The Bengaluru Metro Rail Company Restricted (BMRCL) is making an attempt to start trial runs on the much-awaited Purple Line extension from Baiyappanahalli to Whitefield on October 25, mentioned senior officers on the Bengaluru Metro Rail Company.
The trials of the Purple Line between Baiyappanahalli and Ok R Puram had been initially slated to start in September, however the BMRCL missed the deadline on account of delays reportedly attributable to the heavy rainfall in Bengaluru in September. The company is now focusing on the Diwali week for the trial runs of this part.
BMRCL Managing Director Anjum Parvez mentioned the company is “making an attempt to start the trials on October 25”. The BMRCL was earlier focusing on a December 2022 completion of the extension to Whitefield if the Baiyappanahalli-Ok R Puram trials had been to start in September.
Parvez had final month said that efforts had been being made to conduct the trials in the midst of October. “The trial run scheduled earlier was delayed on account of rainfall. It’s now postponed to mid-week of October. Nonetheless, we’ve got already began the guide trolley trials, that are normally finished earlier than experimenting with the trains. The trial runs with the prepare will go on for at the very least two months until December,” he mentioned.
The Baiyapanahalli to Whitefield stretch of the Purple Line runs over 15 km and can have two reaches: R1A — a stretch of 8.67 km operating from Baiyappanahalli to Seetharama Palya — and a 7.14 km stretch labeled R1B from Seetharama Palya to Whitefield.
The BMRCL will initially run trials between Baiyapanahalli to Ok R Puram on the R1A stretch with one cease at Benniganahalli.
The finished Baiyapanahalli to Whitefield stretch will even have stops at Mahadevapura, Garudacharpalya, Hoodi Junction, Seetharama Palya, Kundalahalli, Nallurhalli, Sri Sathya Sai Hospital, Pattandur Agrahara, Kadugodi, Channasandra and Whitefield.
The extension of the Bengaluru Metro from Baiyapanahalli to Whitefield is predicted to profit 1000’s of commuters on the stretch who’re compelled to endure over two hours in site visitors each day to get to Whitefield or journey to town from Whitefield.
“The opening of the road earlier than the New Yr is unlikely. Though main building work is already accomplished, we’re organising a 65-meter single girder at Baiyappanahalli depot, simply forward of the railway crossing. There’s different depot work remaining the place we’ve got to arrange a ramp to convey the prepare to the depot at Baiyappanahalli. The general public can use the road in February 2023 if all issues go properly,” mentioned Parvez.
The Baiyapanahalli -Whitefield Bengaluru Metro line is predicted to profit round three lakh passengers.