NCC Begins Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Piling Work
NCC Ltd. this Sunday bored & concreted the first pile to officially mark the start of construction work on Bangalore Metro’s 37 km Airport Line (Blue Line) which will link Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) to KR Puram.
This new metro line, under Bangalore Metro Phase 2B project, comprises of 3 civil packages ranging from 11 to 15 kms.
NCC was awarded 3 LOA contracts in November 2021 for 15 elevated stations & viaduct construction work, with completion deadlines ranging from 24 – 27 months. Their various team began test piling and other pre-construction activities in January 2022.
On Sunday, 3 piles were bored & cast for Pier AP665 near Bagalur Cross Underpass which falls under the 11.678 km Package-2. That civil package’s scope includes a viaduct between Hebbal – Bagalur Cross (chainage 10072m to 21500m), a 250m pocket track, and 5 elevated stations at Hebbal, Kodigehalli, Jakkur Cross, Yelahanka and Bagalur Cross.
The 4th pile was cast on Monday at a depth of 28 meters from the cut-off level. Next steps include casting a pile cap on-top to complete the pier’s substructure. Package 2 has around 576 piers for viaduct & stations, so NCC will be boring around 2300-2400 piles.
Piling for Package 1 (KR Puram – Hebbal) and Package 3 (Bagalur Cross – KIAL Airport) is planned to start by month-end. With this development, the city’s Airport Line is now officially under construction! I’ve updated all key figures across the Bangalore Metro overview, Phase 2B and Quick Snapshot pages.
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Now BMRCL should speed up the DPR of phase 3 and submit within 6 months. State govt may take 1 years for approval and another 1 year for central govt, 1 year for bidding and tender process. Right now none of our projects are in their vault
Very true, very well said.
Lots of work pending in phase 2 still… Assuming crrc contract will be terminated, bmrcl should quickly call tenders for rolling stock for 2A, 2B and yellow line
Any update on CRRC – BMRCL contract ???
Naah. Hoping for quick resolution.
Do the Blue line and Pink line have an interchange station? Or they just pass over without one?
Nagavara Station will be I/C station
Jayadeva is one interchange on the south side and in the north side hebbal or nagawara I believe will serve as the interchange.
How about the remaining package bidding(airport campus section) when the bidding is going to happen and how long it may take to complete considering it as an underground section of approx 2 KM sextion?
Viaduct work till Airport is Being Executed by NCC, but the Stations within Airport Campus will be made by BIAL
BIAL came out with an EOI. Actual tender notice is pending.
Another construction disaster going to happen by this company.in line with NEC, and MEIL
The jakkur metro station should have shuttle services from shivram karanth nagar thanisandrA railway gate etc for more footfall from people around that area
Any update on Kadugodi Depot ??
Things are moving along. No major update at this time. Will share snaps when available.
BMRCL is planning to use BEML-built 42 New Coaches on its Yellow Line. These new coaches are of DTG, while the Yellow Line is CBTC. Will they make changes in the Underframe to change DTG components to CBTC..
Near rammurthy nagar signal one station is must
How will the metro align near nagawara station? will it go above the existing flyover or below it? Or will it take a slight right diversion there towards bescom office?
Run parallel / north of the flyover
Requesting BMRCL to complete the pending projects instead of starting new which is causing lot of inconvenience to public.
Every where I see some work started and halted for some reason.
Phase 2B DPR : https://english.bmrc.co.in/FileUploads/bfcfba_NewsFiles.pdf
Is Bettahalsoor metro station on map correct? wasn’t it was suppose to develop with embassy group near Embassy Boulevard gate?
Locations shown above are indicative. Will update as things become clear.
Do you have updated map now? Where exactly the Bettahalsoor metro station located?
Hi Sir, how many piers are there in total for each package under Phase 2B, please advise.