Mumbai Metro Line-2’s 1st BEML Train Gets Ready for Delivery

Here’s the first look of Mumbai Metro Line-2’s first train getting…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Certifer Awarded Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ ISA Contract

France’s Certifer SA on October 12, 2020 was awarded the Independent Safety…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 7 Comments
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Jindal Steel Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Track-Work

Per Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website, Jindal…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Schindler & Otis Awarded Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ Packages 21 & 22

Winners for two more system packages are now known. Per the National Capital…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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Aarvee-GSL Wins Delhi-Amritsar HSR’s LiDAR & Alignment Design

Aarvee Associates – GSL Associates today emerged as the lowest bidder…

14 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 1 Comment
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Gulermak-Sam JV Wins Kanpur Metro’s Underground Contract

March 9, 2021 Update: Gulermak – SAM India has received UPMRCL’s…

14 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 46 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s Silk Institute Extn of Phase 2 Inaugurated

Moments ago, India’s Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Karnataka’s…

14 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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4 Bidders for Patna Metro’s Underground Construction Work

Four construction firms have submitted tenders (bids) to build the only underground…

14 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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Sam-Gulermak Begins Casting U-Girders for Delhi Metro’s Phase 4

Sam India Builtwell – Gulermak JV on Tuesday night began casting 28 meter long U-girders to construct the elevated viaduct for a 7.473 km extension of…

14 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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8 Bidders for Chennai – Mysuru HSR’s Power Sourcing Survey

8 small firms today submitted bids for the first dedicated survey-work tender to help develop a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the upcoming 450…

13 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 7 Comments
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First Look: Afcons’ 3rd TBM for Bangalore Metro’s Pink Line

After the first look of ITD Cem’s TBM Tunga yesterday, here’s the first look of Afcons Infrastructure’s third tunnel boring machine that…

13 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Poonamallee Depot

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) today invited tenders (bids) for the construction of a train depot at Poonamallee for Chennai Metro’s new 26.09 km…

12 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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ITD’s 1st Bangalore Metro Pink Line TBM Named Tunga

ITD Cementation India has named their first tunnel boring machine for Bangalore Metro’s 21.386 km Pink Line (Reach 6) as Tunga – presumably…

12 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Mavala Begins Tunneling for Mumbai’s Coastal Road

Maharashtra’s Chief Minister today formally inaugurated tunneling work by Larsen & Toubro for twin 1920m tunnels, between Priyadarshni Park and…

11 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 2 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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