Bangalore Metro | CM Kumaraswamy flags off second six coach metro train
Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday flagged off the second six coach metro train at Kempegowda metro station in Bengaluru. The long-delayed foot-over bridge, which connects metro station and KSRTC bus stand in Majestic, was also thrown open for public use. “The six-coach train has a carrying capacity of over 2,000 passengers at a time. We will operate it on the busy East-West Corridor (Baiyappanahalli - Mysuru road),” BMRCL MD Ajay Seth told reporters. He said over 19,000 passe. The six-coach train has a carrying capacity of over 2,000 passengers at a time. We will operate it on the busy East-West Corridor (Baiyappanahalli - Mysuru road),” BMRCL MD Ajay Seth told reporters. He said over 19,000 passengers use services on the East-West between 9.30am and 10.30am but the North-South Corridor (Nagasandra - Yelechenahalli) records a ridership of only 8,000. The BMRCL, Seth said, would introduce the third set of six-coach trains in October-end. The City r...