3 Bidders for Delhi Metro Pink Line Extension’s Track Work

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

19 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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HCC-KEC Casts Chennai Metro Line-5’s 1st Pier at Kovilambakkam

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International JV last week cast their…

19 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Montecarlo Wins Shamli – Ambala Expressway’s Package 3

Montecarlo Ltd. (MCL) in June-end was declared as the lowest bidder to construct…

15 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S96 Arrives at Madhavaram

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL)’s first tunnel boring machine, S96, arrived at…

14 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Kolkata Metro Line-2’s Sealdah Station Inaugurated

Union minister Smriti Irani on Monday inaugurated commercial services on Kolkata…

12 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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4 Bidders for Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s 72 Coach Contract

Per Deccan Herald, 4 firms – Alstom Transport, BEML, Mitsubishi Electric…

09 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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14 Bidders for Shamli – Ambala Expressway Package 1 & 2’s Work

14 construction firms today submitted 20 bids to construct the 44.9 km Package…

08 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM S1327A Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this weekend completed factory…

07 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Kanpur Metro’s TBM Nana Starts Tunneling at Bada Chauraha

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell on Monday commissioned tunnel boring machine S93 at Bada Chauraha Station for constructing the first 3.619 km underground…

07 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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RVNL – ISC JV Wins Surat Metro Line-1’s Track Work Contract

January 5, 2023: GMRC has issued LOA to RVNL – ISC JV with a contract valued at Rs. 166 crore. July 6, 2022 Original Post: Per an industry source, Rail…

06 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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KEC JV Wins Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Track Work Contract

March 2023 Update: GMRC has issued LOA to VNC – KEC – Emrail JV for Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s track work. A contract agreement has been…

06 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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12 Bidders for Jewar Airport Link with Delhi – Mumbai Expressway

12 construction firms have submitted bids to construct the 30 km Jewar Airport Link to connect with the 1350 km Delhi – Mumbai Expressway (DME)…

05 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 6 Comments
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UMTC & Aarvee Win MRTS Feasibility Contracts for Salem, Trichy & Tirunelveli

Aarvee Associates Architects Engineers and Consultants and Urban Mass Transit Company in late-June emerged as the lowest bidders to prepare Feasibility…

05 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro, Other ⋅ 4 Comments
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Jindal Only Bidder for Bhopal & Indore Metros’ Track Contract

December 6, 2022 Update: MPMRCL has issued LOA to JSPL with a contract value of Rs. 20,52,00,000.00 July 4 2022 Original Post: Jindal Steel & Power…

04 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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