Thousands suffer as technical snag hits metro’s Purple Line in Bengaluru

Thousands of metro passengers faced hardship on Tuesday as train services on the Purple Line were disrupted for several hours due to signalling issues.

While trains ran late between Kengeri and Indiranagar, no service was available to SV Road and Baiyappanahalli for nearly eight hours.

The disruption was the consequence of overnight power supply works undertaken at the Baiyappanahalli station to link it to the KR Pura-Whitefield section. The 2.1-km Baiyappanahalli-KR Pura section is the missing link on the Purple Line and could open next month.