Initially, BMRCL plans to operate trains at six-minute intervals during peak hours and 10-minute intervals during non-peak hours
Chief minister DK Shivakumar indicated on Wednesday that PM Modi is likely to inaugurate the line on Nov 15. Initially, BMRCL plans to operate trains at six-minute intervals during peak hours and 10-minute intervals during non-peak hours. CMRS (Southern Circle) V Venkatasubramanian and his team inspected the line between Oct 6 and 8.
A senior BMRCL official said they had submitted compliance reports addressing issues raised by CMRS. Welcoming the CMRS’s clearance, Greater Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda said they were eagerly looking forward to inaugurating the elevated Pink Line and taking another step towards serving people better by expanding the Namma Metro network. There has been growing public demand for BMRCL to open completed Metro stretches as soon as they receive clearances rather than wait for VIP inaugurations. In the past, citizens have symbolically ‘inaugurated’ completed stretches to protest delays in opening the line. In the past, there were instances of BMRCL opening some sections of Namma Metro without waiting for formal inaugurations following public pressure.