This Week in Rail

Maharashtra's ₹17,725 crore sanction for Mumbai Metro Line 13 and MRVC's ₹19,293 crore Vande Metro trainset order lead a week that also brought three new Ahmedabad Metro Phase 3 tenders and a ₹879 crore GMRC airport package.

Week to Monday 24 August 2026 — 8 items that moved on the public record in India, drawn from the platform's weekly watch and compiled by the editorial pipeline.

India

The Metro Rail Guy (RSS)

  • J Kumar Infraprojects' tunnel-boring machines break through on Delhi Metro's Golden Line

Source: The Metro Rail Guy (RSS) (Secondary) — source. Checked 24 August 2026.

Metro Rail Today — news listing

  • GMRC floats a ₹879 crore civil tender for the airport extension of Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2A
  • Delhi Metro Rail Network to expand to 695 km by 2047, with six new RRTS corridors planned
  • MRVC moves to procure 238 AC Vande Metro trainsets worth ₹19,293 crore from Indian Railways

    A large rolling-stock order — worth tracking for which trainset and systems suppliers get named as the tender advances.

  • Maharashtra approves ₹17,725 crore Mumbai Metro Line 13, linking Mira-Bhayandar with Vasai-Virar
  • Gujarat issues three tenders for the 48.38 km Metro-RRTS hybrid corridors under Ahmedabad Metro Phase 3

Source: Metro Rail Today — news listing (Secondary) — source. Checked 24 August 2026.

Delhi-NCR

NCRTC active tenders (CPPP org-wise listing)

  • NCRTC tenders the shifting of 400/220/66/33kV overhead transmission lines along the Delhi–Panipat–Karnal Namo Bharat corridor; bids close 17 September
  • NCRTC tenders facade lighting design, supply, installation and commissioning at Sarai Kale Khan Namo Bharat station, with a 2-year defect-liability period and 3-year AMC; bids close 23 September

Source: NCRTC active tenders (CPPP org-wise listing) (Primary) — source. Checked 24 August 2026.

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