J Kumar’s Mumbai Metro Line-7A TBM Disha Passes Factory Tests

J Kumar Infraprojects on Monday completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on…

02 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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7 Bidders for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor C23’s Contract

7 firms have bid to construct 25.92 km Package C-23 of the 121.7 km Haryana…

01 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 4 Comments
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MMRC to Execute Mumbai Metro’s Line-11 (Wadala – CSMT)

Maharashtra’s Urban Development Department last week decided to hand over…

31 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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6 Bidders for Revas – Karanja Bridge’s Work Near Mumbai

6 firms have submitted bids for the civil construction of a new 2.04 km bridge…

30 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 1 Comment
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Patel Launches Surat Metro Phase 1’s First Segment in Althan

Patel Infrastructure last week launched their first 8.5m wide precast segment…

30 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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NCC Launches Patna Metro Phase 1’s 1st U-Girder in Bhootnath

NCC Ltd. last week erected their first 27.90m U-Girder for constructing…

30 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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KEC & Siemens Bid for Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s Electrification Contract

KEC International Ltd. and Siemens Ltd. are the only 2 bidders for the overhead…

29 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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DBL & Raj Path Win Bangalore-Vijayawada Expressway’s Contracts

Dilip Buildcon Ltd. and Raj Path Infracon Pvt. Ltd. on Friday were declared…

28 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 3 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-5’s 550m Kasheli Creek Bridge Completed

Afcons Infrastructure on Sunday launched the final box segment to complete civil construction on Kasheli Creek Bridge of Mumbai Metro’s 24.9 km…

25 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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ETA Wins Delhi Metro Silver Line’s E&M, ECS & TVS Contract DE-11

February 15, 2023 Update: DMRC has awarded ETA Engineering – Polycab India JV with Package DE-11’s contract with a value of Rs. 183,61,69,629.00…

24 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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JMC Launches Kanpur Metro KNPCC-07’s 1st U-Girder

JMC Projects on Friday night erected their first 27.90m U-Girder in Kidwai Nagar for Kanpur Metro Phase 1 project’s Package KNPCC-07 connecting…

23 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Siemens JV Wins Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Electrification Contract

Besides winning Surat Metro’s electrification contract, Siemens-RVNL JV on Monday was also declared as the lowest bidder for the 750 V DC Third Rail…

18 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Siemens JV Wins Surat Metro’s Electrification Contract EP-1

Siemens -RVNL JV on Monday emerged as the lowest bidder for commissioning the 750 V DC Third Rail electrification system of Surat Metro Phase 1 project….

17 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s TBM Tatya Records Breakthrough at Nayaganj

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) S92 today recorded a breakthrough at Nayaganj Station on Package KNPCC-05 of the…

16 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 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 – 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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