NCC Begins Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Piling Work

NCC Ltd. this Sunday bored & concreted the first pile to officially mark…

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)…

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…

14 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Afcons – SAM Wins Agra Metro’s Underground Contract AGCC-02

March 14, 2022 Update: Contract (LOA) has been awarded – see details February…

14 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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Afcons – SAM Wins Kanpur Metro’s 2nd Underground Contract

March 14, 2022 Update: Contract (LOA) has been awarded – see details February…

14 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Afcons Casts Mumbai Metro Line-5’s Girders for Kasheli Creek Bridge

Afcons Infrastructure on Saturday started pouring concrete to cast the 1st Prestressed…

14 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Egis JV Wins Bengaluru Suburban Rail’s General Consultant Contract

Egis – Louis Berger – AECOM JV on February 2 emerged as the preferred…

13 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 16 Comments
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Bids Invited for Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Package C3

Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) last week invited tenders for the construction…

13 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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SNC Casts Bangalore Metro ORR Line’s 1st U-Girder

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) on Friday started pouring concrete to cast the first set of 27.90m U-girders for Bangalore Metro’s 56 km Blue Line…

12 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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4 Bidders for Amas – Darbhanga Expressway’s Construction Work

4 construction firms have submitted a total of 7 bids to construct the 55.002 km Package-1 and 54.322 km Package-2 of the 230 km Amas – Darbhanga…

12 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 21 Comments
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14 Bidders for Surat – Chennai Expressway’s Package 2 in Telangana

14 construction firms have submitted bids to construct 38.2 km Package 2 of the Solapur – Kurnool – Chennai Economic Corridor (NH-150C), which…

12 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 23 Comments
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3 Bidders for Agra & Kanpur Metro Line 2’s DDC Contract

3 firms on Friday submitted bids for the Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract of the 32.385 km Kanpur Metro and 29.40 km Agra Metro…

12 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Mitsui & Ohmi Bid for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s HH Rail Contract

Japan’s Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and Ohmi Industries Ltd. on Wednesday emerged as the only bidders for Chennai Metro line 3 & 5’s head-hardened…

10 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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6 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-3’s Elevated OMR Section

6 construction firms have bid for constructing Chennai Metro Line-3’s first 10 km elevated package between Nehru Nagar – Sholinganallur after Chennai…

08 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 24 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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