Namma Metro

The Bangalore Metro or Namma Metro ( Kannada: ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೊ "Our Metro" ) is a metro in the Indian city of Bangalore. It was opened on 20 October 2011. This makes it the third metro of India after the Kolkata Metro ( opened in 1984 ) and the Delhi Metro ( opened in 2002 ). Currently, a 6.7 km long section with six stations is in operation. By 2014, the network will be expanded to two lines with a total length of 42.3 kilometers and 40 stations.

History

With planning for the Bangalore Metro was started because the city's infrastructure could scarcely keep up with the rapid population growth of the now 8.4 million inhabitants metropolis. Through the construction of an efficient subway network, the increasing traffic congestion and increasing air pollution should be restricted. On 24 June 2006, the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the Metro. The actual construction began on April 15, 2007.

On 20 October 2011, the first section of the Bangalore Metro was opened by the Federal Minister of Urban Planning Kamal Nath. The entire first phase of expansion will be completed in March 2014 [ deprecated]. Longer term, a second phase of 72 kilometers is planned.

Route network

The planning for the first construction phase of the Bangalore Metro provide a 42.3 km rail network with two lines. 33.5 km should run above ground and 8.8 km in tunnel. There are planned 40 stations, of which 33 are above ground and seven in the tunnel. Both routes are executed in standard gauge of 1435 mm.

In the first phase, the Bangalore Metro two lines running east -west direction " purple line " and extending in a north-south direction is to include " green line ". The two lines intersect at the Majestic Railway Station. Currently, a 6.7 km long section of the purple line with six stations between Byappanahalli and MG Road in operation (as of October 2011).

Operation

The Bangalore Metro is 6-22 clock in operation. Between 8 and 20 clock the trains run at 10 -minute intervals, in the off-peak times at 15- minute intervals. The operators of the Bangalore Metro assume a capacity of up to 80,000 passengers per day. A single ticket costs 10-15 rupees.

The Government attached great importance to the latest technology to the claim of Bangalore to underline as a technology hub: Customers can purchase a ticket in credit card format. However, there is still no charging function, the cards are returned at the end of each trip. Moreover, there is in each car an Internet connection via W - LAN.