Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

BMRCL Adds New Station at Challegatta on Bangalore’s Purple Line

Seeing a genuine need to provide connectivity south of the NICE Peripheral Road,…

02 Dec 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Bids for Bangalore’s Kundalahalli – Whitefield Section

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation ltd. has finally initiated the bidding…

01 Dec 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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BMRCL Begins Trial Runs Between Nat’l College – Yelachenahalli

With a train now stationed at the National College Station, the Bangalore Metro…

23 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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BMRCL Pulls Metro Train through Green Line’s New Tunnels

With track-work complete on the down-line tunnel of Bangalore Metro’s…

20 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Segment Launching For Bangalore Metro’s Reach 4B to Begin Soon

With a series of new piers cast on Kanakapura Road, NCC Limited, the contractor…

16 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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BMRCL Reveals Silk Board – KR Puram Line’s Detailed Project Report

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. just made the Detailed Project Report…

11 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 96 Comments
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St+art India Foundation Adds Color to Brighten Bangalore Metro

Metro stations all over India are mostly drab and uninspiring, so here’s…

04 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s Phase 2A DPR Submitted to State Govt

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation last week submitted its final Detailed…

02 Nov 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Plans New Depot at Baiyappanahalli Sat. Bus Station Site

The Hindu recently ran an article on the failure of Bangalore’s satellite…

15 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Prelim List of Stations on Bangalore’s Silk Board – KR Puram Line Released

Last week, Bangalore’s Development Minister K. J. George held a review…

14 Oct 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 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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