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    Bengaluru Red Line approval progress

    2024-12-11T11:00:00Z

    INDIA: On December 6, the Karnataka Cabinet approved Phase 3A of the Bengaluru metro, allowing the project to go forward for central government sign-off.

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    Hosur – Bommasandra metro study commissioned

    2024-02-02T05:00:00Z

    INDIA: A feasibility study has been commissioned for a metro line connecting Hosur in Tamil Nadu with Bommasandra, southeast of Bengaluru in Karnataka. Bommasandra is the future terminus of Bengaluru’s Namma Metro Yellow Line, which is under construction with opening now expected this year. The proposed ...

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    Bengaluru metro Purple Line extension opens

    2023-04-04T09:19:00Z

    INDIA: The eastern section of Bengaluru’s Namma Metro Purple Line running 13·7 km from Krishnarajapura to Whitefield (Kadugodi) opened for revenue service on March 26, after an inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi the previous day. Construction of the 12-station extension cost Rs42·5bn. A 2·5 km ...

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    Bengaluru Metro Rail Corp (Namma Metro)

    Opened 2011, India’s third metro. Two lines serving 68 stations. See Bengaluru network map.Work began in 2007 on Phase 1, comprising an east-southwest Purple line (18·1 km) and northwest-south Green line (24·2 km). The elevated east end of the Purple line from Baiyappanahalli to M G Road opened in October ...