Green Line (Namma Metro)

This article is about the metro line in Bangalore. For the railway segment in Bangalore, see Green Route.

Green Line of Namma Metro was built along with the Purple Line during the first phase of construction of the metro rail system for the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The 30.5 km (19.0 mi) line connects Madavara in the northwest to Silk Institute in the south. The line connects the industrial centers of Peenya and Yeshwanthpur along Tumakuru Road in the north with the central hub of Majestic and the southern residential areas of Bangalore such as Basavanagudi, Jayanagar, Banashankari, Konanakunte Cross, Thalaghattapura along Kanakapura Road. Green Line is mostly elevated, with 26 elevated and 3 underground stations. The Line passes through Majestic station which is an interchange station between Green and Purple Lines.

Green Line
A Green Line metro train
Overview
Other name(s)	North - South Corridor
Status	Operational
Owner	Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)
Locale	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Termini	Madavara Silk Institute
Connecting lines	Operational (1): Purple Line Upcoming (2): Orange Line Yellow Line
Stations	32 (Operational)
Website	bmrc.co.in
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Namma Metro
Depot(s)	Peenya & Anjanapura (U/C) (Silk Institute)
Rolling stock	Hyundai Rotem - BEML
Daily ridership	170,685
Ridership	62.3 million (2018)[1]
History
Opened	1 March 2014; 10 years ago (1 March 2014)
Last extension	07 November 2024; 14 days ago (07 November 2024)
Technical
Line length	33.46 km (20.79 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Elevated and underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Operating speed	40 km/h (25 mph)
Green Line map Legend Madavara Chikkabidarakallu Manjunath Nagar Nagasandra Dasarahalli Jalahalli Basaveshwara Peenya Depot Peenya Industry Peenya Goraguntepalya Orange Line Planned Yeshwanthpur Sandal Soap Factory Yeshwanthpura TTMC Mahalakshmi Rajajinagar Mahakavi Kuvempu Road Srirampura Indian Railways Mantri Square Sampige Road Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Stn., Majestic Purple Line Chickpet Krishna Rajendra Market National College Lalbagh South End Circle Jayanagar Jayanagara TTMC Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road Yellow Line Final stages before operations Yellow Line towards Bommasandra Banashankari Banashankari TTMC Jaya Prakash Nagar Orange Line Planned Yelachenahalli Konanakunte Cross Doddakallasandra Vajarahalli Thalaghattapura Silk Institute

After Phase II was completed, the line extended its stretch from Madavara in northwest to Silk Institute in the South. The length of the line increased to 34.46 kilometres (21.41 mi). Nagasandra-Madavara stretch was inaugurated on November 6 2024 without any inauguration ceremony^[2][3][4] with the commercial run started from November 7 2024.^[5][6][7][8] This stretch will be formally inaugurated at a later stage. ^[9][10][11]

History

Green Line sections were opened as indicated below.^[12]

History
Name	Extension date	Terminals		Length	Stations
Reach 3C	7 November 2024 [2]	Madavara	Nagasandra	3.14 km (1.95 mi)[13]	3
Reach 3B	1 May 2015	Nagasandra	Peenya Industry	2.50 km (1.55 mi)	3
Reach 3A	1 March 2014	Peenya Industry	Yeshwanthpura	4.80 km (2.98 mi)	3
Reach 3	1 March 2014	Yeshwanthpura	Sampige Road	5.10 km (3.17 mi)	7
UG 2	18 June 2017[14]	Sampige Road	National College	4.0 km (2.5 mi)[15]	3
Reach 4	18 June 2017[14]	National College	Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road	4.10 km (2.55 mi)	5
Reach 4A	18 June 2017[14]	Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road	Yelachenahalli	3.90 km (2.42 mi)	3
Reach 4B	15 January 2021[16]	Yelachenahalli	Silk Institute	6.29 km (3.91 mi)[13]	5
Total		Madavara	Silk Institute	33.46 km (20.79 mi)	32

Phase I

Construction work on Reach 3 and 3A of Phase I of the Namma Metro began in 2009–10. The total cost of the project on this stretch was ₹2,100 crore.^[17] Work on the underground section commenced in May 2011. TBMs named Kaveri, Krishna and Godavari were used for tunnel boring work for the Green Line.^{[18][19][20][21][22][23]} The first trial run on the Green Line was conducted on 8 August 2013.^[24]

Construction required 1.3 lakh tonnes of concrete, 44,500 tonnes (98,100,000 lb) of steel bars, and 190 km (120 mi) of high tension wires weighing 2,900 tonnes (6,400,000 lb). A total of 395 piers, including station piers and portals, were constructed on the stretch. The tallest pier of the viaduct is a 21-metre (69 ft) pier between Kuvempu Road and Sriramapura stations, opposite Gayatri Devi Park. There 353 spans on the stretch, the longest being the 66-metre (217 ft) curved span over the railway track off Sriramapura. The total roofing area of the 10 stations on the stretch was 47,000 square metres (510,000 sq ft).^[25][26]

The first section of Green Line was opened to public on 1 March 2014.^[27] BMRCL Managing Director Pradeep Singh Kharola stated that about 25,000 passengers traveled on the line on the opening day.^[28] In the first month of operations, 7.62 lakh people at an average of 24,605 people daily used the Green Line, generating a revenue of ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000).^[29]

TBM Godavari began drilling the 970-metre (3,180 ft) underground section between Sampige Road and Majestic stations in April 2014. Godavari broke down a few months later, and needed to have its cutter head replaced. The machine broke down due to tough terrain including hard rock and boulders. The cutter head had to be imported from Italy. The machine restarted work in September 2015. Godavari completed drilling and emerged on the Majestic station end of the tunnel on 19 April 2016.^[30][31] Meanwhile, Kaveri and Krishna continued drilling the underground section between National College and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda station.

Construction of the underground section of Green Line required the use of 3,000 transit mixer loads of concrete. 1,000 km (620 mi) of cable had to be laid.^[32]

Trial runs on the elevated section between National College and Yelachenahalli began on 23 November 2016. Trials were conducted between National College and Jayanagara initially at a speed of 10 km/h (6.2 mph), and then along the entire elevated section between National College and Yelachenahalli at a speed of 25 km/h (16 mph).^[33] Trial runs began in the tunneled section on 30 March 2017.

Services at Sampige Road, Srirampura and Kuvempu Road stations were suspended between 13 and 22 March 2017 to allow authorities to conduct static and other tests and to link Sampige Road station with Nadaprabhu Kempegowda station. During the 10-day testing period, services operated only between Nagasandra and Rajajinagar stations. The BMTC introduced special feeder bus services to transport passengers from Rajajinagara to Hosahalli.^[34][35] Services between Sampige Road and Rajajinagara were suspended again for four days beginning 13 April 2017 to conduct trial runs on the underground section between Sampige Road and National College.^[36][37] Trial runs were completed on 16 May 2017.^[38]

Phase II

Contract for construction of the 6.5 km Reach 4B from Yelachenahalli to Silk Institute (previously named Anjanapura) was awarded to Nagarjuna Construction Co. The extension was estimated to cost ₹508.86 crore (US$61 million).^[39] Civil work on the extension began in October 2016^[40] and was completed by 2020. Trial runs were conducted on 18–19 December 2020^[41] following which the extension was inaugurated on 14 January 2021,^[42] making it the first section of Phase II to start commercial operations.

In October 2016, BMRCL invited bids for the construction of viaduct and stations on the 3.031 km extension (Reach 3C) of the Green Line from Nagasandra to Madavara (previously named Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre).^[40] Reach 3C was awarded to Simplex Infrastructure Limited in late February 2017. The contract specified a cost of ₹247.41 crore (US$30 million) and a deadline for completion of 27 months.^[39][43] The start of construction on the extension was delayed by 4 months due to land acquisition issues concerning land near Jindal Aluminium Limited in Kirloskar Layout. The issues were resolved and construction began in June 2017.^[44] Construction work on Reach 3C is expected to be ready by June–August 2022.^[45] Trials runs were conducted in August 2024 and it was inaugurated on 7 November 2024.

There have been petitions to extend the line south until the Art of Living International Centre in the outskirts of Bengaluru.

Stations

Main article: List of Namma Metro stations

There are 32 stations on the Green Line. Each station has around 60 surveillance cameras. Passenger lifts and escalators are provided at all stations.

Green Line
#	Station Name		Opening	Connections	Station Layout	Platform Level Type	Coordinates
	English	Kannada
1	Madavara	ಮಾದಾವರ	7 November 2024		Elevated	Side
2	Chikkabidarakallu	ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಿದರಕಲ್ಲು	7 November 2024		Elevated	Side
3	Manjunath Nagar	ಮಂಜುನಾಥನಗರ	7 November 2024		Elevated	Side
4	Nagasandra	ನಾಗಸಂದ್ರ	1 May 2015		Elevated	Side
5	Dasarahalli	ದಾಸರಹಳ್ಳಿ	1 May 2015		Elevated	Side
6	Jalahalli	ಜಾಲಹಳ್ಳಿ	1 May 2015	Basaveshwara Bus Station	Elevated	Side
7	Peenya Industry	ಪೀಣ್ಯ ಇಂಡಸ್ಟ್ರಿ	1 March 2014		Elevated	Side
8	Peenya	ಪೀಣ್ಯ	1 March 2014		Elevated	Side
9	Goraguntepalya	ಗೊರಗುಂಟೆಪಾಳ್ಯ	1 March 2014	Orange Line (Planned, Phase lll)	Elevated	Side
10	Yeshwanthpur	ಯಶವಂತಪುರ	1 March 2014	Yesvantpur Junction	Elevated	Side
11	Sandal Soap Factory	ಸ್ಯಾಂಡಲ್ ಸೋಪ್ ಫ್ಯಾಕ್ಟರಿ	1 March 2014	Yeshwanthpur TTMC	Elevated	Side
12	Mahalakshmi	ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ	1 March 2014		Elevated	Side
13	Rajajinagara	ರಾಜಾಜಿನಗರ	1 March 2014		Elevated	Side
14	Mahakavi Kuvempu Road	ಮಹಾಕವಿ ಕುವೆಂಪು ರಸ್ತೆ	1 March 2014		Elevated	Side
15	Srirampura	ಶ್ರೀರಾಮ್ ಪುರ	1 March 2014		Elevated	Side
16	Mantri Square Sampige Road	ಮಂತ್ರಿ ಸ್ಕ್ವೇರ್ ಸಂಪಿಗೆ ರಸ್ತೆ	1 March 2014	Srirampura (Planned)	Elevated	Side
17	Nadaprabhu Kempegowda station, Majestic	ನಾಡಪ್ರಭು ಕೆಂಪೇಗೌಡ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ, ಮೆಜೆಸ್ಟಿಕ್	18 June 2017	Purple Line KSR Bangalore City Jn Kempegowda Bus Station	Underground	Island & Side
18	Chickpete	ಚಿಕ್ಕಪೇಟೆ	18 June 2017		Underground	Island
19	Krishna Rajendra Market	ಕೃಷ್ಣ ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆ	18 June 2017		Underground	Island
20	National College	ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಕಾಲೇಜ್	18 June 2017		Elevated	Side
21	Lalbagh	ಲಾಲ್ಬಾಗ್	18 June 2017		Elevated	Side
22	South End Circle	ಸೌತ್ ಎಂಡ್ ಸರ್ಕಲ್	18 June 2017		Elevated	Side
23	Jayanagar	ಜಯನಗರ	18 June 2017	Jayanagara TTMC	Elevated	Side
24	Rashtreeya Vidyalaya Road	ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ರಸ್ತೆ	18 June 2017	Yellow Line (Under Construction)	Elevated	Side
25	Banashankari	ಬನಶಂಕರಿ	18 June 2017	Banashankari TTMC	Elevated	Side
26	Jaya Prakash Nagar	ಜಯಪ್ರಕಾಶ ನಗರ	18 June 2017	Orange Line (Planned, Phase lll)	Elevated	Side
27	Yelachenahalli	ಯಲಚೇನಹಳ್ಳಿ	18 June 2017		Elevated	Side
28	Konanakunte Cross	ಕೋಣನಕುಂಟೆ ಕ್ರಾಸ್	15 January 2021		Elevated	Side
29	Doddakallasandra	ದೊಡ್ಡಕಲ್ಲಸಂದ್ರ	15 January 2021		Elevated	Side
30	Vajarahalli	ವಾಜರಹಳ್ಳಿ	15 January 2021		Elevated	Side
31	Thalaghattapura	ತಲಘಟ್ಟಪುರ	15 January 2021		Elevated	Side
32	Silk Institute	ರೇಷ್ಮೆ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ	15 January 2021		Elevated	Side

Infrastructure

Rolling stock

BMRC procured 150 metro coaches for fifty 3-car train sets in DMC-TC-DMC formation for Phase l of Namma Metro from BEML-Hyundai Rotem at a cost of Rs 1,672.50 crore (Rs 16.72 billion). Coach specifications were as follows. Dimensions: Length-20.8m, Width-2.88m, and Height-3.8m. Each coach has a seating capacity of about 50 and standing capacity of 306 (basis 8 per sqm). Thus, each train had a capacity of about 1000. Traction was through four 180 kW motors in each motor coach. The trains have a maximum speed of 80 km/h and axle load of 15 tonnes. The trains operate on 750V DC with third rail bottom power collector system. Features include stainless steel body fully air-conditioned coaches, longitudinal bank of wide seats, wide vestibules between coaches, non-skid and non-slip floor surfaces, wi-fi enabled, four wide passenger access doors on each side, wide windows, automatic voice announcement system and electronic information and destination display system.

Initial operations on the Green Line began with twenty-one 3-coach trains. As loads increased with increasing ridership, all trains were converted to six coaches. Rolling stock on the Green Line are silver with a streak of bright green along its length.^[46]

Power

Power is supplied to the Green Line from the Peenya sub-station of the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL).^[47][48]

Signaling

In September 2009, the consortium led by Alstom Project India Limited were awarded a contract worth ₹563.4 crore (US$79.0 million) to supply control and signalling system for the first phase of the project. The consortium is led by Alstom and composed of Alstom Transport SA, Thales Group Portugal S A and Sumitomo Corporation. Alstom will provide the design, manufacture, supply, installing, testing and commissioning of the train control and signalling system and Thales will provide the design, installing, testing and commissioning of the telecommunication system for Phase I of the metro system. It includes the Urbalis 200 Automatic Train Control system which will ensure optimal safety, flexible operations and heightened passenger comfort.

The integrated control centre at Baiyyappanahalli has direct communication with trains and stations are CCTV fitted with visual and audio service information.

Operations

Frequency and capacity

Trains initially operated on the Green Line from 6 am to 11 pm. This was extended from 5AM to 11PM from 1 December 2015. The frequency along the line was 15 minutes between 5AM and 8AM and 8PM and 11PM, and 10 minutes between 8AM and 8PM.^[49] Trains halt for 30 seconds at each station.^[50] The 24.2 km journey is usually covered in about 42 minutes. Each six-coach train has a capacity of 2,004 passengers.^[25]

See also

• Namma Metro
  • Purple Line
  • Yellow Line
  • Pink Line
  • Blue Line
  • Orange Line
  • Red Line
• List of Namma Metro Stations
• Rapid transit in India
• List of metro systems

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External links

• Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)