Bengaluru to soon have six coach trains to boost transportation

Bengaluru, February 16: Bengaluru ought to be one of the most busiest and sought after city. Boosting advancement of technology and inventions, the BEML has forwarded a helping hand to the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. This initiative has been launched to have six-coach trains that would be put to public use in about two months.

 

This will enable Namma Metro Train a reality by lessening the crowd in the metropolitan city. BEML is expected to hand over all the 150 cars to the BMRCL by June 2019, which will result in six-car trains. This is expected to double the passenger-carrying capacity as metro trains at present have three cars.

The first set of three cars handed over on Wednesday was for the east-west Purple Line that runs between Baiyappanahalli and Mysuru Road.

Bengaluru Development Minister K.J. George said the new cars would have to undergo security checks first. Further he added that Namma Metro has become popular now with the ridership reaching around 4 lakh a day. But the coaches have to go through security checks before being dedicated to the public, which could take a month or two. Once the first set of cars get clearance, the remaining ones will be integrated faster.

Union Minister Ananth Kumar assured BEML that disinvestment of the PSU would not be allowed. He said the HAL airport should not be allowed to remain as it is, keeping in mind the fact that Bengaluru is the aerospace hub.

After promising that the first of the six-coach trains will be reserved for women, BMRCL’s managing team has decided that until the new coaches are integrated into the existing three-coach trains, they will experiment with prioritising entry and exit of women in the first two entrances of trains from March 1.