APCO Wins Jewar Airport’s Link with Delhi – Mumbai Expressway

APCO Infratech on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct the…

01 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 10 Comments
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RINA Awarded Bangalore Metro Sarjapur – Hebbal Line’s DPR Work

RINA Consulting SpA has been awarded a contract to create a Detailed Project…

30 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM S1326A Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this week completed factory…

30 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Alstom Awarded Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 78 Coach Contract

Alstom Transport India on Tuesday was awarded a Rs. 946.92 crore contract to…

29 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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SYSTRA – DB Wins Mumbai Metro Line 10 & 12’s General Consultancy

SYSTRA MVA Consulting – DB Engineering & Consulting JV on Monday emerged…

29 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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URCC Launches Indore Metro Super Corridor Section’s 1st Segment

Engineers from URC Constructions on a subcontract from Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd….

27 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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4 Bidders for Indore Metro’s Track Work Contract IN08

4 firms have submitted bids to supply and install standard gauge tracks for Indore…

27 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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J Kumar’s Surat Metro TBMs S25 & S28 Pass Factory Tests

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

26 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Tata Launches Pune Metro Line-3’s 1st Segment at Hinjewadi

Workers from Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. (PITCMRL) on Friday launched the first box segment in Hinjawadi for the viaduct of Pune Metro’s 23.3 km Line-3 which…

26 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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4 Bidders for Bhopal Metro’s Track Work Contract BH07

4 firms have submitted bids to supply and install standard gauge tracks for Bhopal Metro Phase 1’s underground, elevated and Subhash Nagar Depot…

25 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bids Reinvited for BKC Station (C1) of Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on Friday re-invited bids to construct Bandra Kurla Complex Station of the 508.17 km…

23 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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Bids Invited for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s UG1 Underground Contract

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) last week invited tenders (bids) for the underground construction work of Kolkata Metro Purple Line’s 5.05 km long Mominpur…

23 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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NCC Launches Pune Metro Reach 2 Viaduct’s Final Segment

NCC Ltd. this weekend celebrated launching the final box segment for constructing Reach-2’s viaduct on Pune Metro’s Aqua Line (14.667 km Line-2)….

22 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Jindal & Mitsui Bid for Bhopal & Indore Metros’ Head Hardened Rails

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd are the only two bidders to supply 18m long head hardened rails for Indore Metro and Bhopal…

22 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro, Indore 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 – 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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