Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

Bangalore Metro’s TBM Tunga Records Breakthrough at K.G. Halli

Tunnel Boring Machine S-839B operated by ITD Cementation India on Wednesday…

07 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Yellow Line’s 1st CRRC Train Rolls Out in Nanjing

Back on October 27, CRRC rolled out the first of 15 new trains for 19.143 km…

19 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Bangalore – Hosur Metro: BARSYL-Habog JV Wins Feasibility Contract

December 15, 2023 Update: Balaji Railroad Systems – Habog Consultants…

09 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro ⋅ 48 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Rudra Records RT-01’s Final Breakthrough

Afcons Infrastructure this morning celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine S-1259’s…

26 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Bangalore – Hosur Metro: 11 Bidders for Feasibility Study Report

11 firms have submitted bids to Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) for preparing…

15 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro ⋅ 64 Comments
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Entire Bangalore Metro Purple Line Opens: Challaghatta – Whitefield

What a historic day. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) this morning…

09 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s Purple Line to be Extended Beyond Whitefield

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) this week invited bids for civil…

08 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 43 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Bangalore Metro’s Challaghatta – Kengeri Section

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) from the Indian Railways’…

01 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Bangalore Metro’s KR Pura – Baiyyappanahalli Section

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) from the Indian Railways’…

21 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Yellow Line’s Train by CRRC Revealed

The first look of Bangalore Metro’s CRRC prototype train for the 19.143…

21 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 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 – 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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