Metro Rail News December 2016
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METRO RAIL PROJECTS IN INDIA|<br />
Bangalore <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> Project<br />
The Bangalore <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> Corporation Ltd (BMRCL),<br />
a joint venture of the Government of India and<br />
the Government of Karnataka, built and operates the<br />
Namma <strong>Metro</strong>. Services operate daily between 06:00<br />
and 22:00 running with a headway varying between<br />
8–10 minutes. The trains are composed of three cars.<br />
The power output is supplied by 750V DC<br />
through third rail. Namma <strong>Metro</strong> was the first rail<br />
transport system in India to use 750V DC third rail<br />
traction. The system has a mix of underground, atgrade,<br />
and elevated stations using standard-gauge<br />
tracks. The metro has an average daily ridership of<br />
175,000 passengers.<br />
Line First operational /<br />
Expected First Run<br />
Total<br />
Stations<br />
Length<br />
(km)<br />
Terminals<br />
Status<br />
Line-1 (Purple) 20 October 2011 17 18.22 Baiyyappanahalli to Mysore Road Operational<br />
Line-2 (Green) 1 March 2014 13 13.30 M.S. Sampige Road to Nagasandra Operational<br />
Line-3 <strong>December</strong> 2020 16 18.80 R V Road to Bommasandra Approved<br />
Line-4 <strong>December</strong> 2020 18 21.25 Gottigere to Nagawara Approved<br />
ORR <strong>Metro</strong> 13 17 Silk Board to K.R. Puram Approved<br />
Line-1 Extension <strong>December</strong> 2020 5 6.46 Mysore Road to Kengeri Approved<br />
Line-1 Extension <strong>December</strong> 2020 13 15.50 Baiyyappanahalli to Whitefield Approved<br />
Line-2 Extension April 2017 10 12 M.S. Sampige Road to Puttenahalli Under construction<br />
Rapid <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> Gurgaon<br />
Rapid <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> Gurgaon is a metro system in the<br />
Indian city of Gurgaon, linked with the Delhi <strong>Metro</strong><br />
systems’s Yellow Line at Sikandarpur. Built and<br />
operated by Rapid <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> Gurgaon Limited<br />
(RMGL), the system is India's first fully privately<br />
financed metro. It was built at a cost of nearly ₹11<br />
billion (US$160 million) and construction was<br />
completed in 30 months. Originally planned to open<br />
in 2012, the first phase of the system opened on 14<br />
November 2013. The project was initially conceived<br />
as a collaborative venture between real estate<br />
developer DLF and Infrastructure Leasing &<br />
Financial Services (IL&FS), a subsidiary of the Saudi<br />
Binladin Group. But DLF, facing financial problems,<br />
pulled out and IL&FS became the sole owner. This<br />
line connects the commercial areas of Gurgaon, and it<br />
acts as a feeder link to the people.<br />
Line First operational /<br />
Expected First Run<br />
Total<br />
Stations<br />
Length<br />
(km)<br />
Terminals<br />
Status<br />
Section-1 14 November 2013 6 5.1 Sikanderpur to Phase-3 Operational<br />
Section-2 January 2017 5 7 Phase-1 to Sector 55-56 Under construction<br />
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