Gurugram Metro’s HUDA – Cyber City Line Approved by Union Cabinet

The Indian Government’s Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new 28.50…

08 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 26 Comments
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J Kumar Lowers Delhi Metro Silver Line DC-08’s 1st TBM Shalini

J Kumar Infraprojects on Monday started lowering parts of TBM S64B (Shalini)…

07 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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J Kumar Begins Piling Work for Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Depot

J Kumar Infraprojects – AIC Infrastructures JV this weekend bored and concreted…

06 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Afcons Launches Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 Sabarmati Bridge’s 1st Segment

Afcons Infrastructure last week launched their first precast box segment for 28.254…

06 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2A & 2B’s Track Work Contracts

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

05 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Alstom Begins Agra Metro’s Signaling Trials at PAC Depot

Alstom Transport last month started signaling trial runs on a 700m test-track…

05 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar Wins Chennai Port – Maduravoyal Expressway’s Package 2

J Kumar Infraprojects was today declared as the lowest bidder to construct 5.096…

05 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 23 Comments
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J Kumar Casts D-Wall for Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Aerocity TBM Shaft

J Kumar Infraprojects last week began pouring concrete to construct the diaphragm…

05 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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9 Bidders for Rajahmundry Airport’s New Terminal Contract

Nine firms have submitted bids to construct the new terminal building of Rajahmundry Airport (RJA) in Andhra Pradesh after Airports Authority of India…

05 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 5 Comments
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KEC-VNC JV Launches Kochi Metro Phase 1B’s Final I-Girder

KEC International Ltd. – Vijay Nirman Company Pvt. Ltd. last week launched the final I-girder for constructing Kochi Metro’s 1.163 km elevated extension…

05 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons-SAM’s Agra Metro TBM Ganga Records Breakthrough at Fort

Afcons Infrastructure – SAM India Consortium late last night celebrated the first tunnel breakthrough by Robbins TBM 324 (Ganga) at Agra Fort Station…

03 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Delhi Metro Magenta Line DC-05’s 1st TBM Bhoomi Starts Tunneling

Afcons Infrastructure on Friday commissioned TBM S-710 – the first tunnel boring machine of Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s 7.46 km Derawal Nagar –…

03 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bhopal Metro Blue Line’s Civil Work (BH05)

Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MPMRCL) on Thursday invited tenders for the civil construction work of Bhopal Metro’s 12.915 km Blue Line…

03 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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BEML Wins Bangalore Metro’s 72 Coach Rolling Stock Contract 6RS-DM

BEML Ltd. was today declared as the lowest bidder among 3 firms to manufacture and supply 72 new coaches for the 73.92 km Bangalore Metro Phase 2…

02 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 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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