Yellow Line (Namma Metro)

Yellow Line
Overview
Owner	Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)
Locale	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Termini	Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road Bommasandra
Stations	16
Website	bmrc.co.in
Service
Type	Metro
System	Namma Metro
Depot(s)	Hebbagodi
Technical
Line length	18.82 km (11.69 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Yellow Line Map (TBC) Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road Green Line Ragigudda Jayadeva Hospital Pink Line Under construction BTM Layout Central Silk Board Blue Line Under construction Bommanahalli Hongasandra Kudlu Gate Singasandra Hosa Road Beratena Agrahara Electronic City Infosys Foundation Konappana Agrahara Huskur Road Biocon Hebbagodi Hebbagodi Depot (U/C) Delta Electronics - Bommasandra

The Yellow Line of Namma Metro is under construction and will form part of the metro rail network for the city of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The 18.82 km (11.69 mi) line connects R.V. Road with Bommasandra and is fully elevated with 16 stations. R.V. Road station is the terminal station on city side where an interchange is being provided with the Green Line. Jayadeva Hospital station will, in future serve as another interchange station with the Pink Line that is also under construction in Phase ll of Namma Metro's expansion. Silkboard station will be another interchange station between Yellow Line and Blue Line. The other end of Yellow Line was initially planned to terminate at Bommasandra but on 9 June 2022, the Karnataka government gave approval for the extension of this line from Bommasandra to Hosur in Tamil Nadu. It is planned to open at Feburary 2024.

Planning

Namma Metro's Phase ll includes two new lines - Yellow and Pink Lines, as well as extensions of Purple Line and Green Line. Phase II spans a length of 72.095 km (44.798 mi) (13.79 km (8.57 mi) underground, 0.48 km (0.30 mi) at grade and 57.825 km (35.931 mi) elevated) and adds 61 stations to the network of which 12 are underground.

Tenders for the construction of Yellow Line (between R V Road and Bommasandra) were floated in 3 packages. On 9 December 2016, BMRC floated tenders for the construction of 6.418 km (3.988 mi) stretch from Bommasandra to Hosa Road station. The work involves construction of viaduct with five stations and includes construction of the depot entry line leading to Hebbagodi depot. Tenders for the 6.385 km (3.967 mi) stretch from Hosa Road to Bommanahalli (previously HSR Layout) were floated the next day. Both packages were awarded to Thai-based ITD Cementation India in May 2017 for ₹511.35 and 485.52 crores (US$140 mil totally). Civil works began in November 2017.

The third tender for construction of the 6.34 km (3.94 mi) elevated section and 5 stations was awarded to a joint venture between Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) and URC Construction Pvt Ltd. on 3 July 2017 for ₹797.29 crore (US$93 million).

Yellow Line
Section	Length (km)	Contract cost	Contractor(s)	Expected completion
Bommasandra - Rastriya Vidhylaaya Road	18.82 (6.418+6.385+6.340)	₹797.27 crores (US$110 mil)	HCV-URC JV	February 2024 Funding For Phase-2 of Namma Metro, the Central and State Governments will fund around ₹15,000 crore. The State and Central Governments will bear 30% and 20% of the project cost respectively. The remaining will be obtained through senior term loans. BMRCL is permitted to raise up to ₹9,000 crore through loans. Indian firms Biocon and Infosys announced that they would provide funding construction of the Hebbagodi and Konappana Agrahara (now renamed 'Infosys Foundation Konappana Agrahara') metro stations respectively on the Yellow Line. Each firm will contribute ₹100 crore (US$12 million) towards the project. Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw stated that the company wanted to fund the project because it would help de-congest the city. Both Biocon and Infosys have offices located near the stations. Infrastructure Rolling stock BMRC plans to operate driverless trains on the Yellow Line with Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) signaling system. On 2 December 2019, BMRC awarded a contract for supplying 90 coaches (15 rakes) to CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co.Ltd with CBTC signaling for the Yellow Line. The contract for construction of Hebbagodi depot was awarded to Parnika Commercial & Estates(P) Ltd in July 2019. Stations The Yellow Line is fully elevated and will have 16 stations. Yellow Line # Station Name Connections Alignment English Kannada 1 Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ರಸ್ತೆ  Green  Elevated 2 Ragigudda ರಾಗಿಗುಡ್ಡ Elevated 3 Jayadeva Hospital ಜಯದೇವ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ  Pink  (Under Construction) Elevated 4 BTM Layout ಬಿ ಟಿ ಎಂ ಬಡಾವಣೆ Elevated 5 Central Silk Board ಕೇಂದ್ರ ರೇಷ್ಮೆ ಮಂಡಳಿ  Blue  (Under Construction) Elevated 6 Bommanahalli ಬೊಮ್ಮನಹಳ್ಳಿ Elevated 7 Hongasandra ಹೊಂಗಸಂದ್ರ Elevated 8 Kudlu Gate ಕೂಡ್ಲು ದ್ವಾರ Elevated 9 Singasandra ಸಿಂಗಸಂದ್ರ Elevated 10 Hosa Road ಹೊಸ ರಸ್ತೆ Elevated 11 Beratena Agrahara ಬೆರಟೇನ ಅಗ್ರಹಾರ Elevated 12 Konappana Agrahara ಕೋನಪ್ಪನ ಅಗ್ರಹಾರ Elevated 13 Electronic City ವಿದ್ಯುಜ್ಜನಿತ ನಗರ Elevated 14 Huskur Road ಹುಸ್ಕೂರು ರಸ್ತೆ Elevated 15 Hebbagodi ಹೆಬ್ಬಗೋಡಿ Elevated 16 Bommasandra ಬೊಮ್ಮಸಂದ್ರ Elevated See also Namma Metro Purple Line Green Line Pink Line Blue Line Orange Line List of Namma Metro Stations Rapid transit in India List of metro systems Raggigudda-Silk Board Flyover References