Chennai Metro Rail invites tenders for soil test

February 2018

Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL) has started its search for companies to conduct the soil test and design the alignment and the stations for Phase-II of the...

Tags: Chennai Metro Rail, SIPCOT, geotechnical investigation

Chennai Metro to build 50 km line

January 2018

The Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL) will initally cover the construction of only 50 km as part of Phase-II of the project, which in total covers 108 km. Th...

Tags: Chennai Metro Rail, Construction, CMBT, Madhavaram Milk Colony, Central Government

Crane Solutions

November 2017

Metro Rail projects in India have seen phenomenal growth over the past few years. The success of the Delhi Metro as a rapid transit urban transportat...

Tags: ElectroMech crane solutions, PPP, Metro Rail construction, Pune Metro, Bangalore Metro projects, EPC, Gammon India, Soma Constructions, Kochi Metro project, Cranedge, Chennai Metro Project

Metro Maker

November 2017

Tata BlueScope Steel's LYSAGHT® have been used in prominent projects such as DMRC, Chennai Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Kochi Metro, and Bangalore Metro, ...

Tags: Tata BlueScope Steel LYSAGHT®, DMRC, Chennai Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Kochi Metro, Bangalore Metro, LYSAGHT SMARTDEK®, KLIPLOK®, COLORBOND® steel, THERMATECH™ solar reflectance technology, MRT system

CHENNAI CONNECTOR

July 2017

Tamil Nadu recently welcomed its new metro service! Stretching from Thirumangalam to Nehru Park, is the newly inaugurated Chennai Metro Rail, spearhe...

Tags: Nehru Park, Thiru Pankaj Kumar Bansal, Chennai Metro Rail

CleanMax Solar To Help Chennai Metro Rail Ltd Go Green

June 2017

CleanMax Solar has bagged the prestigious contract of powering the Chennai metro with clean solar power. The venture will involve the installation of...

Tags: CleanMax Solar, Chennai metro, CMRL, Solar PV plants, Renewable energy, Chennai Metro transition, Government of India

Chennai Metro's underground stretch commissioned

May 2017

Today the Chennai Metro Rail Project (Phase I) underground section from Thirumangalam to Nehru Park was inaugurated. The newly constructed undergroun...

Tags: Chennai Metro Rail Project, Nehru Park, Chennai Metro, JICA, Rail system

JICA to provide Rs 2,000-cr loan for Chennai Metro

April 2017

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has extended an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of around Rs 2,000 crore for the fifth phase...

Tags: Japan International Cooperation Agency, Chennai Metro Project, Takema Sakamoto, Metro rail system, S Selvakumar