Voestalpine & Vossloh Bid for Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Crossovers

Voestalpine VAE VKN India and Vossloh Cogifer are the two firms that have…

02 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Awarded Chennai Metro Line-3 OMR Section’s Contract

Larsen & Toubro last week was awarded a Rs. 963 crore contract to construct…

02 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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9 Bidders for Saharanpur Airport’s New Terminal Contract

Nine construction firms have submitted bids for the new terminal building of…

23 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 11 Comments
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Siemens Wins Chennai Metro Line 4’s Electrification Contract

August 30, 2022 Update: CMRL has issued LOA and awarded Siemens with a contract…

22 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Terratec Completes Chennai Metro Phase 2 TBM S96’s Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Terratec has completed factory acceptance…

22 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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SNC Launches Bangalore Metro ORR Line’s 1st Pier Cap

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) on Friday early morning erected their first…

22 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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7 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line 3’s Sholinganallur – SIPCOT Section

7 construction firms have submitted bids to construct Chennai Metro Line-3’s…

20 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Ceigall Wins Trans Haryana Expressway’s Jalbehra – Shahbad Extn

Ceigall India Ltd. on Tuesday emerged as the lowest bidder to construct and…

20 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 Comments
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9 Bidders for Delhi – Dehradun Expressway’s Phase 3 Package 2

9 construction firms today submitted bids to construct the 18.47 km Package 2 of the 210 km Delhi – Saharanpur – Dehradun Expressway‘s Phase…

18 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 4 Comments
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Kalpataru Wins Indore Metro’s Electrification Contract IN-09

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd. today emerged as the lowest bidder for the 750 V DC 3rd Rail Electrification contract of Indore Metro Phase 1‘s…

18 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Alstom Wins Indore & Bhopal Metros’ 156 Coach and S&T Contract

July 6, 2022 Update: Alstom Transport has been awarded Indore Metro and Bhopal Metro’s rolling stock contract. May 18, 2022 Original Post: Alstom…

18 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro, Indore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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3 Bidders for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Telecom Contract ASA07

February 9, 2023 Update: Consort Digital has been awarded a Rs. 89.85 crore contract by CMRL for Line-3 and Line-5’s telecom. May 18, 2022 Original…

18 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Segmental Wins Saser La Tunnel’s DPR Work in Ladakh

May 28, 2022 Update: Segmental Consulting has been issued LOA with a contract value of Rs. 5,49,10,000.00 May 18 Original Post: Segmental Consulting &…

18 May 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other, Tunnels ⋅ 6 Comments
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Pragati Bids for Delhi Metro Silver Line’s 3 Special Steel Spans

November 14, 2022 Update: HMM Infra Ltd. has been issued a LOA contract valued at Rs. 24,82,72,076 (Rs. 24.82 crore) for Package DC-04BR. August 4, 2022…

17 May 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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