ITD’s Chennai Metro TBM S1073B Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht on Tuesday completed factory…

04 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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TLL-EVRASCON JV Wins Singhpora – Vailoo Tunnel’s Contract

Transrail Lighting Ltd – Euro-Asian Construction Corporation (EVRASCON)…

03 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 95 Comments
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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 electrification (OHE) contract of Mumbai Metro’s 23.6 km Line-2B…

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 as the lowest bidders for the civil construction work of 518 km Bengaluru…

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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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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