Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

1st Pier Starts Taking Shape for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extn

Workers from the ITD-ITD Cem India JV have started tying up rebar for the first…

31 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Bids for Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Signalling System

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation today invited bids for the installation…

30 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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BEML’s 3rd Metro Coach Manufacturing Line Inaugurated

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on August 26 inaugurated a third manufacturing…

30 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Delhi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Other ⋅ 13 Comments
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Simplex Lowest Bidder for B’lore Metro’s Gottigere-Swagath Rd Section

Simplex Infrastructures Ltd. has emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing…

11 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 52 Comments
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BMRCL to Procure Approx. 96 Coaches for Gottigere – Nagawara Line

The European Investment Bank (EIB), which is one of the two lead financiers…

09 Aug 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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BMRCL Publishes Alignment of Gottigere-Nagawara Line’s UG Section

So back in early June, I published a post displaying the alignment of Bangalore…

14 Jul 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 45 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Geotechnical Bids for Nagawara – Airport Line

The roughly 28 km Nagawara – Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL)…

10 Jul 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Bids for 4 UG Packages on Gottigere – Nagawara Line

Finally! After receiving a go-ahead from the European Investment Bank (EIB),…

01 Jul 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 49 Comments
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BMRCL Signs 1st MoU to Fund ORR Line with Embassy Group

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd on Friday signed its first memorandum…

24 Jun 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 42 Comments
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President Inaugurates Final Section of Bangalore Metro’s Phase 1

India’s President Pranab Mukherjee just inaugurated the final 12 km Sampige…

17 Jun 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 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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