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…

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…

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…

07 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T’s 1st Chennai Metro Robbins TBM 408-1 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Robbins Company in Kancheepuram last month…

06 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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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 for the civil construction work (Package KBC3) of Kochi Metro’s Phase…

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 Haridwar’s Personalised Rapid Transit (PRT) System after it attempted…

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 Alstom Movia train-set for the 33.53 km Indore Metro Phase 1 project…

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 civil construction work of 46.88 Corridor-4 (Heelalige – Rajanukunte)…

31 Aug 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 8 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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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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