MEIL – HCC Wins Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train BKC Station’s Work

March 13, 2023: NHSRCL today awarded MEIL – HCC JV with Mumbai Ahmedabad…

28 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 22 Comments
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SYSTRA-DB Awarded Mumbai Metro Line 10 & 12’s General Consultancy

SYSTRA MVA Consulting – DB Engineering & Consulting JV last week was awarded…

26 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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RVNL Awarded Surat Metro Bhesan Depot’s Construction Contract

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) has been awarded a Rs. 198.93 crore contract for…

25 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Delhi-SNB RRTS: ADB & JICA Evaluating $1.3bn & $890mn Loans

Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)…

25 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 6 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Delhi Meerut RRTS Line’s Priority Corridor

So it begins! National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) on Friday…

24 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Line’s Signaling and Electrification Ready

Alstom Transport India has announced the completion of signalling & electrification…

23 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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5 Bidders for Hyderabad Metro Airport Line’s General Consultant Work

Five consortia have submitted pre-qualification applications for the General…

21 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Afcons’ Delhi Metro Phase 4 TBMs 367 & 372 Pass Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Robbins this month completed factory acceptance…

18 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Bhadra Records Breakthrough at Shadi Mahal

‘Tis the season of breakthroughs! Tunnel Boring Machine S-840B (Bhadra) operated by ITD Cementation India on Friday recorded a tunnel breakthrough…

17 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ TBM S88 Records Breakthrough at Meerut Central

Afcons Infrastructure on Thursday celebrated tunnel boring machine S88’s first tunnel breakthrough at Meerut Central RRTS Station for the 82.15…

16 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 4 Comments
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Afcons Casts Delhi Metro Silver Line’s 1st Tunnel Segment for DC-07

Afcons Infrastructure on Monday began pouring concrete to cast the first batch of tunnel ring segments for Delhi Metro’s 23.622 km Silver Line which…

15 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Vamika Records Breakthrough at Lakkasandra

Tunnel Boring Machine S-1260 operated by Afcons Infrastructure on Monday recorded a tunnel breakthrough at Lakkasandra Station’s site for Bangalore…

13 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S81B Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Terratec last week completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) in Pune on S81B for Package TU01 of the 118.9 km Chennai…

13 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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SMS & Kalyan Win Durg – Raipur – Arang Expressway’s Work

SMS Ltd – Mehrotra Buildcon Pvt Ltd JV and Kalyan Toll Infrastructure Ltd – Shelke Constructions Pvt Ltd JV on Monday emerged as the lowest…

08 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 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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