After the formation of cracks on a pillar along the Purple Line of Namma Metro, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has decided to suspend part of the train services from 28 to 30 December.
The metro services will be suspended between MG Road and Indiranagar Metro Stations along the Purple Line from 8 pm on 28 December as repair works will be carried out.
According to a press release by BMRCL, the train services between Mysuru Road and MG Road, and Indira Nagar and Byappanahalli sections of the Purple Line will, however, continue to be operational. The trains will ply at different headways ranging from 6 to 15 minutes. Services will be normal for the rest of the train network along the purple line.
On 28 December, the trains leaving on or before 7:30 pm from Mysuru Road will run up to Byappanahalli and trains leaving Byappanahalli on or before 7:45 pm will run up to Mysuru Road. Following this, the trains which depart will be running between Mysuru Road and M G Road, and Indiranagar and Byappanahalli stations.
Passengers who want to travel along the Green Line on these days might face inconvenience as the tokens for stations beyond MG Road will be issued only up to 6.45 pm on 28 December.
BMRCL has also organised free feeder bus service between Cubbon Park and Baiyappanahalli Metro Stations between 8 am and 11 pm.
Metro rail service will be restored on 31 December so that late night commuters are not inconvenienced on New Year’s Eve.
On 9 December, a BMRCL team inspecting the metro tracks found cracks (honeycomb formation in concrete) near Trinity Metro Station. On 12 December morning, Metro services were delayed for an hour as BMRCL set up iron beams to support the pillar.
The officials found that the slider (ramp on which tracks are laid) was also dislocated. Repair works are currently being carried out but only after 11 pm. BMRCL had earlier stated that the metro services would stop on 22 and 23 December. However, the dates have been pushed.
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