Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

Dismal Tunneling Progress Made by Bangalore Metro in Last Month

The BMRCL released their September 2015 newsletter on Tuesday and things don’t…

10 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Work on Bangalore Metro’s Mysore Road – Kengri Extn To Start Soon

Construction work on Phase II of Bangalore’s Metro will soon kick off!…

09 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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A Look at Japanese Funding in Indian Metro Systems

The Business Standard recently came out with a brilliant report on the rise…

04 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Mumbai Metro, Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – September 1 Tunneling Update

With the Krishna TBM’s breakthrough at Chickpet station behind us (See: …

02 Sep 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] TBM Krishna Finally Makes a Breakthrough at Chickpet

Workers, engineers and the management of Coastal-TTS JV have a reason to celebrate today….

31 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Meet Reiko Abe – a Japanese Exile Building Bangalore’s Metro

The Japan Times and Bloomberg recently featured an article on Reiko Abe, a…

31 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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BMRC Plans to Complete Phase 2 Land Acquisition by March

As per a recent report, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corp (BMRC) plans to complete…

30 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS Inspection on Bangalore Metro’s Reach 2 Begins

On Wednesday (Aug 26), the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) started…

27 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] Bangalore’s City Market & Vidhana Soudha Stations

After having a look at Bangalore’s Majestic Station last week (See: Update:…

20 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Details Emerge on Bangalore’s Jayadeva Interchange

Details on the design of Bangalore Metro’s Jayadeva Interchange station…

18 Aug 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 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 – 94.3 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 68.5 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 – 16 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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