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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBMs S97 & S98 Arrive at Chennai Port

Tunnel boring machines S97 and S98 last week arrived at Chennai Port in Tamil…

05 Sep 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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KTK Awarded Pune Metro’s Platform Screen Door Contract

Back in June, KTK Group Company Ltd. was awarded a contract to supply and commission…

28 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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L&T Begins Work on Patna Metro’s Underground Section

Bihar’s Chief Minister on Thursday officially inaugurated construction…

20 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 26 Comments
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L&T’s 1st Patna Metro TBM Passes Factory Tests

China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. (CRCHI) has completed factory…

08 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM DZ1040 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer China Railway Construction Heavy Industry…

07 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBMs S97 & S98 Pass Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Terratec has completed factory acceptance…

04 Aug 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM S1326A Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this week completed factory…

30 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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J Kumar’s Surat Metro TBMs S25 & S28 Pass Factory Tests

J Kumar Infraprojects last week completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on…

26 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro TBM S96 Arrives at Madhavaram

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL)’s first tunnel boring machine, S96, arrived at…

14 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM S1327A Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this weekend completed factory…

07 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.7 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 – 68.5 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

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