HCC Records Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st TBM Breakthrough

HCC – VCCL JV’s tunnel boring machine S86 today made the first breakthrough…

31 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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FAT Completed for Afcons’ Delhi – Meerut RRTS TBMs

Terratec has announced the completion of factory acceptance tests for 3 tunnel…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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Crossovers Cast for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extension

Workers from Texmaco Rail and Engineering have over the past 3 months cast 3…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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HCC-KEC Bores Chennai Metro Line-5’s 1st Test Pile

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International JV this week bored their…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T & YFC Awarded Patna Metro’s Construction Contracts

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday awarded Larsen & Toubro…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 28 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Pune Metro’s Priority Section: PCMC – Phugewadi

Janak Kumar Garg – the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) on…

29 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Agra Metro’s 50th U-Girder Launched by Sam India

Sam India Builtwell on Tuesday launched their 50th U-girder for Agra Metro…

29 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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14 Bidders for Kanpur Lucknow Expressway’s Package 2

February 23, 2022 Update: PNC Infratech is lowest bidder – see details….

29 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 8 Comments
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J Kumar Begins Surat Metro Railway Station’s Piling Work

J Kumar Infraprojects a fortnight ago began piling works for constructing the underground station box of Surat Metro Phase 1’s Surat Railway Station….

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Urja Starts Tunneling to Pottery Town

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week re-commissioned Tunnel Boring Machine Urja (DZ670) at Cantonment Station on Bangalore Metro’s 21.386…

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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GR Infra Wins Noida Metro Aqua Line Extension’s Work

GR Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL) today emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing a 9.605 km extension of Noida Metro’s Aqua Line from Noida Sector-51…

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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(Pics) Kanpur Metro Inaugurated by PM Modi

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated Kanpur Metro Phase 1 project’s 8.728 km Priority Corridor connecting IIT Kanpur –…

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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16 Bidders for Kanpur Lucknow Expressway’s Package 1

February 23, 2022 Update: PNC Infratech is lowest bidder – see details. December 27, 2021 Original Post: 16 construction firms have submitted bids…

27 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 25 Comments
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SNC Casts Bangalore Metro ORR Line Package 2’s 1st Pile Cap

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) this week cast their first pile cap at Doddanekundi to construct Bangalore Metro’s 56 km Blue Line on the Outer…

24 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 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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