Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

Linxon Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Power Supply Contract

Linxon announced on Monday they’ve been awarded the complete power supply…

02 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Lavi Starts Tunneling for Bangalore Metro at Shivajinagar

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week quietly commissioned Tunnel Boring…

16 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Jakson – JSC JV Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s E&M Work

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

13 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Afcons Begins Lowering Bangalore Metro’s TBM S1264 at RMS

Workers from Afcons Infrastructure on Thursday night began lowering parts of…

06 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Terminates Simplex Infra’s Pink Line Contract

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has finally terminated Simplex…

04 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Budget 2021: Metro & High Speed Rail in India

Earlier today, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several…

01 Feb 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, High Speed Rail, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Broad Gauge Metro, Nagpur Metro, Nashik Metro, Other ⋅ 14 Comments
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Factory Tests Completed on ITD’s Bangalore Metro TBMs

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Herrenknecht India on Friday wrapped…

31 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Track Installation Begins for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extension

Workers from Texmaco Rail and Engineering this weekend began track plinth casting…

26 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s RV Road Interchange Starts Taking Shape

In south-central Bengaluru, a key interchange station at Rashtriya Vidyalaya…

25 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Jindal Steel Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Track-Work

Per Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website, Jindal…

15 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 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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