Bengaluru Metro refutes reviews indicating Yellow Line launch on Jan 6 | Bangalore Information

This comes after Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya not too long ago introduced that the primary driverless Metro practice from TRSL might be able to be dispatched to Bengaluru on January 6. The unavailability of rolling inventory has been the first cause for the delay in commissioning the Yellow Line.

China’s CRRC Company Ltd was awarded the contract to provide 216 new coaches for Bengaluru Metro’s 73.95 km Section 2 undertaking’s Purple Line (Line-1), Inexperienced Line (Line-2) and Yellow Line (Line-3). CRRC has partnered with Titagarh Rail Methods Ltd (TRSL) to make trainsets in India to adjust to native manufacturing norms.

The manufacturing and supply of the primary practice from Titagarh has missed a number of deadlines and in line with the BMRCL, the trainset is slated to achieve Bengaluru’s Hebbagodi depot by January 15. Additional, the second practice is predicted to be delivered by the top of January or first week of February and the third in April this yr.

Surya stated, “Titagarh has dedicated to ship the second practice by the top of January or first week of February and the third in April. Thereafter they are going to ship 1 practice per thirty days and enhance to 2 trains per thirty days by September. I’ve additionally requested BMRCL to work parallel to get all…approvals in place, to forestall additional delays on that depend. I’ve requested Hon. MoHUA Minister to go to the manufacturing plant on sixth January, flag off the trains to Bengaluru and likewise examine the plant to assist additional expedite issues.”

BMRCL plans to start operations with the three trains at a frequency of each half-hour. The operations for Yellow Line have been anticipated to start out in 2021, however challenges like Covid-19, procurement delays, commerce restrictions with China, and so forth delayed the manufacturing and supply of the trainsets.