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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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Delhi Metro Silver Line’s 1st Tunnel Boring Machine Starts Tunneling

Larsen & Toubro on Friday commissioned TBM DZ1122 – the first tunnel boring…

04 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar Lowers Surat Metro UG-2’s 1st Tunnel Boring Machine S28B

J Kumar Infraprojects this week started lowering parts of tunnel boring machine…

03 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Delhi-Meerut RRTS Tunnels’ Track-Bed Concreting Work Begins

With the completion of 3 of 6 tunnels on the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS project’s…

28 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 5 Comments
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Afcons’ Delhi Metro Silver Line TBM 372 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Robbins last week completed factory acceptance…

27 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons’ Delhi-Meerut RRTS TBM S88 Relaunched from Bhaisali

Afcons Infrastructure this week recommissioned tunnel boring machine Sudarshan…

19 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 3 Comments
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Afcons’ Delhi Metro Phase 4 TBMs S710 & S1134 Pass Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this week completed factory…

18 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T’s 1st Chennai Metro Phase 2 TBM Kaveri Starts Tunneling

Larsen & Toubro on Thursday commissioned S-1327A – their 1st of 8…

17 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Kanpur Metro Line-2’s KNPCC-11 Underground Contract

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on Tuesday invited tenders for…

08 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Afcons-SAM’s Agra Metro TBM Yamuna Starts Tunneling

Afcons Infrastructure – SAM India Consortium today commissioned Robbins TBM…

06 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 4 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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