Trials Begin on Ahmedabad Metro’s North-South Line to Jivraj

Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) on late-Friday night launched train trial…

23 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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NEC Records Breakthrough on Mumbai-Pune Missing Link Project

Navayuga Engineering Company (NEC) last Wednesday recorded the second tunnel…

23 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 15 Comments
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7 Bidders for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Electrification Contract

7 firms have submitted bids for the OHE electrification contract of Chennai…

22 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Dilip Buildcon Wins Raipur – Vizag Expressway’s Package CG2

Dilip Buildcon Ltd. (DBL) today emerged as the lowest bidder to construct 56.7…

22 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 11 Comments
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20 Bidders for Surat – Chennai Expressway’s Package 1 in Telangana

20 construction firms have submitted bids to construct 39.3 km Package 1 of…

19 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 10 Comments
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Pune Metro Line 3’s 1st Pier Takes Shape in Hinjewadi

Workers from Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. earlier this month started tying rebar…

19 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Delhi – Meerut RRTS Alstom Train’s 1st Body Shell Ready

Officials from National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) this week…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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17 Bidders for Surat – Chennai Expressway’s Work in Karnataka

17 construction firms have submitted a total of 32 bids to construct packages…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 30 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Shakti Passes Tests for Rishikesh – Karnaprayag Rail Line

Herrenknecht AG on Tuesday completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on Larsen & Toubro’s first tunnel boring machine, TBM Shakti (S-1309A), for the 125…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 14 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C2 Tunnel Tender Cancelled

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on Thursday cancelled the tendering process to construct 20.377 km Package C-2 of the 508.17…

18 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 11 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-10 & Line-12’s General Consultant Bids Invited

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) today invited tenders to appoint a General Consultant (GC) for civil & system works of Mumbai…

15 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 41 Comments
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NCC Begins Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Piling Work

NCC Ltd. this Sunday bored & concreted the first pile to officially mark the start of construction work on Bangalore Metro’s 37 km Airport Line (Blue…

15 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 25 Comments
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Trials Begin on Kochi Metro’s Phase 1A to SN Junction

Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) on late Sunday night launched train trial runs (testing) on Phase 1A project’s 1.78 km section between Petta – Vadakkekotta…

15 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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KEC – SAM Wins Bhopal Metro Subhash Nagar Depot’s Contract

KEC International – Sam India JV today emerged as the lowest bidder for the construction work of Bhopal Metro’s Subhash Nagar Depot (Package BH06)…

14 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 6 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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