Bengaluru: Seven sets of trains will soon be added to the Metro Namma fleet.
This step will be surprising for many passengers who are worried that service frequency can reduce after the cengeri (mysuru road-cementer) operational.
While Kanakapura Road (Silk Institute-Yelachenahalli) Metro was inaugurated on January 14, commercial operations on Kengli Metro are expected to start next month.
After the metro cengeri is assigned, the total network of Metro Namma will be 55km.
This includes a 30-km green line (Institute of Nagasandra-Silk) and the purple line 25 km (byappanahalli-cengeri) at this time, the metro has 50 sets of traces of six coaches.
In 2019, BMRCL contracted Rs 400 Crore to BEML, PSU under the Ministry of Defense, to supply 42 trainers (7 train trainers).
BMRCL officials said testing would induce a new train set.
“The existing fleet of 50 trains will be used for corridors of the cengeri too.
Seven additions delivered by the BEML will be appointed after complete testing,” said BL Yashwanth Chavan, Head of Public Relations Public Relations BMRCL.
Chavan said the train frequency would be five minutes during rush hour and 10 minutes during non-peak hours.
However, Metro Daily motorists have been reduced from 4.5-5 lakh to 1.6-1.8 lakh because of the fear of the virus and working from home.
Chinese companies to provide 216 coaches from June 2022BMRCL in 2020 contracts to China CRRC Corporation Ltd to provide 216 coaches.
Officials of Said CRRC Subsidiary Children, CRRR Nanjing Puzhen Co.
Ltd., will supply rolling stocks for the Phase 2 Metro project from June-December 2022.
CRRC is establishing a factory in the city of SRI, Andhra Pradesh, to produce 75% of these coaches.
216 trainers include 126 (21 car trains) for purple and green lines and 90 (15 traces of six cars) for the yellow line (RV Road-Bomasandra).
“This coach is mainly needed for the Whitefield and Bic corridors on purple and green lines,” said a senior BMRCL official.
The deadline for the Metro part is: Metro Bic (September 2022), Metro Whitefield Metro and Metro Electronics (December 2022).
Depot work makes slow progress that has eliminated fears that the delay established a new depot – needed for maintenance and train parking – can affect the service.
“Depots in BYappanahalli and PEENYA can meet operational requirements including these two extensions (cengeri and kanakapura road).
We also plan five additional mining lines at the PEENYA Depot,” Chavan said.
He said the two depots could meet the maintenance requirements of the existing train sets and new.
BMRCL statistics show 12% of civil work ended in Depot Kadugodi (Challaghatta-Whitefield), 34% in Hebbagodi (RV Road – Bommasandra) and 4% in Kothanur (Kalena Agrahara to Nagawara).
“The Civil Work Tender for Anjanapura Depot (Madavara (BIC) – Silk Institute) has recently been given.
A detailed design consultant has been appointed for the Challaghatta (Challaghatta-Whitefield) depot but the civil tender has not been invited.
For the Shettigere Depot (silk board – Kuram – Kempegowda International Airport), DDC tender has been invited, “Chavan said.
However, BMRCL refused to give the deadline for completion of this depot.
Network length: Bengaluru to overtake Chennaiwith part of the cengeri 7.4km, Bengaluru will have the third longest operational network in India after Delhi (347km) and Hyderabad (67km).
This will follow Chennai (54km).
The network in Bengaluru is 48 km.
On October 20, 2011, the first Metro Train of South India drowned from MG Road to Byappanahalli for a period of 6.7 km.
Although the Metro Rail system in Hyderabad (2017) and Chennai (2015) began far later, they have now followed Bengaluru.
Delhi Metro began in 2002.
Mumbai Metro began in 2014 and developed at a speed faster than Bengaluru.