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Line of Bengaluru’s Namma Metro
The Purple Line is a part of the Namma Metro rail system for the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. As of 2023, the line is 39.4 km (24.5 mi) and spans 35 stations from Kengeri in the southwest to Baiyappanahalli to the east.[1] India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the metro line from Krishnarajapura to Whitefield (Kadugodi) on March 25. The Purple Line is mostly elevated, with 29 elevated stations, 5 underground stations and 1 at-grade station. The Line passes through many prime activity centers of the city including Whitefield, Krishnarajapura, MG Road, Vidhana Soudha and Majestic station, which is an interchange station between Purple and Green Lines. Phase I of the Purple Line was the first underground metro section in South India.[2]
When Phase II is completed, the Purple Line will have an additional station between Kengeri and Challaghatta in the southwest, and the length of the line will increase to 42.53 km (26.43 mi).
Construction[edit]
Purple Line sections were opened as indicated below.[3]
Phase I[edit]
Civil construction work on Phase I of the line began on 15 April 2007 and was originally scheduled to be completed in 5 years. However, the project faced delays and missed several deadlines. Difficult tunnel boring conditions through a mixed geology with hard rock caused major delays.[8][9] The first stretch of Purple Line (Reach 1, fully elevated) between Baiyyappanahalli and Mahatma Gandhi Road was inaugurated on 20 October 2011. Reach 2 (fully elevated) between Mysore Road and Magadi Road commenced operations on 16 November 2015. These two sections operated independently until the final section, the underground stretch between Mahatma Gandhi Road and City Railway station was opened on 30 April 2016, thus linking the previously opened stretches and completing Phase I for the Purple Line.
Costs for the Purple Line were estimated at ₹ 4500–5000 crore. The cost of the underground stretch alone amounted to about ₹ 1000 crores.[10][11] Land acquisition for Phase I of the project cost ₹2,500 crore (US$310 million).[12] BMRCL secured ₹6,500 crore (US$810 million) through long-term loans and ₹300 crore (US$38 million) by selling bonds, while the remaining project cost was funded by Central Government and the State Government. Loans were secured from several agencies – ₹3,000 crore (US$380 million) from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), ₹600 crore (US$75 million) from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO), ₹25 crore (US$3.1 million) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the rest from a French lending agency. Approximately 10% of the Purple Line (Namma Metro): Difference between revisions