Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

Trial Runs Begin on Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Extension

Earlier today Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) began trial runs…

27 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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BMRCL to Power Up Green Line’s Anjanapura Extn on Aug 14

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

13 Aug 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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L&T Begins Tunneling for Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Pink Line

Historic day for Bengaluru! Moments ago, Larsen & Toubro commissioned tunnel…

30 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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L&T Begins Testing TBM Urja at Bangalore Metro’s Cantt Station

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro on Thursday began site acceptance tests (SAT)…

24 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Bids for Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Construction

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) today invited tenders (bids) from…

14 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 26 Comments
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The Metro Rail Guy Turns 5 Today!

I can’t believe it, but today marks the 5th anniversary of The Metro Rail…

11 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Delhi NCR RRTS, Hyderabad Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kolkata Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Other, Pune Metro ⋅ 41 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Bids for Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Rails

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) today invited bids for the supply…

10 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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L&T Lowers 1st MSV for Bangalore Metro’s Tunneling at Cantt Station

Last week, Larsen & Toubro lowered the first of six multi-service vehicles…

07 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T Lowers TBM Lavi into Bangalore Metro’s Shivajinagar Station

Back in mid-June, workers from Larsen & Toubro quietly lowered pieces of…

02 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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ADB Reveals Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s Design Details

The updated website of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reveals many…

01 Jul 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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