Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

Tracks Arrive at Bangalore Metro’s KR Market Station

Hat tip to TMRG reader Ravi for sharing this news. A consignment of head-hardened…

22 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – July 2016 Tunneling Update

Hat tip to many readers out there for alerting & reminding me about the…

12 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 65 Comments
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Today Marks 1 Year of The Metro Rail Guy

I can’t believe it, but today marks the 1st anniversary of The Metro Rail…

11 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Ahmedabad Metro, Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro, Delhi Metro, Gurgaon Metro, Guwahati Metro, Hyderabad Metro, Jaipur Metro, Kanpur Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Kozhikode Metro, Lucknow Metro, Meerut Metro, Mumbai Metro, Nagpur Metro, Navi Mumbai Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other, Patna Metro, Thiruvananthapuram Metro, Varanasi Metro, Vijayawada Metro, Visakhapatnam Metro ⋅ 48 Comments
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[Pics] Progress of Bangalore Metro’s Sampige Road – Majestic Section

Here’s a post with some new images of Bangalore Metro’s 1.5 km Sampige…

07 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 65 Comments
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Pier Work Begins for Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Extension

Just a month after pier work started for Bangalore Metro Purple Line’s…

01 Jul 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Geotechnical Bids for Central Silk Board – KR Puram Line

Hat tip to TMRG reader Ajith Kumar. The new 18 km Central Silk Board –…

20 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 25 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – June 2016 Tunneling Update

Hat tip to Vasanth Kumar & many others for alerting me about the Bangalore…

10 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 22 Comments
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TBM Kaveri Makes a Breakthrough at Bangalore’s Majestic Station

16 months after the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Kaveri was commissioned from…

08 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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Soma Begins Setting Up Precast Yard for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 2

A little more than 2 months after being awarded a Rs 332.94 crore contract to…

08 Jun 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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1st Pier for Bangalore Metro’s PH-2 Starts Taking Shape at Nayandahalli

Hat tip to Nandan J for sharing this with me. Workers from IL&FS Engineering…

25 May 2016 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 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 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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