L&T Opens Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Track Slab Facility

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) on Saturday announced…

01 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Bangalore Metro’s Challaghatta – Kengeri Section

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) from the Indian Railways’…

01 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bhopal Metro’s Trial Runs Begin on Orange Line

Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Co Ltd (MPMRCL) on Tuesday started trial runs (train…

01 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s 4th TBM S639B Lowered at Kanpur Central by Afcons

Afcons Infrastructure on Thursday started lowering and assembling their second…

30 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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7 Bidders for Udaipur Airport’s New Terminal Contract

Seven firms have submitted bids for the civil construction of a new terminal…

29 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line 6: 4 Bidders for Track Work Contract MT-09R

Per an industry source – 4 firms have submitted bids to supply and install…

26 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Longest Girder Assembled

Zetwerk on a subcontract from Larsen & Toubro – IHI Infrastructure Systems…

25 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line 9: Rahee Wins Track Work Contract CA-167

Rahee Infratech was today declared as the lowest bidder to supply and install…

22 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Prayagraj Airport New Terminal’s Contract Awarded to Vishal Infra

Vishal Infrastructure Ltd. last month was awarded a Rs. 152.87 crore construction contract by Airports Authority of India (AAI) for Prayagraj Airport’s…

22 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 1 Comment
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CMRS Inspects Bangalore Metro’s KR Pura – Baiyyappanahalli Section

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) from the Indian Railways’ Southern Circle today completed inspection on Bangalore Metro Purple Line’s…

21 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Yellow Line’s Train by CRRC Revealed

The first look of Bangalore Metro’s CRRC prototype train for the 19.143 km Yellow Line currently undergoing factory acceptance tests (FAT) in…

21 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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L&T Begins Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Underground Work at Victoria

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) this weekend officially started preliminary construction activities to construct Kolkata Metro Line-3 (Purple Line)’s 5.05…

19 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Bhopal Metro’s 1st Alstom Train Arrives at Subhash Nagar Depot

After Indore last month, now it’s Bhopal’s turn! Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Co Ltd (MPMRCL) on Monday morning received their first Alstom…

19 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Records Breakthrough for Tungareshwar Tunnel Project

While metro rail and road tunneling projects continue to be my site’s main focus, I always get excited when tunneling milestones…

18 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 8 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 – 94.3 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 68.5 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 – 16 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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