Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

Pier Work Begins for Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Extension

Just a month after pier work started for Bangalore Metro Purple Line’s…

01 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Geotechnical Bids for Central Silk Board – KR Puram Line

Hat tip to TMRG reader Ajith Kumar. The new 18 km Central Silk Board –…

20 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 25 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – June 2016 Tunneling Update

Hat tip to Vasanth Kumar & many others for alerting me about the Bangalore…

10 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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TBM Kaveri Makes a Breakthrough at Bangalore’s Majestic Station

16 months after the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Kaveri was commissioned from…

08 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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Soma Begins Setting Up Precast Yard for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 2

A little more than 2 months after being awarded a Rs 332.94 crore contract to…

08 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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1st Pier for Bangalore Metro’s PH-2 Starts Taking Shape at Nayandahalli

Hat tip to Nandan J for sharing this with me. Workers from IL&FS Engineering…

25 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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BMRCL Presents Bangalore Metro’s 102 km Phase 3 to MoUD

As per a report published in the TOI, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation on…

19 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 74 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Demolition Bids & Identifies Properties for Line 4

Two significant pre-construction developments took place last week for Bangalore…

17 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 52 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Bangalore Metro’s KR Market Station

Here are some fairly new images from inside Bangalore Metro’s KR Market…

13 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – May 2016 Tunneling Update

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) just published their May 2016…

10 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 39 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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