Bengaluru's Blue Line promises cheaper airport rides, but Tamil Nadu's stone transport ban poses a hurdle; check latest updateBengaluru blue line news: Restrictions imposed by Tamil Nadu on stone transportation have significantly affected construction projects in B...
31 Oct, 2026, 06.46 PM IST
Bengaluru’s Rs 1,500 airport cab rides could soon get cheaper because of the Blue Line: Check operation timeline, route and other key detailsBengaluru Blue line: Bengaluru's Blue Line Metro is set to connect Central Silk Board with Kempegowda International Airport. The airport st...
11 Oct, 2026, 07.17 PM IST
Bengaluru: Railway Board accords in-principle approval for BMRCL's CBTC signalling systemThe Railway Board has approved CBTC signalling for BMRCL's Pink Line and Blue Line. This approval is a significant step towards opening the...
08 Aug, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
Metro Rail Safety Commissioner asks BMRCL to probe after MP Surya flags repeated service disruptionsMetro safety chief has ordered Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) to investigate three years of service disruptions following a compl...
01 Jul, 2026, 02.40 PM IST
Bengaluru Airport metro line targeted for 2027 completion, says BMRCLBengaluru's international airport will have metro rail connectivity by the end of 2027. The project spans 58.19 km in two phases. This expa...
09 Jan, 2026, 10.12 PM IST
Multi-modal hub at Hebbal: MoS Shobha urges Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to give 45-acres to BMRCL, not give in to real estate lobbyShobha Karandlaje urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to allocate 45 acres of land to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation. A committee decided t...
15 Jul, 2025, 08.29 PM IST
Bengaluru: BMRCL drops transportation hub project, settles for 9 acresA high-level committee, led by Shalini Rajneesh, has granted nine acres near Hebbal to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation. This decision over...
14 Jul, 2025, 09.56 PM IST
Karnataka Dy CM's meeting on Metro Hub: BMRCL may rework design under pressureA decision on allocating 45 acres near Hebbal to BMRCL for a transport hub has been postponed again after a high-level meeting chaired by D...
05 May, 2025, 07.35 PM IST
Outer Ring Road Metro in Bengaluru unlikely to be a reality soonOn Sunday, BMRCL’s website said the tenders — split into three different packages for speedier construction — have been discharged. The BMR...
17 Dec, 2018, 11.58 AM IST
BMCRL to approach JICA for funds, againBMRCL’s new managing director, Ajay Seth, said he would hold a meeting with JICA representatives in New Delhi in the next couple of days.
23 Aug, 2018, 10.50 AM IST
ORR metro contracts only after studying bid capacity, says BMRCLBMRCL Managing Director Ajay Seth said the transport utility is not compelled to award contract to the lowest bidder if the company does no...
13 Aug, 2018, 08.10 PM IST
Airport metro line: BMRCL to look at new funding routeThe AERA’s rejection has forced the BMRCL to look at new financial modalities such as the one introduced on the Outer Ring Road where priva...
30 Jul, 2018, 11.02 AM IST
BMRCL employees threaten to hold strike on MondayIn July last year, the union had stopped Namma Metro services for seven hours after one of the employees was beaten up by a police personne...
31 May, 2018, 05.33 PM IST
High cost forces BMRCL to cancel underground tendersBMRCL managing director Mahendra Jain confirmed to ET that the tenders invited for civil works stand cancelled.
05 Mar, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
By 2018-end, 1 million will use the metro daily: BMRCL MDBMTC is restructuring its routes. There will be exclusive feeder services of medium-length buses to and from Metro stations, said Pradeep S...
09 Jun, 2017, 10.10 AM IST
Bengaluru metro stations offer a ticket to business activities nowThis is the first time that the BMRCL has come out with a list of 35 commercial activities for which it is opening up its stations.
26 Sep, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
Metro mystery: BMRCL awaits nod; safety body says it was issued in SeptemberThe CRS has shown green light to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) to throw open the Mysuru Road-Magadi Road stretch for public.
05 Nov, 2015, 10.38 AM IST