1st Crossover Cast for Bangalore Metro’s Yellow Line

Texmaco Rail and Engineering last week completed casting the 1st track crossover…

15 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Afcons Begins Work on Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Underground Section

Afcons Infrastructure last week officially launched construction work on Delhi…

15 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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ITD Cem & HG Infra Awarded Ganga Expressway’s Work

ITD Cementation India and HG Infra Engineering last week were awarded 2 sub-contracts…

15 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 61 Comments
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1st Delhi – Meerut RRTS Train by Alstom Arrives at Duhai Depot

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) on Monday received their…

15 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 1 Comment
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CMRS Inspects Kochi Metro’s Phase 1A: Petta – SN Junction

Abhay Kumar Rai – the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) from the…

14 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Quality Buildcon Wins 2 Delhi Metro Depots’ Expansion Work

August 24, 2022 Update: DMRC has issued LOA and awarded Quality Buildcon with…

14 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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JMC Awarded Kanpur Metro’s 2nd Elevated Contract KNPCC-07

JMC Projects on Thursday was awarded Kanpur Metro Phase 1’s Rs. 514.61 crore…

11 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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L&T Awarded Navi Mumbai Airport’s Detailed Design Consultancy

L&T Infrastructure Engineering Ltd. has announced they’ve been awarded…

10 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 25 Comments
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5 Bidders for Shamli – Ambala Expressway’s Package 3

5 construction firms today submitted bids to construct the 37.386 km Package 3 of the 121.786 km Shamli – Ambala Expressway project in Uttar Pradesh…

10 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 11 Comments
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5 Bidders for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Electrification Contract

5 firms have bid for installing and commissioning Chennai Metro line 3 and 5’s electrification system after Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) opened technical…

09 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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9 Bidders for Ghaziabad – Kanpur Expressway’s DPR Work

9 firms have bid for preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Ghaziabad Kanpur Expressway in Uttar Pradesh after the National Highways Authority…

08 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 25 Comments
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ITD Begins Work on Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Casting Yard

ITD Cementation India has in the past fortnight started ground work to setup a casting yard for Chennai Metro Line-4’s 10 km underground section connecting…

08 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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BARSYL & LIPL Bid for Noida Metro Extension’s OHE Design

Balaji Railroad Systems Pvt. Ltd and Leap Infraasys Pvt. Ltd are the only two bidders for providing Detailed Design Consultancy services for the 25…

08 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Motorola Wins Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Radio Contract

June 24, 2022 Update: Motorola Solutions has been issued LOA with a contract value of Rs. 81,16,98,364.40 June 5, 2022 Original Post: Motorola Solutions…

05 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi 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 – 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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