Unlock 4.0: Metro Rail services resume in Bengaluru after over five monthsAs part of Unlock 4.0, Metro Rail services started on the Purple Line from Byappanahalli station at 8 am towards Mysuru Road and vice versa...
07 Sep, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
Karnataka CM yet to respond to cost-sharing proposal: Piyush GoyalThe railways will make use of this relaxed FAR to modernise the railway stations, increase its revenue streams and make them more comfortab...
09 Mar, 2018, 10.36 AM IST
Suburban rail: Time slots an issue at Cantonment railway stationThe MP, in a letter to the Divisional Railway Manager said he was willing to release funds to upgrade the infrastructure to upgrade the ser...
21 Sep, 2017, 10.35 AM IST
New train to Whitefield from Friday to ease road trafficRailway minister Suresh Prabhu, who will be in Bengaluru for two days from August 17, is likely to flag off the new train -a diesel electri...
14 Aug, 2017, 11.50 AM IST
Suburban train caught in centre-state tussleOne of the unique selling points of a suburban rail project is making use of the existing infrastructure to run short-distance trains.
02 Aug, 2017, 10.57 AM IST
Italian firm ITD to Build Byappanahalli-Whitefield metro stretchThe 15.5-km stretch between the two stations on the east-west corridor to be completed in about 27 months.
02 May, 2017, 10.08 AM IST
Bangalore Metro to invite startups to set up offices at its stationsBangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd currently has 31 stations operational along 18 km from Baiyappanahalli to Mysuru Road and along 13 km ...
04 Jul, 2016, 10.15 AM IST
Bengaluru Metro needs its own security force, say expertsWith a man who rode in the metro with the gun on the day when arms and ammunition was included in the list of prohibited, says I am a big m...
18 May, 2016, 12.17 PM IST
Bengaluru: East-west corridor from Byappanahalli to Mysuru Road may open next weekThe metro authorities expect 1.5 to 2 lakh people to make use of the services on the 18.10-km corridor, called the purple line.
20 Apr, 2016, 11.46 AM IST
Rail Budget 2016: Bengaluru waits for Suresh Prabhu to make good on his Byappanahalli promiseThe proposed coaching terminal is estimated to cost Rs 125 crore and is critical for the city in order to respond to the growth in passenge...
25 Feb, 2016, 10.02 AM IST
Bengaluru's metro users reconsider their green choiceCommuters say that they have been reconsidering their greener choice after the new regulation came into effect two days ago.
24 Dec, 2015, 11.02 AM IST
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation to start trial run from Magadi Road to Stadium soonThis has revived the hopes of services on the 18-km east-west corridor to begin after three months of trial run. The underground section co...
06 Oct, 2015, 10.41 AM IST
Bengaluru Metro to link Magadi Road, Mysuru Road by month-endMetro services between the Mysuru Road and Magadi Road stations are expected to begin either this month end or next month.
03 Aug, 2015, 10.26 AM IST
Bangalore Metro: India's IT hub gets its first Wi-Fi metroLinking the once-fashionable MG Road business district with Baiyappanahalli, the Metro is projected to carry 30,000 passengers a day.
23 Oct, 2011, 11.14 AM IST
- Bangalore Metro: City heard a train whistle first in 1864
Bangalore's first train had a steam engine for its loco and ran between Cantonment station and Jolarpettai in what is now Vellore district ...
20 Oct, 2011, 11.43 AM IST
Bangalore Metro: A geek train for India's Silicon ValleyThe coaches are world-class, manufactured by Hyundai Rotem Korea and Mitsubishi Electric Company.
18 Oct, 2011, 04.19 PM IST
- Bangalore Metro opens to public at 4pm on Thursday
The inaugural function of Reach 1 (MG Road to Byappanahalli) will start at 10.30am at Field Marshal Manekshaw Parade Ground, and is expecte...
17 Oct, 2011, 01.21 PM IST