The sixth Yellow Line train at the Hebbagodi depot. DH FILE PHOTO
Bengaluru: Trains on the Yellow Line will likely run every 12 minutes from December 22 when the sixth train enters service.
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) received the six-coach trainset in the last week of November.
The coaches were manufactured near Kolkata by Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL) under a sub-contract with China's CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co Ltd, which is supplying 36 trainsets for Rs 1,578 crore.
The sixth train needs to complete a 750-km mainline run, along with signalling interface tests, before entering passenger service.
A senior BMRCL official said plans were underway to induct the train on December 22, ahead of Christmas.
While peak-hour frequency will improve to about 12 minutes, the BMRCL may not advance the start of train services from the current 6 am.
At least one train may be kept aside as a traffic spare for emergencies, another official added.
The 19.15-km RV Road-Bommasandra metro corridor opened on August 11 and has pushed up daily ridership to over a million, but passengers are unhappy with low frequency and late start time. The current peak-hour frequency is 15 minutes.