Delhi – Meerut RRTS Alstom Train’s 1st Body Shell Ready

Officials from National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) this week…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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17 Bidders for Surat – Chennai Expressway’s Work in Karnataka

17 construction firms have submitted a total of 32 bids to construct packages…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 27 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Shakti Passes Tests for Rishikesh – Karnaprayag Rail Line

Herrenknecht AG on Tuesday completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on Larsen…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 14 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C2 Tunnel Tender Cancelled

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on Thursday cancelled…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 11 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-10 & Line-12’s General Consultant Bids Invited

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) today invited tenders…

15 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 41 Comments
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NCC Begins Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Piling Work

NCC Ltd. this Sunday bored & concreted the first pile to officially mark…

15 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 25 Comments
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Trials Begin on Kochi Metro’s Phase 1A to SN Junction

Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) on late Sunday night launched train trial runs (testing)…

15 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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KEC – SAM Wins Bhopal Metro Subhash Nagar Depot’s Contract

KEC International – Sam India JV today emerged as the lowest bidder for…

14 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Afcons – SAM Wins Agra Metro’s Underground Contract AGCC-02

March 14, 2022 Update: Contract (LOA) has been awarded – see details February 14, 2022 Original Post: Besides winning in Kanpur, Afcons Infrastructure…

14 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Afcons – SAM Wins Kanpur Metro’s 2nd Underground Contract

March 14, 2022 Update: Contract (LOA) has been awarded – see details February 14, 2022 Original Post: Afcons Infrastructure – SAM India JV…

14 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Afcons Casts Mumbai Metro Line-5’s Girders for Kasheli Creek Bridge

Afcons Infrastructure on Saturday started pouring concrete to cast the 1st Prestressed concrete (PSC) box girder for the 550m Kasheli Creek Bridge of Mumbai…

14 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Egis JV Wins Bengaluru Suburban Rail’s General Consultant Contract

Egis – Louis Berger – AECOM JV on February 2 emerged as the preferred bidder for the General Consultant (GC) contract of the 149.348 km Bengaluru…

13 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 16 Comments
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Bids Invited for Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Package C3

Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) last week invited tenders for the construction of Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 project’s 7.553 km Sector-1 –…

13 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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SNC Casts Bangalore Metro ORR Line’s 1st U-Girder

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) on Friday started pouring concrete to cast the first set of 27.90m U-girders for Bangalore Metro’s 56 km Blue Line…

12 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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