Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

Bangalore Metro to Help Rejuvenate Kengeri & Veerasandra Lakes

From frothing up with toxic foam to drying out, Bangalore’s urban lakes…

01 Dec 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Begins Full Length Trials on Purple Line from Baiyappanahalli to Mysore Road

At 6 am in the morning today, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL)…

23 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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NCC Ltd Emerges as Lowest Bidder for Bangalore Metro’s 6.29 Km Extension to Anjanapura

As per Vasanth Rao who serves as Bangalore Metro Rail Corp Ltd’s General…

20 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Starts Operations on Reach 2 between Magadi Road and Mysore Road!

A few hours ago and exactly 2 days after the Bangalore Metro Rail Corp inaugurated…

18 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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[Pics] TBM Margarita in Bangalore Being Dismantled After North Ramp Breakthrough

Yesterday morning, I had posted some images on Twitter of TBM Margarita being…

18 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s 6.4 Km Magadi Road – Mysore Line Inaugurated!

A couple hours ago, the 6.4 km Magadi Road – Mysore Road section (called…

16 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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A Look Back into the History of Bangalore Metro’s Magadi Road – Mysore Line

As posted a couple days ago, the 6.4 km Magadi Road – Mysore Road section…

15 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bangalore Metro – November 2015 Tunneling Update

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) recently released their November…

13 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Bangalore Metro’s Mysore Road – Magadi Road Section to be Inaugurated on November 16

Two months after the Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) approved the…

12 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Trial Runs on Bangalore Metro’s Underground Section Finally Begin

With track-work & 3rd rail electrification works finally completed on the…

12 Nov 2015 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 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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