Bangalore Metro’s TBM Rudra Makes Breakthrough at Dairy Circle

Besides TBM S-1264, TBM S-1259 operated by Afcons Infrastructure also recorded…

12 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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KEC Awarded Delhi Metro Pink Line’s DE-14 Electrification Contract

KEC International in mid-October was awarded a Rs. 68.98 crore contract for…

11 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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4 Bidders for Patna Metro’s Electrification PE-03 Contract

Four firms have submitted tenders for the 25KV Overhead Equipment (OHE) electrification…

11 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Varada Makes Breakthrough at Langford

Tunnel Boring Machine S-1264 operated by Afcons Infrastructure today arrived…

11 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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7 Bidders for Agra Metro’s Underground Contract AGCC02

February 14, 2022 Update: Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India JV is lowest bidder…

11 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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IRCON Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s T2 Track Work

IRCON International on Monday emerged as the lowest bidder for the design, manufacturing…

10 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 7 Comments
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DMRC Begins DPR Work for Gr. Noida – Jewar Airport Metro Line

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in mid-October invited tenders for geotechnical…

09 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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URCC Wins Chennai Metro Madhavaram Depot’s Contract

December 6, 2021 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to URC Construction with a contract…

09 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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10 Bidders for Delhi – Katra Expressway’s Package 14 in Punjab – J&K

Ten firms have submitted bids to construct 44.6 km Package 14 of the roughly 650 km Delhi – Amritsar – Katra (DAK) Expressway after National Highway…

07 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T wins Chennai Metro Line-5’s UG6 Tunneling Work

Larsen & Toubro in October-end emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing yet another package of Chennai Metro’s Phase 2 project after Chennai…

07 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Titagarh Only Bidder for Chennai Metro’s Rolling Stock Lease Contract

Titagarh Wagons Limited is the only rolling stock firm that responded to Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL)’s Expression of Interest (EOI) notice in…

07 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NHSRCL Reinvites Bids for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s C2 Package

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) in October-end re-invited bids to construct the 20.377 km Package C-2 of the 508.17 km…

07 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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8 Bidders for Kanpur Metro’s 2nd Underground Section KNPCC06

February 14, 2022 Update: Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India JV is lowest bidder (L1) – see details and bid values. October 15, 2021 Update: 8 construction…

15 Oct 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 42 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s MTNL-Chembur Section

J Kumar Infraprojects, Tata Projects and NCC are the 3 construction firms that have submitted tenders for completing pending civil work on a 5.868 km section…

09 Oct 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 10 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 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 59.2 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

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