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
Bengaluru metro fare: Soon, you might have to pay much more as ticket prices may increaseBengaluru's BMRCL is set to implement a significant fare hike ranging from 30 to 40 per cent due to rising operational costs. The decision ...
19 Jan, 2025, 02.05 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
Namma Metro looks to bolster revenue, may exploit space in phase II depots for commercial useBMRCL exploring possibility of developing property in at least 3 depots under Phase II
13 Dec, 2018, 03.35 PM 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
Bangalore Metro Rail: 7-km stretch likely to be taken up firstA half of the stretch is expected to be underground and the BMRCL will take a call on the rest of the stretch, depending on the cost of tun...
12 Jun, 2018, 07.35 PM 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
Now, BMRCL chalks out a 'NICE' plan for Namma MetroBMRCL teams up with NICE to construct stations and multi-level parking complexes wherever metro lines and NICE peripheral roads meet.
08 May, 2017, 10.04 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
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
Bengaluru metro: Trains bought in 2010 gather dustBMRCL had purchased the cabins and coaches hoping that the first phase of the project, which began in 2007, would be completed as scheduled...
23 Feb, 2016, 01.24 PM 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