Rail Analysis India March 2018 Digital Magazine | Página 76

Metro Projects Status in India Rapid Expansion ( in Km ) Project : Bangalore Metro Project Description : Namma Metro, also known as Bangalore Metro, is a metro system serving the city of Bangalore in Karnataka, India. Namma Metro is India’s second largest metro system in terms of both length and number of stations, after the Delhi Metro. This is the First Metro rail project in India commissioned with 750V DC Third Rail on Standard Gauge. Operator : Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) Operation Start Date: 20 October 2011 300 Transit type : Rapid transit Number of stations : 40 (33 elevated, 7 Operational System length : 42.30 km 6-car Metro to run on purple line soon Dec 22, 2017: Bengaluru Metro trains to get three more coaches, ladies’ coach will be added Feb 03, 2018: Completion of Phase-1 brings better returns for Namma Metro Feb 17, 2018: BMRCL To Prepare DPR For 105-km Long Phase 3 of Metro Project Number of lines : 2 East-west corridor 250 (Purple Line), North-south corridor (Green Line) No. of tracks : 2 Top speed : 80 Kmph 200 Average speed : 34Kmph Daily ridership average : 350,000 Track gauge : Standard Gauge 150 recent Updates 2017 - 2018 100 50 0 Delhi 252 Bangalore Kolkata 42.3 27.39 Chennai Mumbai 27.88 12 Kochi 18 Aug 30, 2017: BMRCL invited bids for Design, Manufacture, Supply, installation, Testing and commissioning of signalling and train control systems for four Extensions of Phase-1 Sep 01, 2017: AIIB mulls to invest 9,599 crore in 6 new projects in India including- Bangalore Metro Rail Project Line R6 Sep 09, 2017: BMRCL started initial construction activities for Metro stations coming up on Hosur Road and demolition of properties started Guragram Jaipur Hyderabad Lucknow 11.7 9.63 30 8.5 Sep 15, 2017: www.railanalysis.com Bangalore Metro Rail released its final alignment for extension of the Purple Line from Baiyappanahalli to Whitefield 91-80- 2296 9300, 2296 9301 [email protected] www.bmrc.co.in 3rd Floor, BMTC Complex, K.H.Road, Shanthinagar Bangalore- 560 027 Underground) Dec 20, 2017: