Herrenknecht to Supply Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Tunnel Boring Machines

Per a couple of my tunneling industry connections, Herrenknecht AG has been…

18 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail, Tunnels ⋅ 6 Comments
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L&T and NCC Bid for Hyderabad Airport Metro Line’s Contract

Larsen & Toubro and NCC are the only 2 bidders for the civil construction…

14 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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9 Bidders for Kanpur Metro Line-2’s KNPCC-11 Underground Work

October 18, 2023 Update: KPIL – Gulermak is lowest bidder – see…

13 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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ICT Bids for DPR of Assam’s Tunnel Project Under Brahmaputra

Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Pvt. Ltd. is the only bidder for…

12 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 1 Comment
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Agra Metro’s Trial Runs Begin on Priority Corridor’s Elevated Section

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on Tuesday afternoon officially…

12 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s TBM Tatya Records 2nd Breakthrough at Naveen Market

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV on Monday celebrated tunnel boring machine…

11 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Underground Section’s Geotechnical Work Begins

Sarathy Geotech & Engineering Services Pvt Ltd. through a subcontract from…

10 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 3 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Consultant Contract DCS-1B

3 firms have submitted bids to provide consultancy services (contract DCS-1B)…

08 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Reinvited for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 210 Coach Contract

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) on Wednesday re-invited bids from rolling stock manufacturers to supply 210 coaches and provide 15 years of maintenance…

08 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai’s Goregaon – Mulund Link Road Tunnel Project

Afcons Infrastructure, Larsen & Toubro, NCC – J Kumar Infraprojects JV last Friday submitted bids for constructing 4.7 km twin tunnels of the…

07 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 6 Comments
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SYSTRA Awarded Kochi Metro Phase 2’s General Consultant Contract

SYSTRA S.A. – SYSTRA MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. JV on Monday was appointed as the General Consultant (GC) for Kochi Metro’s Phase 2…

07 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T & JKIL-NCC Bid for Mumbai’s Orange Gate – Marine Drive Tunnel Project

Larsen & Toubro and J Kumar Infraprojects – NCC JV are the only 2 bidders for the 4.46 km Orange Gate – Marine Drive tunnel project’s…

06 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 1 Comment
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KEC JV Begins Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Track-Work

Vijay Nirman Company – KEC International – Emrail JV last week began pouring concrete to install standard gauge rails for the Ahmedabad Metro…

02 Jul 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Titagarh Awarded Surat Metro’s 72 Coach Rolling Stock Contract

Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd. in a regulatory filing on Tuesday announced it was awarded a Rs. 857 crore contract for supplying 72 coaches (Package RS2) for…

28 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat 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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