L&T Wins Chennai Metro Phase 2’s Tunneling Work

Besides Line-4’s elevated Package ECV-02, Larsen & Toubro today also…

22 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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L&T Wins Chennai Metro Line-4’s Porur – Poonamallee Section

Moments ago, Larsen & Toubro emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the…

22 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-2’s 1st BEML Train Rolls Out for Delivery

Late last night, BEML and its transportation contractor loaded 6 coaches of…

22 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro PH2’s CMBT – Puzhuthivakkam Section

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

22 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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2 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-6’s Track Fastening

Pandrol Rahee Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Patil Rail Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd….

22 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Highway Engg Wins 2365 KM High Speed Rail Projects’ Survey Work

Highway Engineering Magnitude Consortium on Wednesday emerged as the lowest…

22 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 9 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st TBM S86 Begins Tunneling

HCC – VCCL JV today commissioned tunnel boring machine S86 – the very first…

21 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Sudhir Power Wins Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st JICA Contract

March 5 Update: Sudhir Power Projects has been awarded DE-01’s Rs. 123.07…

21 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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GLM-TPL Dismantles Pune Metro’s Tunnels at Shivajinagar Station

With soil excavation works progressing steadily at Shivajinagar Station’s site, workers from Gulermak – Tata Projects Ltd. have also been dismantling…

20 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Zed Begins Soil Testing for Surat Metro’s Underground Work

Right after India’s Prime Minister launched work for Surat Metro’s Phase 1 yesterday, workers from ‘Zed Geotechnics and Construction’…

19 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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PM Modi Launches Surat Metro & Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 Projects

Moments ago, India’s Prime Minister remotely inaugurated construction work on Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase 2, at an event held at Mahatma Mandir…

18 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro, Surat Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Bombardier Wins Mumbai Metro Line-4’s 234 Coach Contract

March 4, 2021: MMRDA has awarded Alstom with Mumbai Metro Line-4 & 4A’s 234 coach rolling stock contract. Alstom had completed their acquisition…

17 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 24 Comments
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GLM-TPL Begins Lowering Pune Metro’s TBM S81 at Swargate

Workers from Gulermak – Tata Projects Ltd. on Friday evening started lowering parts of tunnel boring machine S81 – the third and final machine…

16 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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4 Bidders for 2365 KM High Speed Rail Line’s Ridership Study

4 engineering & consultancy firms today submitted bids for carrying out ridership (traffic) studies to help develop individual Detailed Project Reports…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 0 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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