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.
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.
BANGALORE marked the extension of metro services into the city's western districts on November 16, when the chief minister of Karnataka state Mr S Siddaramaiah inaugurated the 6.8km Magadi Road - Mysuru Road section of the Purple Line.
DELHI Metro Rail Corporation has awarded an Rs 6.45bn ($US 100m) contract to BEML, India, for 75 broad-gauge metro cars.
BANGALORE welcomed its second metro line on February 28, with the inauguration of the northern section of the Green Line between Sampige Road in Malleshwaram and Peenya Industry.
THE Indian cabinet announced on January 30 that it has approved plans for the Rs 264bn ($US 4.2bn) second phase of the Bangalore metro network.
BANGALORE Metro Rail Corporation today began dynamic testing of the first trains for the Namma Metro Green Line at Peenya depot.
