This Week in Indian Rail
Bengaluru puts ₹1,274 crore of platform screen doors on the table — the week's biggest buyable package.
Week to Monday 20 July 2026 — 12 items that moved on the public record, drawn from the platform's weekly watch and compiled by the editorial pipeline.
National
Metro Rail Today — news listing
- RITES and MECON join hands to pursue rail, metro and infrastructure projects in India and overseas
- Second TBM begins excavating India's first undersea high-speed rail tunnel on the MAHSR project
- Government gives in-principle approval to the Meerut–Haridwar–Rishikesh Namo Bharat RRTS corridor
A fourth RRTS corridor enters the pipeline while the third is still hiring its General Consultant.
- TÜV SÜD and Medha Servo Drives sign an MoU to advance hydrogen rail technologies in India
Medha diversifying beyond KAVACH — the primes are becoming platforms, and their supplier needs widen with them.
- PM Modi flags off India's first hydrogen-powered rail service
- DMRC to study a double-decker flyover-cum-metro corridor for Delhi Metro Phase V
- RITES awarded a ₹79.22 crore consultancy contract for the Patna Metro
- Pre-construction activity begins on the 306 km Chennai–Bengaluru high-speed corridor
- DMRC floats a ₹18.97 crore electrical tender for the Red Line extension to Kundli
- Bangalore Metro to launch a ₹1,274 crore tender for platform screen doors across 191 stations
A retrofit across an operating network — PSD suppliers and systems integrators should be forming bids before the tender drops.
Source: Metro Rail Today — news listing (Secondary) — source. Checked 20 July 2026.
Delhi NCR
NCRTC active tenders (CPPP org-wise listing)
- NCRTC tenders civil, finishing and MEP works for the Operation Control Centre at Sarai Kale Khan Namo Bharat station (bids due 30 July)
- Bids for the Delhi–Panipat–Karnal General Consultant mandate extended to 4 August
Source: NCRTC active tenders (CPPP org-wise listing) (Primary) — source. Checked 20 July 2026.
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