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The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has said that coaches connected the upcoming Blue Line, the airdrome corridor connecting Central Silk Board Junction to Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) via K.R. Puram, volition beryllium equipped with dedicated luggage racks.
Recognising the peculiar needs of aerial travellers, the corp is making plan changes to accommodate larger baggage successful metro coaches connected this peculiar line. “Since this enactment is chiefly meant to service the airport, we are ensuring that passengers tin comfortably transportation their luggage. Each manager volition person racks installed astatine some ends, replacing 2 seats, truthful that travellers with ample bags bash not look inconvenience during their journey. The racks would let passengers to stow large suitcases successful a unafraid and accessible space,” said a elder BMRCL official.
Currently, the Bengaluru metro does not connection a designated abstraction for baggage. The rules licence commuters to transportation 1 container of up to 60 cm × 45 cm × 25 cm and weighing a maximum of 15 kg escaped of charge. Larger oregon other bags pull a interest of ₹30, portion violations tin pb to penalties of up to ₹250. The upcoming racks are expected to easiness these restrictions for air-bound passengers, galore of whom question with dense oregon aggregate bags.
The Blue Line is 1 of the astir important metro projects successful the metropolis nether Namma Metro’s expansion, providing a nonstop nexus to Bengaluru’s planetary airdrome located connected the city’s bluish outskirts. The 58.19-km corridor volition tally seamlessly from Silk Board Junction successful the southbound to KIA successful the northbound done K.R. Puram.
The enactment has been divided into 2 segments: Phase 2A, covering the 19.75-km agelong betwixt Central Silk Board and K.R. Puram; and Phase 2B, a 38.44-km hold from K.R. Puram to the airport. According to officials, carnal advancement connected the task reached 52.5% arsenic of June 30, 2025. The completion day is presently scheduled for December 2027.
Commuters invited move
Commuters who regularly question to the airdrome person been eagerly anticipating the metro connection, which is expected to supply a faster and much reliable alternate to roadworthy transport. Lokesh S., a predominant flyer from the BTM Layout, said, “I person been waiting for years for a metro enactment to the airport. The determination to adhd luggage racks successful the coaches is precise thoughtful. It volition payment thousands of travellers who different conflict with bags portion utilizing nationalist transport. Even BMTC’s airdrome buses person dedicated racks astatine the front, truthful this measurement by the metro makes cleanable sense.”
The Blue Line task has been successful the pipeline for astir a decade. The elaborate task study (DPR) for the Silk Board–K.R. Puram agelong was prepared successful October 2016 and secured Cabinet support successful March 2017. The DPR for the airdrome hold was finalised successful September 2017 and approved by the authorities successful January 2019. Together, Phases 2A and 2B are estimated to outgo ₹14,788 crore.
The BMRCL has revealed that the Blue Line volition present driverless trains equipped with precocious information systems.
