{"id":591863,"date":"2023-07-19T10:18:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T04:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=591863"},"modified":"2023-07-19T11:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T06:09:36","slug":"bengaluru-metro-test-charging-begins-for-purple-lines-twin-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/bengaluru-metro-test-charging-begins-for-purple-lines-twin-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengaluru: Metro test-charging begins for Purple Line\u2019s twin extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Namma Metro on Tuesday started test-charging the 33 kV cables and the 750V DC third rail along the viaduct in the Baiyappanahalli-KR Pura and Kengeri-Chellaghatta sections of the Purple Line. <\/p>\n<p>This is one of the many first steps towards commissioning the 2.1-km KR Pura-Whitefield and 1.9-km Kengeri-Challaghatta lines by August-end. <\/p>\n<p>As part of the standard operating procedure, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) issued a public notice, asking citizens not to enter the viaduct in the said areas without authorisation. &#8220;Any direct contact with 750 V third rail or 33 kV cables could be fatal&#8230;&#8221; it said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Namma Metro on Tuesday started test-charging the 33 kV cables and the 750V DC third rail along the viaduct in the Baiyappanahalli-KR Pura and Kengeri-Chellaghatta sections of the Purple Line. This is one of the many first steps towards commissioning the 2.1-km KR Pura-Whitefield and 1.9-km Kengeri-Challaghatta lines by August-end. As part of the standard operating procedure, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) issued a public notice, asking citizens not to enter the viaduct in the said areas without authorisation. &#8220;Any direct contact with 750 V third rail or 33 kV cables could be fatal&#8230;&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,130,261],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-591863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deccan-herald-newspapers","category-newspapers","category-railways-deccan-herald-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}