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The ‘ITPB Metro Skywalk’, an elevated pedestrian corridor connecting the Pattandur Agrahara metro presumption connected the Purple Line straight to International Tech Park Bangalore (ITPB) and Park Square Mall, was inaugurated connected Friday to amended last-mile connectivity.
The skywalk is 320 feet agelong and is elevated 24 feet supra the road. It links metro services with the concern parkland and the adjoining promenade and is expected to payment implicit 55,000 professionals working in ITPB. It is besides aimed astatine eliminating the request to transverse engaged roads and trim commute times, amended pedestrian safety, and promote greater usage of nationalist transport.
ITPB said the skywalk would amended accessibility not lone for office-goers but besides for residents and shoppers visiting the promenade and surrounding concern parks, thereby easing postulation congestion astir the tech hub.
BMRCL managing manager J. Ravishankar, successful a statement, said the project demonstrated the benefits of public–private collaboration. “The skywalk is simply a bully illustration of effectual public–private collaboration that strengthens last-mile connectivity and enhances the wide commuter experience. Pedestrian linkages betwixt metro stations and large enactment hubs are indispensable to strengthening last-mile connectivity, improving the commuter experience, and encouraging the usage of nationalist transport, each of which enactment sustainable municipality mobility successful Bengaluru,” helium said.
Yellow Line bid derails
Meanwhile, a Yellow Line bid reportedly derailed wrong the Hebbagodi depot connected the greeting of January 15, damaging a fewer sleepers and a conception of the 3rd rail.
The incidental is suspected to person occurred owing to a signalling responsibility portion the bid was entering the main line.
BMRCL has not issued an authoritative connection connected the incident. However, officials said that services connected the Yellow Line were not affected and that each 7 trains are operating arsenic per schedule.
