3 Bidders for Bengaluru Suburban Rail’s Head Hardened Rails Contract

Three firms on Friday submitted bids to supply 19000 MT of head-hardened rails…

02 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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URCC Wins Bangalore Metro Veerannapalya Station’s Contract for Pending Work

February 7, 2025 Update: BMRCL has issued LOA and awarded a Rs. 35.74 crore…

01 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T Casts Agra Metro Line-2’s 1st Pile Cap at Agra Cantt

Larsen & Toubro this week poured concrete to cast their first pile cap for…

01 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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SYSTRA Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 3’s Design Consultant Contracts

March 15, 2025 Update: SYSTRA has been awarded DDC-1 & DDC-3’s contracts,…

31 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Rahee Wins Patna Metro Priority Corridor’s Track Work Contract PT-09

February 10, 2025 Update: DMRC has issued LOA and awarded Rahee Infratech with…

30 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Rahee Wins Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s Track Contract T-02

Rahee Infratech Ltd. on Monday was declared as the lowest bidder to supply and…

29 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Ceigall Wins Ludhiana Bypass’ Construction Contract in Punjab

Ceigall India Ltd. on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct…

27 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 2 Comments
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KPIL’s TBM Gomati Records Kanpur Metro Line-2’s 1st Breakthrough

Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) – Gulermak JV on Thursday…

24 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Chennai Metro Phase 2: Alstom, BEML & Titagarh Bid for 96 Coach Contract ARE04A

Alstom Transport India, BEML and Titagarh Rail Systems on Wednesday submitted bids for supplying 32 new train-sets for the 116.1 km Chennai Metro Phase…

23 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bids Invited for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Signaling Contract S1

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on Saturday invited bids for the signalling and telecommunication (S&T) system of 508.17…

19 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 14 Comments
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KPC Wins Bengaluru Suburban Rail Soladevanahalli Depot’s Contract

KPC Projects Ltd. on Saturday was declared as the lowest bidder for the construction of Soladevanahalli Depot of the 149.35 km Bengaluru Suburban…

19 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T Casts Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train C3’s 1st Full Span Girder

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday evening poured concrete to cast their first full span box girder (FSBG) for 135.45 km Package C-3 of the 508.17…

18 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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4 Bidders for Bangalore Metro Phase 3’s Electrification Consultant Contract

Four firms today submitted bids for the Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract of the 44.65 km Bangalore Metro Phase 3 project’s traction…

16 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T’s 1st TBM S-1410A for Kolkata Metro’s Line-3 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Herrenknecht AG in Alinjivakkam, Tamil Nadu last week completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on TBM S-1410A…

16 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata 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 – 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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