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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

16 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Patel Infra Wins Nagpur – Gondia Expressway’s NG-2A Contract

Patel Infrastructure Ltd. on Monday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct…

16 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 4 Comments
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Afcons Casts Delhi Metro Golden Line DC-07’s Final Tunnel Segment

Afcons Infrastructure in December-end celebrated casting their final of 8327 tunnel ring segments for Delhi Metro’s 23.622 km Golden Line (Line-10)…

15 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kalpataru Begins Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s Work for Package C11

Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) on Tuesday poured concrete to cast their first pile cap for Reach 3A in Package C-11 of the 43.8 km Nagpur…

15 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons & GRIL Win Pune Ring Road Packages E5, E6 & E7’s Contracts

Afcons Infrastructure and G R Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL) on Monday were declared as the lowest bidders to construct 136.80 km Pune Ring Road project’s…

14 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons’ Delhi Metro TBM Tejas Records Breakthrough at Maa Anandmayee Marg

Afcons Infrastructure today celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Tejas’ first breakthrough at Maa Anandmayee Marg Station of Delhi Metro’s 23.622…

14 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Bridge over NH-64 Completed by MGCPL

MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) this weekend completed building a 210 meter long balanced cantilever (CLC) bridge under Package P1(C) for the 508.17 km Mumbai…

14 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Purple Line’s 1st CRRC Train Arrives in Peenya

CRRC on Sunday delivered their first of 21 new train-sets for the purple & green lines of the Bangalore Metro Phase 2 project at Green…

13 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 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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