After facing years of delays, Bengaluru metro’s longest underground section is finally making steady progress. This was clear from three under-construction stations and a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that DH visited recently.
MG Road, Bengaluru’s most famous high street, is getting a new metro station more than 62 feet below the surface. Part of the Pink Line, this station will be integrated with the existing Purple Line, and bring the CBD closer to the city’s southern and northeastern suburbs.
The 21.26-km Pink Line has a 13.76-km underground section and a 7.5-km elevated section, connecting Kalena Agrahara, Bannerghatta Road, to Nagavara. It has 18 stations, including 12 underground.
