Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

Trial Runs Begin on Bangalore Metro’s Kengeri Extension

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) has officially started trial runs…

06 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Launch Shaft Ready at Venkateshpura

ITD Cementation India on Thursday celebrated the completion of their tunnel…

03 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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GC EOI Invited for Bangalore Metro’s 318 New Coaches & Signaling

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) today invited Expression of Interest…

27 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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JICA & GoI Sign Rs 12,107 Cr Loan for Delhi & Bangalore Metros

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Friday signed loan agreements…

27 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Afcons Lowers Bangalore Metro’s TBM S-1259 at Dairy Circle

Afcons Infrastructure on Sunday morning began lowering parts of tunnel boring…

23 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro Pink Line’s Pending Work

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) today invited tenders for completing…

22 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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Track-Work Begins for Bangalore Metro’s Electronic City Line

Per the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL)’s new March 2021 newsletter,…

17 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Begins Kengeri Extension’s Third Rail Testing

Per a newspaper advertisement, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)…

16 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Afcons’ TBM S-1264 Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro at RMS

Engineers from Afcons Infrastructure today commissioned tunnel boring machine…

12 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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SYSTRA Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s UTO Consultancy

A consortium of SYSTRA – SYSTRA MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. has been…

12 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 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 – 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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