5 Bidders for Agra Metro’s Electrification Contract AGE-1 & 2

5 firms (2 in a consortia) have submitted bids for the 750 V DC Third Rail electrification…

18 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Terratec TBM S80 Makes Breakthrough for Mumbai Sewage Project

After the water tunneling project I covered the other day, here’s another…

18 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other, Tunnels ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons Awarded Delhi Metro Silver Line’s DC-07 Contract

Afcons Infrastructure on Thursday was awarded a Rs. 1669.20 crore contract by…

17 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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6 Bidders for Delhi Amritsar Expressway Spur-1’s Work

6 construction firms have submitted bids to construct Package Spur-I of the…

14 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 4 Comments
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Pune Metro’s TBM S81 Records Breakthrough at Budhwar Peth

Tunnel Boring Machine S81 operated by Gulermak – Tata Projects Ltd. JV today…

14 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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ITD Cem Awarded Chennai Metro Line-4’s Underground Contracts

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) on Wednesday awarded ITD Cementation India Ltd….

13 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Terratec TBM T87 in Mumbai Tunnels 526m in December

Feb 1, 2022 Update: In January 2022, Patel Infra’s TBM T83 excavated 653…

13 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other, Tunnels ⋅ 17 Comments
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24 Bidders for Agra Bypass: NH-2 to Yamuna Expressway Link

24 construction firms have submitted bids to build the 17.728 km Agra Bypass…

12 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Mavala Records Breakthrough for Mumbai Coastal Road

Mavala, the largest tunnel boring machine to ever be deployed in India, today made its first breakthrough at Girgaum’s Chowpatty for Mumbai’s 29.2…

10 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 7 Comments
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Agra Metro’s PAC Depot Takes Shape & Tracks Arrive

With station & viaduct works on Agra Metro Line-1’s 8 km Priority Corridor grabbing all eyeballs, here’s a post on the project’s crucial…

08 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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L&T Awarded Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C5 Contract

India’s National National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on Friday awarded Larsen & Toubro with a Rs. 2460.88 crore contract to construct…

08 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 5 Comments
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1st STEC TBM Arrives for Delhi – Meerut RRTS at Anand Vihar

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) on Friday morning received their first of four tunnel boring machines at Anand Vihar Station to construct the…

08 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 20 Comments
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Datamatics JV Awarded Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ AFC Contract

Datamatics Global Services – AEP Ticketing Solutions (DM-AEP-26A JV) was on December 24 awarded a Rs. 227 crore contract for the 82.15…

07 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBMs Vamika & Avni Record Breakthroughs

Tunnel Boring Machines Vamika on Monday and Avni today recorded their first breakthroughs to construct Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Pink Line (Reach…

06 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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