Bangalore Metro Yellow Line’s Final Track Turnout Cast by Texmaco

Texmaco Rail and Engineering on Saturday celebrated casting all 27 track turnouts…

17 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Delhi Metro RAPIDX’s Segments Launched Above Metro’s Blue Line by Afcons

Afcons Infrastructure this past week completed launching segments for the 82.15…

16 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 2 Comments
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Patna Metro Line 1’s First U-Girder Launched by YFC-MCL JV

YFC Projects – Montecarlo JV on early Friday morning launched their first…

16 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Pune Metro Line 3’s Track-Work Begins in Hinjawadi

Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. (PITCMRL) last week started track installation…

16 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Jaipur Metro Cancels Phase 1C & 1D’s Tender After Sam Declared L1

Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) on Thursday cancelled the civil construction…

15 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S99 Records Breakthrough at Venugopal Nagar

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) on Thursday celebrated tunnel boring machine S99’s…

15 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Tata Awarded Chennai Metro Line 5’s UG06 Tunneling Contract

Per a couple of my tunneling industry connections, Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL)…

13 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Paras Begins Delhi Metro Magenta Line Extension’s Track Work

Paras Railtech this weekend started track-work activities for 65.10 km Delhi…

13 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Kanpur Metro’s TBM Nana Records Breakthrough at Bada Chauraha

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV on Sunday celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) S93’s breakthrough at Bada Chauraha Station of the 32.4 km Kanpur…

11 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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SNC Launches Bangalore Metro ORR Line P2’s 1st Steel Girder

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC)’s launching crew on early Sunday morning launched the first steel composite girder for Package 2 of Bangalore Metro’s…

11 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Indore Metro’s Trial Runs Start Inside Gandhi Nagar Depot

Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Co Ltd (MPMRCL) on Saturday started train testing activities for 33.53 km Indore Metro Phase 1 project inside…

10 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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NCC Launches Bangalore Metro Airport Line Package 1’s 1st U-Girder

NCC Ltd. on Friday launched the first of 698 U-girders for Package 1 of Bangalore Metro’s 37 km Airport Line (Blue Line) which will link Bengaluru’s Kempegowda…

10 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM Siruvani Starts Tunneling from Chetpet

Following a small puja, Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday officially commissioned tunnel boring machine (TBM) DZ1040 at Chetpet Station’s shaft for…

07 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Thane – Borivali Tunnel Project: Herrenknecht to Supply Tunnel Boring Machines

Per a couple of my tunneling industry connections, Herrenknecht AG has been finalized by Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd. (MEIL) to supply…

07 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 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 – 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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