Bengaluru Metro
The Bengaluru Metro or Namma Metro ( Kannada : ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೊ "our metro") is the subway in the Indian city of Bengaluru, formerly Bangalore . It opened in October 2011. This makes it the third subway in India after the Kolkata Metro (opened in 1984) and the Delhi Metro (opened in 2002). The first expansion phase was completed in June 2017. The Bangaluru Metro has two lines with a length of 42.3 kilometers (33.5 kilometers above ground and 8.8 kilometers in the tunnel) and 40 stations.
history
The planning for the metro began because the city's infrastructure could hardly keep up with the rapid population growth of the now megacity. The building of a high-performance subway network is intended to limit the increasing traffic congestion and increasing air pollution. On June 24, 2006, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the metro. Actual construction began on April 15, 2007.
On October 20, 2011, the first section of the purple line between Byappanahalli and MG Road was opened. The first section of the green line between Peenya Industry and Sampige Road went into operation on March 1, 2014. On May 1, 2015, it was extended from Peenya Industry to Nagasandra . On November 16, 2015, a second section of the purple line followed between Mysore Road and Magadi Road . With the opening of the underground section between Magadi Road and Mahatma Gandhi Road on April 29, 2016, the gap in the purple line was closed. On June 17, 2017, the section of the green line from Sampige Road to Yelachenahalli was finally opened. This completes the entire expansion phase of the Bangalore metro.
Construction work for the second expansion phase began in September 2017.
Route network
First expansion stage
Since the completion of the first expansion phase, the Bangalore metro has a 42.3 kilometer long route network with two lines: the "purple line" running in the east-west direction and the "green line" running in the north-south direction. The two lines cross at Majestic station. A total of 33.5 kilometers run above ground and 8.8 kilometers in the tunnel. There are 40 stations, 33 of which are above ground and seven in the tunnel. Both lines are in standard gauge of 1435 mm.
| line | route | length | Stations | Travel time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mysore Road ↔ Byappanahalli | 18.1 km | 17th | 33 min | |
| Nagasandra ↔ Puttenahalli | 24.2 km | 24 | 44 min |
Second expansion stage
In the long term, a second expansion phase is planned after completion of the first expansion phase. It provides for an extension of the existing routes and two new lines: the existing purple line is to be extended to Whitefield in the east and Kengeri in the west and the green line to the Bangalore International Exhibition Center in the north and Anjapura in the south. There is also a new north-south line from Nagawara to Gottigere and a cross connection from RV Road to Bommasandra . The new lines will enlarge the route network to 114 kilometers.
business
The Bangalore Metro operates between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. Trains run every 10 minutes between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and every 15 minutes during off-peak times. A single trip costs between 10 and 23 rupees . In August 2017, the Bangalore Metro was used by an average of 335,000 people per day.
The government attached great importance to state-of-the-art technology in order to underline Bangalore's claim as a technology metropolis: Customers can purchase a ticket in credit card format. However, there is currently no recharge function, the cards are returned at the end of each journey. Moreover, there are in each car wireless .
The stations were originally signposted in three languages in Kannada , English and Hindi . Signs in Hindi were removed in August 2017 following protests by Kannada activists.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Hindu, May 2, 2007: "When Bangalore truly becomes a metro".
- ^ The Hindu, October 20, 2011: "South India's first metro flagged off". ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Hindu, March 1, 2014: "'This one feels like Namma Metro as it's closer home'".
- ^ The Hindu, May 1, 2015: "Reach 3B of Metro rail flagged off".
- ^ The Economic Times, November 17, 2015: "Western stretch of Namma Metro's purple line inaugurated".
- ^ The Hindu, April 29, 2016: "Underground corridor of Namma Metro inaugurated".
- ↑ NDTV, June 17, 2017: "Amid Delays And Elevated Costs, Bengaluru's Namma Metro Finally Rolls On Saturday".
- ↑ Bangalore Mirror, September 4, 2017: "Work on Metro Phase II starts on Hosur Road".
- ^ Website of the Bangalore Metro: Route Map. ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Website of the Bangalore Metro: Project Highlights . ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The Hindu, January 31, 2014: "Metro phase 2 will link more corners of city".
- ^ Website of the Metro Bangalore: Metro Timings . ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Website of the Bangalore Metro : Metro Fares. ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Hindu, August 24, 2017: "Ridership increases, BMRCL revises frequency".
- ↑ Newsgrape: Test drive: The Metro of Bangalore . ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hindustan Times, July 3, 2017: "'Imposition of Hindi' in Bangalore Metro signboards irks Kannadigas" ; The Times of India, August 5, 2017: "Namma Metro pulls down Hindi signage".
