Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

Bangalore Metro’s TBMs Vamika & Avni Record Breakthroughs

Tunnel Boring Machines Vamika on Monday and Avni today recorded their first…

06 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Crossovers Cast for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extension

Workers from Texmaco Rail and Engineering have over the past 3 months cast 3…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Urja Starts Tunneling to Pottery Town

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

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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SNC Casts Bangalore Metro ORR Line Package 2’s 1st Pile Cap

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) this week cast their first pile cap at…

24 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Bangalore Metro ORR Line’s 1st Pier Takes Shape

Workers from Afcons Infrastructure have started tying up rebar between Bellandur…

20 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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RITES Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2A & 2B’s PMC Contract

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

17 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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GR Infra Launches Bangalore Metro’s 1st Segment After Takeover

GR Infraprojects in November-end began launching precast segments for completing…

17 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Rudra Makes Breakthrough at Dairy Circle

Besides TBM S-1264, TBM S-1259 operated by Afcons Infrastructure also recorded…

12 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Varada Makes Breakthrough at Langford

Tunnel Boring Machine S-1264 operated by Afcons Infrastructure today arrived…

11 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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PADECO – Ardanuy Awarded Bangalore Metro Depots’ DDC

Back in mid-September, PADECO Co. Ltd. – Ardanuy India Pvt Ltd. JV was…

08 Oct 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata – 24 October 1984 – 39.2 km
• Delhi – 24 December 2002 – 349 km
• Bangalore – 20 October 2011 – 55.6 km
• Gurgaon – 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai – 8 June 2014 – 11.4 km
• Jaipur – 3 June 2015 – 12 km
• Chennai – 29 June 2015 – 54.1 km
• Kochi – 19 June 2017 – 25 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 – 6 km
• Nagpur – 8 March 2019 – 22.9 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.73 km

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