PM Modi flags off Bengaluru Metro’s Pink Line, undertakes ride with CM Shivakumar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line by flagging off train services. He also took a train ride with Governor Sudha Yadav, Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, MP Tejasvi Surya and minister Krishna Byre Gowda.

(PTI Video)He also took a train ride with Governor Sudha Yadav, Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, MP Tejasvi Surya and minister Krishna Byre Gowda. The new section of Namma Metro will open to the public at 6 am on November 14.

The launch will take Bengaluru's operational Metro network to 103.6 km, making it India's second-largest Metro network after Delhi. The Pink Line is expected to improve connectivity for commuters travelling from Bannerghatta Road towards the Electronic City corridor and other parts of the Metro network.

Here is a look at the route, interchange facilities, train frequency and other key features of the new section. The elevated 7.5-km section will run from Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere, covering the stretch through Suddaguntepalya.

It is expected to connect with the Electronic City line at Jayadeva station. The Jayadeva interchange is expected to make the new section more useful by allowing commuters to switch to the Electronic City corridor and continue their journeys towards HSR Layout, Jayanagar and Whitefield.

Services on the newly inaugurated section will initially operate at intervals of eight minutes. Five trains have been allocated to the line, of which four will operate regularly and one will remain on standby. The initial eight-minute frequency could be reduced after signalling stabilises and officials assess passenger demand, Gowda said.

"First, the signalling has to improve - it has to stabilise," he said. "We will decide in the coming days about reducing the interval, based on both these factors," he added. The minister said fares for the new section had not yet been discussed.

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