Elevated & Underground Metro Works
Bridges & Flyovers
Elevated Corridors
Our Urban Infrastructure business vertical covers elevated and underground metro works, bridges, flyovers and elevated corridors. Since 1979, we have constructed several high-value projects, over 120 km of elevated and underground metro networks, over 150 bridges, viaducts and flyovers and 32 elevated and underground metro stations, across nine cities in India.
We were the 12th largest international contractor in the bridges segment based on International Revenue for the Financial Year 2024 and the only Indian company to feature in the top 25 in the 2024 ENR (Engineering News-Record, US) Top International Contractors rankings based on International Revenue for the Financial Year 2024.
Urban Infrastructure
Client : Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Limited
Consultant : MEGA-GEC (SYSTRA-RITES-OCG-AECOM)
Scope : Design and construction of underground stations and tunnel comprising of east ramp, twin bored underground Tunnel between east ramp and Kalupur metro station; all cut and cover portion, and, two underground stations Kankaria east and Kalupur for Ahmedabad Metro Project Phase-1
Urban Infrastructure
Client : Maha Metro
Consultant : Kirti Consultants Pvt Ltd (Contractor) General Consultants: SYSTRA-RITES-AECOM-EGIS
Scope : 10.8km elevated corridor (East-West) between Rani Jhansi Square to Lokmanya Nagar.
Afcons completed the project in record time of 28 months. Sitbauldi Interchange station was completed in a record time of 20 months. It is the highest Metro Interchange Station in India.
Urban Infrastructure
Client : Maha Metro
Consultant : Kirti Consultants Pvt Ltd (Contractor) General Consultants: SYSTRA-RITES-AECOM-EGIS
Scope : 6.67km elevated corridor between Sitabuldi Interchange to Automotive Square, including four stations
Afcons has constructed Asia’s longest double-decker viaduct (5.3km) in Reach-2, including India’s first four-level transportation corridor at Gaddigodam Railway crossing
Urban Infrastructure
Client : Maha Metro
Consultant : Kirti Consultants Pvt Ltd (Contractor) General Consultants: SYSTRA-RITES-AECOM-EGIS
Scope : 600m elevated corridor between Sitabuldi and Zero Mile station including
a 44m composite steel girder span.
Afcons completed the priority corridor in just three months, and, 211 days ahead of schedule. The 44m composite steel girder span over Govari flyover was placed in a record time.
Urban Infrastructure
Client : Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (KMRCL)
Consultant : MYCEL
Scope : Design and construction of twin Metro tunnels below River Hooghly connecting Howrah and Sealdah stations.
Afcons has built India’s first underwater Metro tunnels
Urban Infrastructure
Client : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Consultant : Systra (client consultant)
Scope : Underground Metro station including tunnelling using TBM.
Afcons completed the project in record time of 22 months and became the first Indian company to construct the underground station and tunnel without foreign JV
Urban Infrastructure
Client : Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL)
Consultant : EMBYE (EGIS RAIL, Maunsell Asia, BARSYL, YEC & EGIS INDIA)
Scope : Five packages for Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL); Chennai Central Metro Station, one of the largest underground stations in India.
Tunnelling for Package 8 completed five months ahead of schedule
Urban Infrastructure
Client : Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation
Consultant : TYPSA – Italferr
Scope : Construction of 9.6km elevated viaduct between IIT Kanpur and Motijheel including 9 stations.
Afcons completed the project in a record time of 22-and-a-half-months making it one of India’s fastest-executed Metro projects
Urban Infrastructure
Client : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Consultant : Shirish Patel & Associates
Scope : Construction of elevated viaduct of length 4.9 km.
Afcons used specially designed launching trusses for the first time to erect precast segments to avoid traffic disruption in the national capital
Afcons has a global footprint across more than 30 countries in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. It is ranked 8th worldwide in Marine and Port facilities and 12th worldwide in the Bridges sector.
