Bengaluru Metro to hold trial runs on Purple Line extension to KR Puram from September

Trial runs on the much-awaited Purple Line extension of the Bengaluru Metro from Baiyappanahalli to Whitefield will begin in September, senior officials at the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation have stated.

Trials on the Purple Line between Baiyappanahalli and KR Puram will begin in September and the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) hopes to complete the extension to Whitefield by December 2022, BMRCL managing director Anjum Parvez said.

“We are planning to have the trial up to KR Puram in September and then let us see how much time it will take after. We are planning for completion by December, let us see,” Parvez said.