Bangalore Metro plans to launch Anjanapura route in November, Kengeri in FebruaryThe news is sure to gladden residents of south Bengaluru as commuting between north and south and east and western parts of Bengaluru is a ...
30 Jul, 2020, 01.52 PM IST
Residential localities become parking spots for metro commuters in BengaluruResidential localities near Metro stations have become parking lots for Metro commuters.
22 Aug, 2019, 11.24 AM IST
Bangalore Metro to raze a portion of RV road stationBangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) officials are yet to arrive at a decision on closing the station until its expansion is complete.
27 Jun, 2019, 11.03 AM IST
Bangalore South: Growth skyrockets but civic amenities lagThe constituency has an incumbent BJP MLA M Krishnappa, who has been credited for his work with lake revival. Civic development, however, h...
08 May, 2018, 11.28 AM IST
Namma metro to get its first six-coach train todayMahendra Jain, managing director, BMRCL, said the BEML was able to deliver one set of three intermediate coaches four months before it was ...
14 Feb, 2018, 10.13 AM IST
Majestic, Baiyappanahalli busiest metro hubs in BengaluruThe latter for being a gateway to several corporate firms in East Bengaluru. These stations register footfalls that are several times more ...
08 Aug, 2017, 10.45 AM IST
No clarity yet on frequent metro trains in BengaluruThe metro's contention for not increasing the frequency is that each train carries 600 passengers on an average while the capacity of a tra...
31 Jul, 2017, 10.17 AM IST
Bengaluru Metro services will be available from 5 am to 11 pmLast trains from the terminal stations of Baiyappanahalli will leave at 11 pm and at Mysuru road at 11.05 pm, Nagasandra at 10.50 pm and Ye...
19 Jun, 2017, 10.28 AM IST
Bengaluru Namma Metro's south stretch opens on SundayWhen chief minister Siddaramaiah took a ride between Majestic to RV Road metro station on the southern line on Thursday , incomplete statio...
18 Jun, 2017, 12.38 PM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates Rs 13,854 crore Namma Metro projectMukherjee hailed Bangalore Metro authorities for completing the 42-Km metro network in less than ten years, despite the construction challe...
17 Jun, 2017, 09.36 PM IST
Bangalore Metro needs to meet these 65 conditions before its launchBMRCL managing director Pradeep Singh Kharola said the conditions listed in the CMRS inspection report were minor in nature.
12 Jun, 2017, 10.25 AM IST
Namma Metro's green line to raise ridership by 180 per centFor RK Misra, founder director, Center for SMART Cities, the highcost of a metro pales in comparison with the benefits. “Metro is a socioec...
17 May, 2017, 11.11 AM IST
The wait for completion of Namma Metro's phase one may be over by mid-MayThere could, however, be further delay if the CMRS does not find the entire metro line "fit to be opened for the public carriage of passeng...
09 May, 2017, 10.54 AM IST
Bengaluru Metro phase II land acquisition on trackBMRCL is spending Rs 5,000 crore to acquire the total 102.02 hectares, or 252 acres, said managing director Pradeep Singh Kharola.
12 Apr, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
Bengaluru Metro rarely met deadlines; expect no surprise in AprilFor the entire Phase 1 to be ready structurally, BMRCL has to carry out architectural finishing, cable laying, tunnel ventilation system an...
23 Mar, 2017, 11.42 AM IST
At Rs 247 crore, contract for Namma Metro purple line extension finalisedThis is the fourth major contract that has been awarded under Phase II. The earlier ones were the Mysuru Road extension (two contracts) and...
28 Feb, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
Off track again: April 2017 deadline for the phase 1 of Metro may be missedA battery-powered locomotive was used to push the train from Peenya depot to the elevated corridor as work on the underground stretch was i...
03 Jan, 2017, 10.56 AM IST