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February 10, 2022 | Metros

Bengaluru metro train contract with CRRC in trouble

CRRC has failed to establish a local manufacturing plant to produce 192 cars from order for 216, putting completion of the order in jeopardy.

January 19, 2021 | Infrastructure

In-Brief - Transit: Singapore LTA awards Hume metro station contract; Ahmedabad and Surat metro design contracts awarded; Berlin S-Bahn launches operation management platform

Singapore: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a $S 34.3m ($US 25.8m) contract to the JSM Construction Group for the execution of works on the new Hume station of MRT metro’s Downtown Line.

December 10, 2020 | Metros

Bangalore Metro awards GoA 4 contract

BANGALORE Metro has awarded a contract to Siemens Mobility and Siemens India for the implementation of GoA 4 automatic train operation (ATO) on the 18.8km Yellow Line, India’s first driverless metro line.

February 28, 2019 | Fleet

Bangalore orders 42 metro cars from BEML

BANGALORE Metro (BMCL) has awarded BEML a Rupee 4bn ($US 56.3m) contract to supply 42 additional metro cars.

February 22, 2019 | Infrastructure

Bangalore awards €71m electrification contract

BANGALORE Metro Rail (BMRCL), a joint venture between the government of India and state of Karnataka, has awarded Alstom a €71m contract to provide power supply and traction electrification for the 33km Phase 2 extension to Bangalore Metro.

January 11, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Bengaluru suburban railway project approved

THE cabinet of the Indian state of Karnataka has approved a feasibility study for a 161km suburban rail network in the state capital Bengaluru.

June 21, 2017 | Metros

Bangalore completes metro Phase 1

BANGALORE completed the first phase of its metro network on June 18 when India's president Mr Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 12km southern section of the Green Line from Sampige Road to Yelachenahalli.

February 28, 2017 | Metros

India seeks EIB loan for Bangalore metro Line 4

THE Indian government has applied for a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) towards the cost of the Reach 6 Project to build Line 4 of the Bangalore metro.

October 11, 2016 | Metros

Bangalore to lengthen metro trains

BANGALORE Metro Rail Corporation has issued an invitation to tender for a contract to lengthen its fleet of 50 three-car trains, which were supplied by a consortium of BEML, Mitsubishi and Hyundai Rotem for the initial phase of the network.

May 3, 2016 | Metros

Bangalore metro opens Purple Line core section

BANGALORE finally linked the eastern and western sections of the metro Purple Line on May 2, when the chief minister of Karnataka state Mr S Siddaramaiah and India's urban development minister Mr M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 4.8km underground stretch between Magadi Road and MG Road.

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