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Afcons – SAM JV’s Agra Metro TBM S718C Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht on Tuesday completed factory…

20 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T Lowers Patna Metro’s 2nd TBM Buddha at Moin-ul-Haq

Larsen & Toubro today lowered DZ1091 – their 2nd of four tunnel boring…

09 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar’s Delhi Metro Silver Line TBM Shalini Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Terratec on Friday completed factory acceptance…

08 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T’s Patna Metro TBM Mahavir (DZ1090) Starts Tunneling

Larsen & Toubro today commissioned DZ1090 – the 1st of four tunnel boring…

07 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons Wins Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C2 Tunnel Contract

June 8, 2023 Update: Afcons and NHSRCL have signed a Rs. Rs. 6397.27 crore contract…

06 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 39 Comments
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J Kumar’s Surat Metro TBM Diya (S28B) Starts Tunneling

J Kumar Infraprojects last week commissioned Terratec tunnel boring machine…

05 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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ITD’s Chennai Metro TBM S1074B Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht on Friday completed factory…

02 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Patna Metro’s 1st Tunnel Boring Machine Assembled by L&T

Larsen & Toubro this week assembled DZ1090 – the 1st of four tunnel…

17 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s TBM Tatya Starts 2nd Drive from Chunniganj

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV last Friday recommissioned tunnel boring…

07 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Afcons’ Delhi-Meerut RRTS TBM S89 Lowered for Final Drive

Afcons Infrastructure this week started lowering parts of tunnel boring machine…

05 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 1 Comment
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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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