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Bengaluru Metro Yellow Line carries 3.8 crore riders in first year
The Namma Metro Yellow Line is a special train system in Bengaluru, a big city in India.
It connects a busy office area called Electronic City to other parts of the city.
The Yellow Line just finished its first year of running, like celebrating its first birthday.
In that one year, more than 3.8 crore people rode on it, which is a huge number.
At first, the line had only three trains, so people waited a long time, about 35 minutes.
Now it has ten trains, and during busy times a train comes every seven minutes.
The metro helps office workers get to work without using cars, which is better for the environment.
One company, Biocon, says its employees avoided 99 tonnes of carbon emissions by riding the metro.
The metro also works with buses to help people reach the stations.
This makes the roads less crowded and the city cleaner.
The Namma Metro Yellow Line carried more than 3.8 crore passengers during its first year of commercial operations.
BMRCL launched the 19-km line in August 2025 with just three trains running every 35 minutes.
Average daily ridership rose from 81,365 in August 2025 to about 1.5 lakh by July 2026.
The line now operates 10 trains with seven-minute peak-hour frequency, set to be reduced to six minutes.
BMRCL and BMTC run 28 feeder buses making about 300 daily trips for more than 15,000 passengers.
Biocon employees made over 77,000 Metro journeys, avoiding an estimated 99 tonnes of carbon emissions.
- Who
- The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), along with BMTC, IT companies such as Biocon, and thousands of daily commuters.
- What
- The Namma Metro Yellow Line completed its first year of commercial operations, carrying more than 3.8 crore passenger journeys.
- Where
- Bengaluru, connecting RV Road with the Electronic City IT corridor along Hosur Road.
- When
- From August 2025, when operations launched, through the end of its first year around August 2026, with ridership data reported through July 2026.
- Why
- To provide a public transport alternative for IT professionals and commuters and ease traffic pressure on one of Bengaluru's busiest IT corridors.
Key facts
- Route
- RV Road to Electronic City (19 km)
- First-year ridership
- More than 3.8 crore passenger journeys
- Commercial launch
- August 2025
- Opening-month daily ridership
- 81,365 (August 2025)
- Daily ridership by July 2026
- Around 1.5 lakh passengers
- Trains in operation
- 10
- Peak-hour frequency
- Every 7 minutes (6 minutes planned)
- Feeder buses
- 28 BMTC buses, about 300 trips daily for 15,000+ passengers









