PM Modi Inaugurates Kolkata Metro’s Dakshineswar Extension

Over an hour ago, India’s Prime Minister remotely inaugurated commercial operations…

22 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Afcons Begins Work on Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Yamuna Bridge

Afcons Infrastructure in January launched site preparation works to construct…

22 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 3 Comments
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RVNL Invites Bids for Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6’s Signaling & Telecom

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) today invited tenders (bids) for the CBTC signaling…

20 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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9 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C8

Nine construction firms have submitted bids for the 2.127 km Package C-8 related…

19 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 19 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Phase 2 & Line-4’s Final Section

Besides Package UG-02, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) yesterday also invited…

19 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Maharashtra Govt Approves Pune Metro’s 4.4 KM Nigdi Extension

Maharashtra state government’s cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension…

19 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Line-4’s 1st Underground Section

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) just invited tenders (bids) for the construction…

18 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Kerala Govt Approves Kozhikode & Trivandrum Light Metros

Kerala state government’s cabinet on February 12 approved and provided…

18 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kozhikode Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Alstom Bids for Delhi Metro Yellow Line’s Virtual Signaling

Alstom Transport India is the only bidder for upgrading and introducing virtual signals (Package SOA-001) on the Delhi Metro’s 49.31 km Yellow Line…

17 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Lavi Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro at Shivajinagar

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week quietly commissioned Tunnel Boring Machine Lavi (DZ672) from Shivajinagar Station for building tunnels on…

16 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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PK Engineers Win 2365 KM High Speed Rail Projects’ Ridership Study

May 27 Update: UMTC has been awarded this tender’s contract. February 16 Original Post: PK Engineers India today emerged as the lowest bidder for…

16 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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3 Bidders for Delhi Metro Magenta Line UG’s OHE Work

Alstom, Hitech & Siemens are the three firms have submitted tenders (bids) for the 25 kV AC OHE traction work at the 38.235 km Magenta Line’s new…

16 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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KEC Tests New U-Girder Launcher for Delhi Metro’s Phase 4

Back on February 6, engineers from CCECC – KEC JV performed a load test on a new unique type of U-girder transporter & launcher for building…

16 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Sam Begins Pier Work for Agra Metro’s Priority Corridor

Workers from Sam India Builtwell this past week started tying rebar to form the very first pier of Agra Metro Line-1’s 4 km Taj East Gate – Taj…

15 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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