Namma Metro: Commercial Operations on the Yellow Line May Begin in December
Namma Metro: BMRCL announced that the much-awaited Yellow Line with driverless metro trains will start in December, with a total of 8 trains running every 15 minutes. More train coaches are expected to arrive in Bengaluru in August.
Bengaluru, July 18: The work on the Namma Metro Yellow Line is almost complete. The driverless electrification metro (Namma Metro) is ready for service on the 19 km long RV Road-Bommasandra route.
BMRCL officials have announced good news for metro passengers, stating that the Yellow Line will start by the end of this year. Initially, a total of eight trains will be ready for service every 15 minutes, the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) said on Wednesday.
Earlier, BMRCL was preparing to start the Yellow Line service with six to seven trains running every 20 minutes. However, this plan has now been changed.
Major civil and systems works, costing Rs 5,745 crore, have been completed on this stretch connecting RV Road to Bommasandra. The 19.15 km route has 16 stops, including Jayadeva Hospital, BTM Layout, Silk Board Junction, and Electronics City.
Jayadeva Hospital, India’s tallest metro station at 39 meters, will be the interchange station. The junction has six levels, including an underpass, road, flyover, Yellow Line platform, concourse, and Pink Line platform.
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Commercial Operations on the Yellow Line May Begin in December!
A full-scale trial on the Yellow Line was carried out on June 13, with six bogies from China fitted to the train in February.
Trial runs, including oscillation trials and safety clearance, are expected to be completed by September-October. Commercial operations may begin in December.
China’s CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co. Ltd is supplying 216 coaches (36 trains) to BMRCL for Rs 1,578 crore. Twelve coaches are manufactured in China, while the rest are assembled in West Bengal by CRRC’s Indian partner, Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL). TRSL started production on May 18.
BMRCL Managing Director M. Maheshwar Rao said that the first six-coach train from TRSL is expected to reach Bengaluru by August 10 or 15.
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