Meerut Metro’s Trial Runs Begin Between Meerut South & Central

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) today officially started…

12 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Meerut Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Herrenknecht to Supply India’s Largest TBMs for Versova – Dahisar Coastal Road Project

Herrenknecht AG in December announced it will supply two mixshield tunnel boring…

12 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 9 Comments
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J Kumar Wins Kharghar Coastal Road’s Contract in Navi Mumbai

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) last week was declared as the lowest bidder to…

12 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 13 Comments
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5 Bidders for Patna Metro Priority Corridor’s Track Work Contract PT-09

Five firms have submitted bids to install ballastless standard gauge tracks…

11 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Arun Soil Lab Awarded Lucknow Metro Line-2’s Geotechnical Contract LKGS-01

Arun Soil Lab Pvt. Ltd. on Thursday was awarded a Rs. 58.76 lakh contract to…

11 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Godrej & MR Awarded Bangalore Metro ORR Line Stations’ Finishing Contracts

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates…

10 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s 3rd Bridge Completed over NH-48 by MGCPL

MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) last week completed building a 210 meter long…

10 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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YFC – BBG JV Wins Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s C-09 Contract

YFC Projects – BBG Infrastructure JV was today declared as the lowest bidder…

09 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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RITES Awarded Jaipur Metro Phase 2’s DPR Consultant Contract

RITES Ltd. in November was awarded a Rs. 4.69 crore contract by Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) for reviewing Jaipur Metro Phase 2 project’s…

09 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Bids Invited for Delhi Metro Saket – Lajpat Nagar Line’s Contract D2-C02

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday invited bids (tenders) for the civil construction work of Delhi Metro Golden Line‘s 8.385 km spur…

07 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Himcon Wins Delhi Metro Golden Line’s Architectural Finishing Contract DC-09A

January 9, 2025 Update: DMRC has issued LOA to Himcon Engineers with a contract value of Rs. 61,29,07,753.68 (Rs. 61,29 crore) January 7, 2025 Original…

07 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Yellow Line’s 1st Titagarh-Built Train Rolls Out

Titagarh Rail Systems today rolled out the first of 14 locally assembled new trains in Uttarpara, West Bengal for 19.143 km Bangalore Metro Yellow…

06 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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GR Infra Begins Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s Work for Package C2

GR Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL) in December-end officially started construction activities for Package C-02 of the 43.8 km Nagpur Metro Phase 2 project….

06 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Delhi Metro Begins Trial Runs on Pink Line’s Majlis Park – Maujpur Extension

Right before 2024 ended, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) quitely began trial runs (train testing) on a 5 km section of the 12.098 km Delhi Metro…

05 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 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 – 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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