Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been also started three Vande Bharat trains from KSR Bengaluru City railway station and laid the foundation stone for the Rs 15,610 crore Bengaluru Metro Phase 3 project.
Modi Flags Yellow Line
On Sunday afternoon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially opened the 19-kilometer Yellow Line between Electronics City and Bommasandra in the Bengaluru Metro.
After starting the line, Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled on the Metro to the Electronics City station from RV Road (Ragigudda) to its destination.
While BJP workers waited at stations to welcome him and cheer for him, Modi also talked with students on the Metro. Some stations had cultural shows. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also talked with women Metro staff as well as other people.
Yellow Line Joins Network
The upcoming Yellow Line is part of the Phase-2 project along with contains 16 stations with a construction cost of around Rs 7,160 crore. The Yellow Line’s inauguration will bring Bengaluru’s operational metro network up to 96 kilometers.
Two line
Purple Line
Length: 43.4 km (Challaghatta–Whitefield)
Stations: 38
Intersects with: Yellow Line
Green Line
Length: 33.4 km (Madavara–Silk Institute)
Stations: 31
Bengaluru Metro has been operational since 2011.
With a current length of 353.3 km and a start date of December 2002, Delhi Metro is the biggest metro network in the nation.
Yellow Line Boosts Connectivity
Yellow Line construction started in 2017 and was scheduled to be finished in 2021, but it was postponed for three years because to the COVID-19 epidemic and a lack of rolling stock after the Indo-China dispute.
Central Silk Board – Interchange with the upcoming Blue Line connecting Central Silk Board to Kempegowda International Airport.
Jayadeva – Interchanging with the upcoming Pink Line (Kalena Agrahara–Nagawara corridor).
Rashtriya Vidyalaya Road – Interchanging with upcoming Green Line.
Yellow Line would enhance connection to nearby residential neighborhoods, hospitals, educational institutions, and industrial centers on Hosur Road. It will run along important technological corridors that are home to businesses like Infosys, Wipro, Biocon, Delta, and Tech Mahindra.
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Beratena Agrahara
Electronics City
Infosys Foundation Konappana Agrahara
Biocon Hebbagodi
Bommanahalli
Hongasandra
Kudlu Gate
Singasandra
Hosa Road
RV Road
Ragigudda
Jayadeva
BTM Layout
Central Silk Board
Delta Electronics Bommasandra
With stops at every station, BMRCL intends to run trains in both directions every 25 minutes. Three trains will start service, with around 72 daily journeys in each direction throughout an 18-hour period.
Maximum fare for trips
Yellow Line will be Rs 60.
Purple and Green Lines would be Rs 90.
Among those in attendance were
Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya
Karnataka Governor Thawarchand Gehlot
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar
Union Minister of Housing as well as Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar
Narendra Modi Launches Major Projects
Prime minister Narendra Modi also laid the cornerstone for the Bengaluru Metro Phase 3 project, which would cost Rs 15,610 crore and include 31 elevated stations and more than 44 km of network to serve residential, commercial, industrial, and educational regions.
Additionally, at KSR Bengaluru City railway station, he signaled the departure of three Vande Bharat Express trains that link Bengaluru to Belagavi, Amritsar to Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, and Nagpur (Ajni) to Pune.
With 1,013 kilometers of metro service spread across 23 cities and a daily passenger volume of over 1.12 crore, India now has the third-largest metro network in the world.