Foldable cycles are expensive than the regular bicycles, say commuters Bangalore: Metro commuters are disappointed with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited’s (BMRCL) guidelines on bicycles. The guidelines mention that commuters can’t carry regular bicycles inside the metro. Currently, only foldable bicycles are allowed in the metro. However, in other metro cities like Kochi, Mumbai and […]
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Staff at the Majestic metro station say that metal frame deterrents are not enough to manage the crowd. Despite two suicidal deaths at metro stations and two instances where people jumped onto metro tracks, the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has no plan to have Platform Screen Doors (PSDs). B. L. Yashavanth Chavan, Chief […]
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Metro services which were disrupted between Magadi Road and Challaghatta have been restored, officials say. A man died by suicide by jumping in front of a train at the Attiguppe metro station today. Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) posted on X (formerly Twitter) that one person jumped in front of a train at the […]
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Construction of escalators at the Yeshwanthpur metro station, supposed to be completed by December 2023 keeps getting delayed. The construction of escalators at the Yeshwanthpur metro station started in November 2023 is yet to be completed. Construction workers cite insufficient number of workers as one of the reasons. Officials from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation […]
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Selected metro stations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu have lactation rooms or pods. There are no lactation rooms for lactating mothers in any of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.’s (BMRCL) metro stations. Bangalore metro which has 65 metro stations with an average daily ridership of over six lakhs, is yet to introduce private space […]
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Till December first week of this year 27,000 National Common Mobility Cards cards have been issued. National Common Mobility Cards (NCMC) users are reporting that most metro station scanners cannot read the cards. Satyam Gupta, a daily commuter at the M G Road metro station complained, “Almost every time, whenever I try scanning the NCMC […]
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BMRCL to build more escalators on the metro stations to ease the crowd. The daily metro commuters in Yeshwanthpur are demanding more escalators at the metro station. Lalit Kumar, a daily commuter from Yeshwanthpur to Vidhan Soudha said, “I leave by 8:30 or 9 in the morning and the metro station is always crowded and […]
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BMRCL officials say that they are studying the possibility of integrating Metro Mitra with Namma Metro app and WhatsApp chat-bot. The Metro Mitra app which was launched on Sept. 27, to provide first and last mile connectivity from metro stations through autorickshaws, is yet to be fully operational as the drivers equipped with the app […]
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The average ridership of Namma Metro exceeded 7 lakh after the opening of the completed purple line. Metro passengers in long queues shoving fellow commuters in front of the security frisking point has become a common sight at the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Metro Station. Especially on weekends, with a rise in footfall, the need for additional […]
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Challaghatta metro station became operational on Oct. 9; the station still doesn’t have a drinking water facility for commuters and staff. The authorities promise to solve the problem at the soonest. The much-awaited Challaghatta metro station of the Purple Line does not have drinking water facility for commuters and staff, annoying both equally. Yashavanth Chavan, […]
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