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…

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…

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…

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…

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

3 firms have submitted bids to supply and install standard gauge tracks for Delhi Metro’s Pink Line after Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) opened…

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 first pier in Kovilambakkam for Chennai Metro Phase 2 project’s 47…

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 the 37.386 km Package 3 of the 121.786 km Shamli – Ambala Expressway project…

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 Chennai’s Madhavaram neighborhood earlier this month to build Package…

14 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 13 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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