OJSC Mosmetrostroy ( rus, Мосметрострой, abbr. of "Moscow Metro Construction
epartment) is a major
Russia
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n construction company, which deals with solving engineering problems related to performance of a wide range of under and above-ground works. The company is the successor of the Metrostroy Department formed in 1931 to set a new branch of construction industry —
metro
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and tunnel construction. In eight decades Mosmetrostroy has constructed 180 metro stations in
Moscow
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along with implementing its projects throughout the
post-Soviet space
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and abroad. At the present moment Mosmetrostroy acts as general contractor building metro stations in Moscow and has won a contract to construct a segment of Mumbai Metro Rail's underground line. via a joint venture with Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.
Earlier it had been awarded two contract packages to performing tunnelling and station construction in consortium with
Gammon India Ltd. in
Chennai
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, India. However it abandoned the Chennai Metro Rail project partway through after its requests for cost escalation were denied. The contract was terminated, and the subsequent court case allowed re-tendering of the remaining work to other vendors
See also
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Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first unde ...
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Mumbai Metro
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Chennai Metro
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High-speed railway to Jerusalem
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Construction and civil engineering companies of Russia
Companies based in Moscow
1931 establishments in the Soviet Union
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1931