Another high for Metro Rail
11 years, 11 months ago

Another high for Metro Rail

The Hindu  

The Metro Rail construction schedule will be witnessing another significant high point when the first girder launcher will start functioning on the second stage of the project i.e. Once the launch girder is assembled in place atop the installed piers, the segments will be brought to the site by trailers before being mounted one by one. Viaduct Once the first launch girder is up and begins to function fully, a second launch girder too is to be installed on the chosen route to speed up the process of forming the viaduct by putting the segments in place. These will be in addition to the six launch girders working on the stage one of the construction schedule between Nagole and Mettuguda where the viaduct formation is rapidly getting formed.

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Kochi metro’s Kakkanad extension: pre-casting of girders set to begin on March 1
1 month, 1 week ago

Kochi metro’s Kakkanad extension: pre-casting of girders set to begin on March 1

The Hindu  

With the difference of opinion between the general consultant and the contracting firm on the technical parameters for piles and girders of Kochi Metro’s Kakkanad extension resolved, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. is set to begin casting girders at the yard on HMT-owned land in Kalamassery from March 1, it is learnt. More rigs are awaited to commence piling at the …

Yogi Adityanath's many Metro projects
4 years, 3 months ago

Yogi Adityanath's many Metro projects

India Today  

Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the Lucknow Metro’s commercial run on September 5, 2017, after becoming chief minister of Uttar Pradesh earlier in the year in March. The BJP is putting stickers of its achievement on Akhilesh’s project, which is wrong.” On March 8, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Kanpur Metro Project in a programme organised …

Cabinet clears Phase-II of Ahemdabad Metro Rail Project
6 years, 1 month ago

Cabinet clears Phase-II of Ahemdabad Metro Rail Project

The Quint  

New Delhi, Feb 19 The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved implementation of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II. The project comprises two corridors of with a total length of 28.254 km: Corridor 1 from Motera Stadium to Mahatma Mandir and Corridor 2 from GNLU to GIFT City. The project will provide the much-needed additional public transport infrastructure to Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. …

Metro Rail: few sections may be thrown open in 2016
9 years, 10 months ago

Metro Rail: few sections may be thrown open in 2016

The Hindu  

A few sections of the Hyderabad Metro Rail across the three corridors could be opened for the public by some time next year even before construction of the entire 72 km stretch is completed, said Hyderabad Metro Rail Managing Director N.V.S. Denying that the alignment changes suggested by the Telangana government could lead to any kind of delay in the …

Metro rail works on the fast track
10 years, 5 months ago

Metro rail works on the fast track

The Hindu  

In spite of charges and counter-charges and leaks apart, the Metro Rail project construction has actually picked up pace if one looks at the number of piers and viaducts coming up in the last couple of months. Going by the progress report presented to the project monitoring group of the Prime Minister’s Office by the Telangana government recently, about 175 …

After Lucknow, UP govt to push for Metro project in other cities as well
10 years, 6 months ago

After Lucknow, UP govt to push for Metro project in other cities as well

Firstpost  

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to run metro rail in Meerut, Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi, after pushing for a similar project in Lucknow. Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to run metro rail in Meerut, Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi, after pushing for a similar project in Lucknow, an official said Tuesday. The development came after officials Monday met …

80 per cent of Metro Rail stage I complete
10 years, 11 months ago

80 per cent of Metro Rail stage I complete

The Hindu  

The construction of the Hyderabad Metro Rail is on course with almost 80 per cent of the work complete on Stage I. Jain and senior officials of the South Central Railway on a tour of the ongoing works, especially at sites where the Metro Rail viaduct would ‘jump’ over the railway lines. Though he was reluctant to speak much in …

Metro gets its first model station
11 years ago

Metro gets its first model station

The Hindu  

With successful simulation on ground inside the Uppal depot, L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad engineers have begun to put together the first overhead station at Uppal. “Roofing has started but it will be fully operational only towards October when final trial runs for the first three-coach train will begin between Nagole and Mettuguda on the viaduct, the first stage of the …

Metro rails to be laid on viaduct soon
11 years, 4 months ago

Metro rails to be laid on viaduct soon

The Hindu  

The first rails of the Hyderabad Metro Rail sourced from Tata Steel plant will be laid on the viaduct between Nagole and Mettuguda or the stage one of the project, in a couple of days time. Work on the Nagole and Miyapur depots are progressing along with stations construction and piers,” said L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Chief Executive & Managing …

Launch girders of Metro Rail pressed into service
11 years, 5 months ago

Launch girders of Metro Rail pressed into service

The Hindu  

The concessionaire L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad has pressed into service as many as 10 launch girders across two of the three corridors at various work sites where the elevated metro rail is being built. These are placed one beside the other, strung, glued and steel cabled tight to form the superstructure or the viaduct over which the rails are placed, …

Hyderabad metro rail to be opened to traffic by March 2015
11 years, 8 months ago

Hyderabad metro rail to be opened to traffic by March 2015

India TV News  

Hyderabad, Jul 19: The first eight-kilometre Nagole-Mettuguda section of the Hyderabad Metro Rail will be opened for commuter traffic in March 2015, a senior official said yesterday. The Nagole-Mettuguda section will be completed by the end of December 2014 and after the Commissioner of Railway Safety's approval, it will be opened for commuter traffic in March 2015 on the ocassion …

Support frame in place for Uppal Metro station
12 years ago

Support frame in place for Uppal Metro station

The Hindu  

The first span & wing steel support frame forming the overhead station of the metro rail is in place at the proposed Uppal station on the Nagole-Mettuguda stretch, the stage one of the project. With the help of the span & wing steel frame, pre-cast fabricated concrete beams will be placed alongside each other and “stitch concreted” and stressed together, …

Metro: girders may hit traffic
12 years, 1 month ago

Metro: girders may hit traffic

The Hindu  

Citizens should now brace for metro rail barricades and subsequent traffic snarls on a few more road stretches in the coming days, with the L&T Metro Rail, Hyderabad, planning to commission four more launch girders, in addition to the existing two at different construction spots. Launch girders, weighing about 300 tonnes each and 34 metres in length positioned atop, help …

Kiran to launch girder work tomorrow
12 years, 4 months ago

Kiran to launch girder work tomorrow

The Hindu  

Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy will celebrate completion of two years in office by launching the girder for placing segments forming the metro rail viaduct at Uppal and also a stone commemorating the project on Sunday. It is not just because of land acquisition issues on the Sultan Bazar-Badechowdi stretch as the government should also decide whether the metro …

Metro rail work to begin in old city
12 years, 9 months ago

Metro rail work to begin in old city

The Hindu  

L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad is mulling to begin soil testing and barricading for Corridor Two - Jubilee Bus Station to Falaknuma. Mr. Gadgil expects the process of mounting the segments to begin in two to three months at stage one of the project between Nagole and Mettuguda where 22 piers have come up. We expect to launch rail operations of …

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