screen Door contract (Package…

24 Aug 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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8 Bidders for Bhopal Metro Package BH03’s Civil Contract

8 construction firms have submitted bids for 27.87 km Bhopal Metro Phase 1 project’s elevated Package BH-03 after Madhya Pradesh Metro…

22 Aug 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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5 Bidders for Indore Metro’s Package IN04’s Civil Contract

5 construction firms have submitted bids for 33.53 km Indore Metro Phase 1 project‘s Package IN-04 between Shaheed Bagh and Palasia Chauraha after…

21 Aug 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 4 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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