Kanpur Metro’s Terratec TBM S93 Arrives for Tunneling

Gulermak – Sam India JV last week received tunnel boring machine…

08 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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L&T Turns Mumbai Coastal Road’s TBM Around

Larsen & Toubro last week rotated tunnel boring machine (TBM) Mavala’s…

08 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 2 Comments
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SCC-VRS Awarded Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C8 Contract

India’s National National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) today…

04 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 17 Comments
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Indore Metro’s Geotechnical Work Underway for Packages 2 & 3

In North Indore, a massive geotechnical investigation exercise has been silently…

04 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Afcons Casts Delhi-Meerut RRTS Bhaisali Station’s Base Slab

Afcons Infrastructure last night cast the first base slab for Bhaisali Station…

03 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 4 Comments
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NCC Begins Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Test Piling Work

NCC Ltd. over the past fortnight has started test piling activity across all…

02 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Patel’s Terratec TBM T83 in Mumbai Tunnels 653m in January

Remember Soma’s TBM T87 working in Mumbai that bored 526m in December…

01 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other, Tunnels ⋅ 6 Comments
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5 Bidders for Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 288 Coach Contract

5 train manufacturers have submitted bids to supply 288 coaches (48 trains)…

01 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 34 Comments
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7 Bidders for Raipur – Vizag Expressway’s Package CG-2

7 construction firms have submitted bids to construct 56.7 km package CG2 of the 464 km Raipur – Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor (NH-130CD…

01 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 3 Comments
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Terratec Completes Surat Metro TBM S94’s Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Terratec in January completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on the only new TBM for Surat Metro’s Phase 1 project’s…

01 Feb 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Noida – Jewar Airport Metro’s Geotechnical Work Underway

Cengrs Geotechnica Pvt Ltd. has completed more than half of geotechnical investigation works along Yamuna Expressway for the construction of a new metro…

31 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Altinok Sole Bidder for Dehradun – Tehri Tunnel’s DPR

March 3, 2022 Update: Tender has been cancelled January 31 Original Post: Turkey’s Altinok Musavirlik Muhendislik A.S. (Altinok Consulting Engineering…

31 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 7 Comments
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KSM Wins Indore Metro Gandhi Nagar Depot’s Work

KSM Bashir Mohammad and Sons today emerged as the lowest bidder for the construction contract of Indore Metro Line-3’s Gandhi Nagar Depot (IN07) after…

31 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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L&T’s Pakal Dul Project TBM Passes Factory Tests

Herrenknecht AG this month completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on Larsen & Toubro’s first tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the 1000 MW Pakal…

31 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 2 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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