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The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has initiated an interior probe into the derailment of a bid connected the Namma Metro’s Yellow Line astatine the Hebbagodi depot. The incidental occurred successful the aboriginal hours of January 15, erstwhile a driverless bid acceptable went disconnected the tracks connected the depot premises.
According to officials, the Train Set 3 derailed astatine astir 5.30 a.m. wrong the depot. The BMRCL constituted a six-member in-house fact-finding committee the pursuing day, January 16, to analyse the series of events that led to the mishap and to find accountability.
According to sources, preliminary inputs bespeak that the derailment caused harm to definite way supports and components associated with the traction strategy and rolling stock. The precise standard of the harm and the fiscal implications are yet to beryllium assessed.
“A elaborate method valuation is nether mode to cognize the nonstop crushed for the incident. Only aft the enquiry is completed and each inspections are finalised volition we beryllium successful a presumption to quantify the grade of the structural and instrumentality damage, arsenic good arsenic the outgo of restoration,” a elder authoritative said.
Elaborating connected the committee’s mandate, the authoritative said, “The sheet has been tasked with establishing an close and evidence-based relationship of the incident. It volition analyse operational logs, signalling data, attraction records, and unit deployment details to place each origin that whitethorn person contributed to the derailment. The nonsubjective is to contiguous a broad study to the management, on with wide findings and recommendations to forestall immoderate recurrence.”
The authoritative added that the enquiry would besides intimately analyse quality and procedural aspects. “The functioning and responsibilities of the bid operator, depot controller, and different unit acrophobic are being thoroughly scrutinised. We are assessing whether established modular operating procedures were adhered to and if determination were immoderate lapses successful coordination, supervision, oregon strategy response,” the authoritative said.
The 19.15-km Yellow Line, connecting R.V. Road and Bommasandra and serving the exertion hub of Electronics City, was inaugurated successful August 2025. Though designed for afloat automated, driverless (GoA-4) operations, the corridor is presently functioning successful semi-automated GoA-2 mode, with drivers contiguous onboard.
The enactment presently runs with a fleet of astir 7 trains. Since its operation, services person progressively improved from archetypal 25-minute intervals to peak-hour frequencies of 10-15 minutes. On weekdays, the enactment records an mean ridership of astir 1 lakh passengers.
