The A K Rai Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (Southern Circle), will start a three-day inspection of the 12.75-km K R Puram-Whitefield metro line on Wednesday, 22 February 2023. The CMRS inspection is the crucial final step in commissioning a metro line.
BMRCL boss Anjum Parwez said that the CMRS would check everything — from civil, mechanical, electrical and signalling systems to station work. If the CMRS is satisfied that everything is in order, he will issue a certificate in two to three days. But if he makes a remark and asks for adjustments, compliance will take 10 days more, Parwez said.
“We will need a minimum of 15 days to commission the line,” he told.
Currently, speed trials are being run with five train sets at a speed of 90 Kmph on the straight section of the stretch and at 80 kmph on the curved section.
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) will use seven train sets to serve the KR Puram-Whitefield section once it’s opened to the public.
The K R Puram-Whitefield is part of the 15.25-km Whitefield-Baiyappanahalli line, which is an extension of the Purple Line. The opening of the K R Puram-Whitefield line will provide metro connectivity to Bengaluru’s eastern IT hubs, easing traffic congestion in a neighbourhood that’s notorious for vehicular jams.
The 2.5-km Baiyappanahalli-K R Puram section has been delayed because of the placement of an Open Web Girder across the railway track at Benniganahalli. The OWG was placed on February 3. The Baiyappanahalli-K R Puram section is expected to open in June.
The 1.8-km Kengeri-Chellaghatta metro line will also open in June while the 18.82-km line connecting RV Road with Bommasandra (near Electronics City) will open in October this year, Parwez said.
