<p>Bengaluru: Metro trains from the terminal stations of the Yellow Line will run between 5 am and 11 pm, in line with the operational timings of the existing network. </p>.<p>The long-delayed line will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 10, while passenger service will begin the next morning. </p>.<p>With this, the Namma Metro network will expand to 96.1 km while Phase 2 will increase to 53.8 km. </p>.<p>With only three driverless trains available for passenger operations every 25 minutes, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) expects rather modest ridership — around 25,000 passengers per day. However, daily ridership is expected to rise to 2 lakh once full-scale operations begin early next year with 15 trains. </p>.Namma Metro Yellow Line to be inaugurated by PM Modi on August 10; frequency 25 mins .<p>"With a 25-minute frequency, we don't expect many passengers to use the Yellow Line. But ridership should rise to 1.5-2 lakh once all 15 trains are running," a senior BMRCL official in the know told <span class="italic"><em>DH</em></span>. </p>.<p>The BMRCL has dropped its earlier plan to open only seven stations. </p>.<p>"We've found it feasible to open all 16 stations at a 25-minute frequency. Opening fewer stations would have further reduced ridership," another senior official said. </p>.<p>One-way travel time will be about 38 minutes. </p>.<p>With a daily ridership of 25,000 from the Yellow Line, the BMRCL expects an additional Rs 10-15 lakh daily. But daily earnings will reach at least Rs 60 lakh with full-scale operations. </p>.<p>The Yellow Line's opening will end years of wait for the residents of southern and southeastern Bengaluru. </p>.<p>This corridor will bring metro to the tech hub of Electronics City and is expected to decongest the Silk Board Junction. </p>.<p>The construction contracts were split in three packages and awarded to two companies for Rs 5,056.99 crore in 2017. </p>.<p>Two packages were slated to complete in 2021. The third package, which includes South India's first double-deck viaduct for metro and road traffic, was expected to take longer. </p>.<p>Though most of the construction wrapped up in 2023, the line couldn't open due to a shortage of trains. </p>.<p>In December 2019, the BMRCL awarded a Rs 1,578-crore contract to China's CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co Ltd to supply 36 trainsets — 15 for the Yellow Line and 21 for the Purple and Green lines — in 173 weeks. </p>.<p>CRRC was to make 75% of the trains in India. Its plan to set up a manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh didn't materliase and it later partnered with the Bengal-based Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL). TRSL later struggled because Chinese engineers couldn't get visas in time. </p>.<p>A fourth train for the Yellow Line is expected to arrive by August 10, but will require three weeks of testing before entering service. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: Metro trains from the terminal stations of the Yellow Line will run between 5 am and 11 pm, in line with the operational timings of the existing network. </p>.<p>The long-delayed line will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 10, while passenger service will begin the next morning. </p>.<p>With this, the Namma Metro network will expand to 96.1 km while Phase 2 will increase to 53.8 km. </p>.<p>With only three driverless trains available for passenger operations every 25 minutes, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) expects rather modest ridership — around 25,000 passengers per day. However, daily ridership is expected to rise to 2 lakh once full-scale operations begin early next year with 15 trains. </p>.Namma Metro Yellow Line to be inaugurated by PM Modi on August 10; frequency 25 mins .<p>"With a 25-minute frequency, we don't expect many passengers to use the Yellow Line. But ridership should rise to 1.5-2 lakh once all 15 trains are running," a senior BMRCL official in the know told <span class="italic"><em>DH</em></span>. </p>.<p>The BMRCL has dropped its earlier plan to open only seven stations. </p>.<p>"We've found it feasible to open all 16 stations at a 25-minute frequency. Opening fewer stations would have further reduced ridership," another senior official said. </p>.<p>One-way travel time will be about 38 minutes. </p>.<p>With a daily ridership of 25,000 from the Yellow Line, the BMRCL expects an additional Rs 10-15 lakh daily. But daily earnings will reach at least Rs 60 lakh with full-scale operations. </p>.<p>The Yellow Line's opening will end years of wait for the residents of southern and southeastern Bengaluru. </p>.<p>This corridor will bring metro to the tech hub of Electronics City and is expected to decongest the Silk Board Junction. </p>.<p>The construction contracts were split in three packages and awarded to two companies for Rs 5,056.99 crore in 2017. </p>.<p>Two packages were slated to complete in 2021. The third package, which includes South India's first double-deck viaduct for metro and road traffic, was expected to take longer. </p>.<p>Though most of the construction wrapped up in 2023, the line couldn't open due to a shortage of trains. </p>.<p>In December 2019, the BMRCL awarded a Rs 1,578-crore contract to China's CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co Ltd to supply 36 trainsets — 15 for the Yellow Line and 21 for the Purple and Green lines — in 173 weeks. </p>.<p>CRRC was to make 75% of the trains in India. Its plan to set up a manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh didn't materliase and it later partnered with the Bengal-based Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL). TRSL later struggled because Chinese engineers couldn't get visas in time. </p>.<p>A fourth train for the Yellow Line is expected to arrive by August 10, but will require three weeks of testing before entering service. </p>
