Delhi Metro Phase 4’s First Section to Krishna Park to be Inaugurated on Jan 5

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 5 (Sunday) will inaugurate…

03 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Agra Metro’s TBM S-718C Records Final Breakthrough at Agra College

Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India Consortium on Wednesday morning celebrated…

02 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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5 Bidders for Gaimukh – Fountain Hotel Tunnel & Elevated Road in Thane

Five firms on Wednesday submitted bids for the civil construction of a 5.5 km…

02 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 9 Comments
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4 Bidders for Delhi Metro Golden Line’s Track Work Contract DT-10R

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

01 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Jakson Wins Bangalore Metro Blue Line’s E&M Contract for 28 Stations

February 7, 2025 Update: BMRCL has issued LOA and awarded Jakson a Rs. 197.04…

31 Dec 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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IL&FS Subcontracted Bhubaneswar Metro’s Construction Work

IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd. has announced Ceigall India…

30 Dec 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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6 Bidders for Bangalore Metro Phase 3’s Design Consultant Contracts

Six firms today submitted bids for the three Detailed Design Consultant (DDC)…

23 Dec 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Bhubaneswar Metro: Alstom, BEML & Titagarh Bid for Rolling Stock Contract

Alstom Transport, BEML and Titagarh Rail Systems earlier this month submitted…

19 Dec 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Afcons Awarded Bhopal Metro Package BH-05’s Contract for Blue Line

Afcons Infrastructure on Saturday announced it was awarded a Rs. 1006.74 crore contract for Package BH-05 of Bhopal Metro Phase 1 project’s…

16 Dec 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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KPC & URCC Bid for Bengaluru Suburban Rail’s Soladevanahalli Depot

KPC Projects Ltd. and URC Construction Pvt. Ltd. are the only two bidders for the construction of Soladevanahalli Depot of the 149.35 km Bengaluru…

12 Dec 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 3 Comments
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8 Bidders for Gurugram Metro HUDA – Cyber City Line’s General Consultant Contract

Eight firms today submitted bids for the General Consultant (GC) contract of Gurgaon Metro’s 28.5 km line connecting HUDA Millennium City Centre and…

10 Dec 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Rithala – Kundli Line Approved by Central Government

India’s Central Government’s Cabinet on Friday officially approved the 26.463 km Rithala – Narela – Nathupur (Kundli) metro line of the Delhi…

07 Dec 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 35 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s Phase 3A Approved by Karnataka Government

Karnataka Government’s Cabinet today approved 36.59 km Bangalore Metro Phase 3A project’s Detailed Project Report (DPR) at an estimated cost…

06 Dec 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Agra Metro’s TBM S115 Records Final Breakthrough at Agra College

Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India Consortium in November celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) S115’s final breakthrough at Agra College Station for…

05 Dec 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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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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