Archive · 14 Sep 2026
Bengaluru Metro Adds Six-Coach Trains To Ease Peak-Hour Crowding
Bengaluru Metro plans to add longer trains on two busy lines.
The new trains will have six coaches instead of fewer coaches.
They are meant to carry more people at once.
This may make morning and evening travel less crowded.
The metro company has received permission to run the new trains.
Four trains have already arrived.
Seventeen more are expected to come over time.
The trains will operate on the Purple and Green Lines.
These lines connect many important parts of Bengaluru.
BMRCL received safety authorization to operate new six-coach CRRC trains on the Purple and Green Lines.
Four of 21 planned trainsets have arrived and will progressively enter revenue service.
The remaining 17 trainsets are expected to arrive at roughly two per month.
The trains are intended to increase peak-hour capacity and improve train availability.
The Purple Line runs from Challaghatta to Whitefield, while the Green Line connects Madavara with Silk Institute.
- Who
- Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited, with authorization from the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety, Southern Circle.
- What
- New six-coach CRRC trainsets will be introduced on the Purple and Green Lines.
- When
- The four available trainsets will progressively enter service; the remaining 17 are expected at about two per month.
- Where
- Bengaluru’s Purple and Green Metro Lines.
- Why
- To improve train availability and add capacity during peak hours, helping reduce crowding.
- Trainsets planned
- 21 six-coach trainsets
- Trainsets received
- 4
- Trainsets still expected
- 17
- Expected delivery rate
- About 2 trainsets per month
- Purple Line route
- Challaghatta to Whitefield (Kadugodi), approximately 42.17 km and 37 stations
- Green Line route
- Madavara to Silk Institute, approximately 33.03 km and 32 stations
- Signalling system
- Distance-to-Go (DTG) signalling