Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

L&T’s TBM Vindhya Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro at Cantt

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week commissioned Tunnel Boring Machine…

14 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Afcons & Shankaranarayana Win Bangalore Metro Phase 2A ORR Work

Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. and Shankaranarayana Constructions Pvt. Ltd. today…

13 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 51 Comments
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Video: Bangalore Metro Begins High Speed Tests on Anjanapura Extn

Earlier this week, engineers from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd….

01 Oct 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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ITD Begins Casting Tunnel Segments for Bangalore Metro’s Pink Line

Workers from ITD Cementation India Ltd. today began pouring concrete to cast…

28 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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BMRCL Invites PMC Bids for Bangalore Metro’s ORR – Airport Line

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on Monday invited tenders (bids)…

15 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Avni Starts Tunneling from Bangalore Metro’s Shivajinagar

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro on this past Monday quietly commissioned…

10 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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BMRCL – BIAL – Embassy Sign MoU for Bangalore Metro’s Airport Line

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. today signed two signficant Memorandum…

08 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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ITD Cem Begins Work on Bangalore Metro’s Underground Stations

Workers from ITD Cementation India Ltd. this week began guide-wall construction…

02 Sep 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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L&T Completes Testing TBM Avni at Bangalore Metro’s Shivajinagar

After commissioning Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Urja in July, engineers from…

28 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Extension

Earlier today Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) began trial runs…

27 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.7 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 353.3 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 59.2 km
• Jaipur: 3 June 2015 – 12 km
• Chennai: 29 June 2015 – 54.1 km
• Kochi: 19 June 2017 – 27.9 km
• Lucknow: 6 September 2017 – 22.9 km
• Hyderabad: 29 November 2017 – 67 km
• Noida-Gr. Noida: 25 January 2019 – 29.7 km
• Ahmedabad: 6 March 2019 – 60.7 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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