Mitsui Awarded Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Head Hardened Rails Contract

Japan’s Mitsui & Co. Ltd. in early-September was awarded a Rs. 163.30…

02 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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29 Bidders for Paniyala – Barodameo Expressway’s Work in Rajasthan

29 firms have submitted a total of 48 bids for the construction of 86.5 km Paniyala…

02 Oct 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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Dilip Buildcon Wins Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Package C3

Dilip Buildcon Ltd. (DBL) on Thursday was declared as the lowest bidder for…

30 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Bids for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C2 Package Reinvited

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on Friday re-invited…

25 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 15 Comments
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Alstom Bids for Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Signaling Contract

Alstom Transport India in August was declared as the only bidder to supply the…

25 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S96 Lowered at Madhavaram Shaft

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) this week lowered parts of S-96 – their first…

22 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro’s 318 Coach Contract

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on Monday finally invited tenders…

21 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Bids for Bangalore Metro Airport Depot’s Civil Work Invited

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) this week invited tenders for…

17 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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HCC-URCC Launches Bangalore Metro Yellow Line’s Final Segment

Hindustan Construction Company – URC Construction (HCC – URC) JV last week celebrated launching the final segment for 19.14 km Bangalore Metro Yellow…

17 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T Begins TBM Shakti’s Assembly for Rishikesh – Karnaprayag Rail

Larsen & Toubro this week began assembling parts of tunnel boring machine TBM Shakti (S-1309A) for the 125 km Rishikesh-Karnaprayag railway line project’s…

16 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 4 Comments
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Linxon Wins Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Electrification Contract

January 10 2023 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to Linxon India with a contract value of Rs. 360,62,24,451.00 September 16 2022 Original Post: Linxon India…

16 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Varada Makes 2nd Breakthrough at Langford

Tunnel Boring Machine S-1264 operated by Afcons Infrastructure last week recorded a tunnel breakthrough at Langford Town Station for Bangalore Metro’s 21.386…

16 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Gulermak Lowers Surat Metro’s Tunnel Boring Machines at Kapodra

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV earlier this month began lowering parts of tunnel boring machines (TBM) S94 and S78 at Kapodra Shaft to build Surat…

15 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBMs S97 & S98 Arrive at Chennai Port

Tunnel boring machines S97 and S98 last week arrived at Chennai Port in Tamil Nadu for constructing Package TU01 of the 118.9 km Chennai Metro Phase 2 project….

05 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 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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