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The State Town Planning Department had recommended looking into a mass rapid transit project, i.e. a metro for Bengaluru city, back in 1977. A high-level Committee had also agreed that a metro study was warranted and a team from Southern Railway (SR) was commissioned to do this in 1981.
The Namma Metro (English: Our metro), also known as Bangalore Metro, is the rapid transit system serving the city of Bangalore in India. [1] Out of the operational 68 metro stations of Namma Metro as of November 2024, there are 59 elevated stations, eight underground stations and one at-grade station. [2] [3] Evolution of Namma Metro
The Yellow Line of Namma Metro is a nearly-completed part of the metro rail network of Bengaluru, India. The 18.82 km (11.69 mi)-long line connects R.V. Road with Bommasandra, and is fully elevated with 16 stations. [1] R.V. Road station is the terminal station within the city, with an interchange with the Green Line.
Transport in Bengaluru consists of several intracity commute modes such as BMTC buses, Namma Metro rail services, taxis and auto rickshaws, as well as several intercity forms of transport: Government operated KSRTC, NWKRTC, KKRTC, other states RTC buses, Private bus operators, trains, and flights.
The metro service runs from 5 am and 12 am daily. The end-to-end travel time on a Purple Line train is 82 minutes. [67] From 7 November 2016, Purple Line trains began running at an interval of every 4 minutes between 9:10 am and 9:58 am to handle rising passenger traffic during morning peak hour. [68]
Thalaghattapura is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Green Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru, India. [1] [2] This station was opened on 21 January 2021 to the public. The station was inaugurated along with five other stations, as a part of the Green Line extension. [3] [4]
A foot overbridge connecting the metro station with platform 10 of the Bangalore City railway station was opened on 18 February 2019. The BMRC reported that monthly ridership at the metro station was 175,000 passengers per day prior to opening the bridge, and increased to 250,000 two months after its opening.
Mysuru Road is an elevated metro station on the East-West corridor of the Purple Line of Namma Metro serving Muthachari Industrial Estate, Nayandahalli and Deepanjali Nagar in Bengaluru. It was opened to the public on 16 November 2015. [1] [2] This metro station is proposed to act as an interchange for the upcoming Orange Line under Phase 3.