Bengaluru's Yellow Line Metro inauguration
■ From Monday to Saturday, Yellow Line trains will start at 6.30am from Delta Electronics Bommasandra & at 7.10am from RV Road. In other Metro lines, services start at 5am; the delay here is because of just three trainsets being available
■ The running time on the section is 35 minutes in each direction, with halts at every station
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■ There are 16 stations in all
■ The last train from Delta Electronics Bommasandra will depart at 10.42pm, while the last one from RV Road Interchange station will depart at 11.55pm
■ Trains will run every 25 mins; frequency will be reduced after 10pm
■ On Sundays, train services will commence at 7am with the same headway
■ Fare between the terminal stations is Rs 60
■ Tokens, NCMCs, BMRCL smart cards, and QR tickets will be available and will function seamlessly
■ Metro commuters using iPhones can download the official
Namma Metro
app from Aug 11 and use it to purchase QR tickets or recharge BMRCL smart cards
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PM QUIZZES STUDENTS ON DREAMS
During an interaction with schoolchildren on the Metro ride from RV Road to Bommasandra, PM Modi asked them about their favourite subjects, career aspirations, sports activities, and the importance of education.
"One question was whether we prefer buying Indian-made products or foreign ones, and if we check where they are made," a student said. "We told him we prefer Indian products — though we joked we were lying. He wanted to know about our awareness on supporting local products."
Another student said the PM asked what they wanted to become and advised them to excel in studies and perform well in exams. A third student recalled Modi's humour: "He even asked if we sometimes fall asleep during lectures and shared that, as a student, he used to doze off during geography class.
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We felt proud that he interacted with govt school children."
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DIVERSIONS & CLOSURES HIT COMMUTERS
Traffic diversions and temporary Metro station closures on Sunday morning inconvenienced citizens. For security reasons, BMRCL shut stations between RV Road and Lalbagh, while police diverted traffic from Jayadeva towards RV Road, affecting buses to Banashankari.
"Seven of our family members boarded a bus from Marathahalli to Banashankari, but after Jayadeva it was diverted to Jayanagar," said Harsha D, a commuter.
Residents of Marenahalli also struggled to access the main road. The diversions caused congestion on several stretches, and police temporarily closed the double-decker flyover from Ragigudda to Silk Board.
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PINK LINE DEADLINE PUSHED TO SEPT 2026
The 21km Kalena Agrahara-Nagawara Pink Line of Namma Metro will now be fully operational only by Sept 2026, according to BMRCL. The line will open in two stages — a 7.5km elevated stretch from Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere by March 2026, followed by the 13.8km underground section to Nagawara six months later.
The elevated section's opening will also allow full-scale operations at the Jayadeva interchange station, linking the Yellow and Pink lines. Phase II of Namma Metro covers 75km of expansion, of which 54km are already running. Once the Pink Line is completed, Bengaluru's Metro network will approach 120km.
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