Namma Bangalore

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  Bengaluru Metro Launches QR Ticketing Service on WhatsApp for Commuters

  WhatsApp and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) on Monday announced a partnership to launch Namma Metro's WhatsApp chatbot-based QR ticketing service. The chatbot is integrated with Unified Payments Interface (UPI) powered payments on WhatsApp and will allow 'Namma Metro' commuters to purchase tickets and recharge their travel pass ri...

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  Bengaluru Metro To Operate From 6 am To 10 pm From Tomorrow

  With a growing workforce returning to offices and schools resuming offline classes, metro rails in Bengaluru will now operate longer hours, starting tomorrow.

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  Metro Rail Services Resume On The Green Line In Bengaluru

  Bengalurru News: As part of gradually restoring Metro operations, the Bangalore Metro Rail on Wednesday commenced services on another sector - the Green Line. Only a few passengers were seen, according to officials.

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  Close Shave For 4 As Part Of Ceiling At Bengaluru Metro Station Falls

  Four passengers narrowly escaped injury after bricks and panel fell from the ceiling at a metro station in Bengaluru. Though the incident took place on Monday evening, it came to light on Wednesday.

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  Hindi Signboards Put Bengaluru Metro In A Spot, Online Campaign Continues

  Within a week after the last stretch of Bengaluru's Namma Metro Phase-1 was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) is facing heat on the internet over the use of Hindi signboards in the metro train service.

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  After PM Modi Inaugurates Kochi Metro, President Mukherjee Launches Namma Metro: Highlights

  Kochi got its first metro line today, while Bengaluru will add a line to the existing Namma Metro under Phase 1 of the mega project. Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched the Kochi Metro at 11 am today, while President Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to inaugurate the new line of the Bengaluru Metro at around 7:30 pm. PM Modi took a ride o...

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  Bengaluru Metro Goes Underground - With Help From Helen And Margarita

  Bengaluru is about to take a small step to cut across the traffic gridlock -- Namma Metro. The city's metro rail - a mega infrastructure project launched years and thousands of crores of rupees ago - will see the formal inauguration of its underground section on Friday.

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  Bengaluru Metro's French Connection

  The Bengaluru Metro project is being powered by some French funding.

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  Bengaluru Metro Opens New Stretch to Commuters

  A new extension of the Bengaluru Metro (Reach 3-B) has been opened to the public today to commute between Nagasandra and Peenya Industrial Area. This route passes through the industrial corridor and has three new station at Jalahalli, Dasarahalli, and Nagasandra. The stretch was inaugurated at a function this morning.

• 'Parallel problems' to delay Metro?

  The Prime Minister's Office is likely to decide when Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited can get the impending railway clearances from the Ministry of Railways. According to S Mani, Division Railway Manager, South Western Railway, Bangalore, the Prime Minister's Office is sceptical about leasing out Central Government's land to Public Sector U...

• Midnight marathon in Namma Bangalore

  Namma Bangalore is all set to witness an extravagant midnight marathon for the fifth time on Saturday and around 7,000 people including children, corporate personnel and athletes are expected to participate in the event. Over 18 international athletes are already in the City to participate in the Marathon and give stiff competition to the participa...

• Bangalore metro stops because of plastic bag on tracks

  The Bangalore metro was stopped for half an hour early this morning after a plastic bag was found on the train track.

• Bangalore's Namma metro has 1 crore fans already

  Call it love at first sight, Namma Metro has literally become Namma (Our) 'beloved' Metro barely three days after it first snaked its way through the heart of the city and become the 'darling' mode of transport for over 1 crore Bangaloreans.

• What the Metro means to Bangalore

  The people of Bangalore have now had a chance to take a ride on their brand new Metro. And so far the mood is upbeat. They queued up in order to be among the first ones on board the Namma Metro.

• Bangalore Metro: Love at first sight!

  After a long wait, finally, the city's tryst with the Metro began with around 50,000 people turning up to witness the historic moment. Thousands thronged the MG Road station to take a ride on the Metro after the service was inaugurated yesterday. Union minister Veerappa Moily, Sudha Murthy and Biocon CEO Kiran Mazumdar Shaw