Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

New Record for Bangalore Metro: ITD’s TBM Tunga Bores 308m in July

ITD Cementation India’s tunnel boring machine Tunga (S-839B) has set a…

01 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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SNC Casts Bangalore Metro ORR Line Package 2’s Final U-Girder

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) on Monday cast their final of 519 U-girders…

30 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Aarvee Awarded Tumkur Metro Line’s Feasibility Contract by BMRCL

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates…

09 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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GRIL Launches Bangalore Metro Phase 2 & Pink Line’s Final Segment

GR Infraprojects (GRIL) on Friday morning celebrated launching their final precast…

22 Jun 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Siemens – RVNL JV Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2A & 2B’s Electrification Contract

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) in a BSE filing on Monday announced that Siemens…

11 Jun 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Vossloh Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2A & 2B’s Track Turnouts Contract

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates…

22 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Begins Trial Runs on Yellow Line along Hosur Road

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) and CRRC’s engineers last…

08 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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MVR Infra Awarded Bangalore Metro Whitefield Extension’s Contract

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates…

03 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Siemens Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 2A & 2B’s Electrification Contract EPC5-CC

Siemens – Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (Siemens – RVNL JV) in February…

02 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Madavara Extension’s Final Track Turnout Cast by Texmaco

Texmaco Rail and Engineering last night completed casting all track turnouts…

02 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 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 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 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 – 58.7 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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