Bengaluru Metro will have 170km network, 17 lakh ridership by 2024: BMRCL MD

BENGALURU: Namma Metro’s network will be extended from 56km to 170km and its daily ridership is expected to increase to 17 lakh by 2024, said BMRCL managing director Anjum Parwez.
Currently, daily Metro ridership is 3.3-3.5 lakh. Before the pandemic, it was around 5 lakh.
Asked about the status of the Metro corridors, Parwez said: “Challaghatta station (2km Kengeri-Challaghatta extension) will be ready by September 2022 and the 3km stretch of Nagasandra-Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (Madavara) will be operational by October-November 2022”.