Bangalore Metro’s TBM Tunga Makes Breakthrough at Shadi Mahal Shaft

Tunnel Boring Machine S-839B operated by ITD Cementation India on Wednesday…

28 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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4 Bidders for Delhi Central Vista APM Metro’s DDC Contract

4 design and engineering firms on Friday submitted bids for the Detailed Design…

27 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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KEC Wins Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Electrification Contract DE-02

September 13, 2022 Update: KEC has received contract LOA from DMRC with a value…

25 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro Baiyappanahalli Depot’s Remodel

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) on Monday invited tenders for…

24 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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L&T Begins Work on Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Underground Section

Larsen & Toubro on August 12 officially launched construction work on underground…

23 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Egis Bids for Gurugram Metro HUDA – Cyber City Line’s DDC Contract

Egis Rail S.A. on Monday was declared as the only bidder for the Detailed Design…

23 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T & KEC Win Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Track Contracts

December 12, 2022 Update: CMRL has issued a LOA to Larsen & Toubro for Line-3’s…

22 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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L&T Begins Work on Patna Metro’s Underground Section

Bihar’s Chief Minister on Thursday officially inaugurated construction…

20 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 26 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Vindhya Records Breakthrough at Pottery Town

Larsen & Toubro’s Tunnel Boring Machine Vindhya (DZ671) on Thursday afternoon recorded its second breakthrough at Pottery Town Station for Bangalore…

20 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Paras Railtech Wins 3 Delhi Metro Depots’ Track Contract

August 18, 2022 Update: DMRC has issued LOA and awarded Paras Railtech with a contract valued at Rs. 28,27,85,216.90 August 16, 2022 Original Post: Paras…

16 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Voestalpine Wins 2 Delhi Metro Phase 4 Crossover Contracts

November 9, 2022 Update: DMRC has issued LOAs to Voestalpine with contract values of Rs. 26,68,93,651 (Package DT-06) and Rs. 18,21,61,371 (Package DT-07)….

14 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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18 Bidders for Durg – Raipur – Arang Expressway’s Work

18 firms have submitted a total of 32 bids for the construction of 92.23 km Durg – Raipur – Arang Expressway (NH53) after National Highways Authority…

13 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 Comments
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Hitachi Wins Chennai Metro Line 3’s Signaling Contract ASA04

March 15, 2023 Update: CMRL has awarded and signed a contract with Hitachi Rail for Line-3’s signaling system. Contract value: Rs. 1,620 crore. August…

11 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s 2nd TBM Tatya Starts Tunneling

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell on Monday commissioned tunnel boring machine S92 at Bada Chauraha Station for constructing the first 3.619 km underground…

09 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 7 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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