Bengaluru Metro's long-pending Yellow Line, stretching between RV Road and Bommasandra, connecting with tech hub Electronics City will be operational by May 2025.
"The Yellow Line (19.1 km) from RV Road to Bommasandra will be opened for public service by May 2025," Deputy CM and Bengaluru development minister DK Shivakumar said on March 4, while responding to a query by Bommanahalli MLA M Satish Reddy in the state assembly.
On the status of the Pink Line (21.2 km, Kalena Agrahara to Nagawara), Shivakumar said, "The 7.5 km elevated section (Kalena Agrahara (Gottigere) to Tavarekere (Swagath Cross) of this line will be opened for public service by December 2025, and 13.7 km underground section (Dairy Circle to Nagawara) by December 2026."
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The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) is facing a shortage of rolling stock, which has delayed the Yellow Line, sources familiar with the matter told Moneycontrol.
As reported by Moneycontrol earlier, BMRCL plans to commence operations with three trains running at a 30-minute frequency. "We are hoping to receive the third train by April, followed by the fourth train, so we can start operations," said an official.
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On March 7, 2024, BMRCL began slow trial runs on the Yellow Line (Bommasandra - RV Road), and in February 2025, the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (South Circle), AM Chowdhary inspected two CRRC Nanjing Puzhen trains - one imported from China and the other assembled by its Indian partner, Titagarh Rail Systems.
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In December 2019, CRRC Nanjing Puzhen was awarded the contract to supply 216 coaches to BMRCL with an expected delivery timeline of 173 weeks.
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The Yellow Line was initially scheduled to be operational in December 2021. The delay in coach delivery is primarily attributed to the Indo-China border standoff of June 2020. Subsequently, CRRC faced challenges in identifying a local manufacturer to meet the 75 percent local production requirement under the Make in India initiative. Other factors, including COVID-19, foreign direct investment policies, and trade restrictions with China, further delayed supply. Eventually, CRRC partnered with Kolkata-based Titagarh Rail to manufacture and supply the coaches.
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