Bengaluru’s Yellow Line Metro gets fifth trainset, frequency to improve by mid-October

Bengaluru’s Yellow Line Metro received the fifth train set on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 to the warehouse. According to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) officials, the train will be put into service until mid -October after the compulsory test and the frequency of operation will increase to about 15 minutes.

Test cycle

Coaches were sent in the trailers from the Titagarh Rail Systems Limited, which is based in the early 19th September. After gathering in the warehouse, the train will enter a 20 -day test cycle. “Trainset, signaling, telecommunications and power supply networks and system integration, including system integration, should undergo various tests,“ he said.

The yellow line, an important 18.82 km corridor connecting the RV Road to Bommasandra, was opened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 10 and opened for commercial operations the next day. It connects the Southern Neighborhoods and Electronic City to the Metro Network. However, only three trains were present at the launch, while passengers faced more than 25 minutes at busy hours, which led to serious overcrowding. When a fourth train set was added on September 10, the situation developed very little and reduced the frequency to 19 minutes.

On the launch of the yellow line, there were only three trains, while the vehicles faced more than 25 minutes at busy hours, which led to serious overcrowding. File | Photo Loan: Murali Kumar K

Alleviate clogging

Authorities say the arrival of the fifth set will make the blockage even easier, but additional trains will be necessary to reach optimum service levels.

Each train in the corridor is equipped with communication -based train control (CBTC) technology that provides driverless operations for Namma Metro. While the CBTC system can reduce the intervals between trains between the existing 150 seconds and 90 seconds, manual operation continues by trained locomotive pilots in the first stage.

Delays in the purchase of the rolling stock slowed the project. For the corridor, civilians were completed about a year before they commissioned, but the trains were not present in time. In 2019, the Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CRRC won 1,578 CRORE-1,578 CRORE agreement to supply 216 coaches on the condition of establishing production in India. After not being able to meet this requirement, CRRC encountered a few notifications from BMRCL and the threat of 372 Crore bank guarantee.

The project gained momentum after establishing a partnership with the Titagarh Rail Systems, which began to supply CRRC’s Trainsets. Nevertheless, deliveries were behind the program and forced the BMRCL to open the yellow line with a skeletal fleet.