RDSO to begin inspection of Pink Line elevated stretch soon

The Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) is acceptable to commence a bid of important inspections connected the elevated agelong of Bengaluru’s Namma Metro Pink Line, arsenic the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) prepares to unfastened the corridor by May 2026.

According to officials, the inspection process is apt to statesman by the extremity of March and proceed until the archetypal week of April. The RDSO squad volition behaviour a broad valuation of the 7.5-km elevated conception betwixt Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere. The trials volition see bid velocity and load tests, way and alignment assessments, presumption infrastructure checks, and verification of powerfulness proviso systems.

A elder BMRCL authoritative said that the inspection marks a captious milestone successful the commissioning process. “The RDSO inspection is simply a mandatory information and show validation measurement earlier opening immoderate metro corridor for nationalist operations. We are assured that the elevated agelong is well-prepared, arsenic each civilian works person been completed and strategy integration tests are progressing arsenic planned. The trials volition assistance guarantee that the corridor meets the highest information and operational standards,” the authoritative said.

Rolling stock

After aggregate deadline extensions, the Pink Line is present entering its last signifier of readiness. As portion of the rolling banal supply, BEML has been contracted to present 318 standard-gauge metro cars for the Pink and Blue Lines. These trainsets are being designed, engineered, and manufactured astatine BEML’s Bengaluru installation nether a ₹3,000-crore agreement, which besides includes attraction enactment for up to 15 years.

The trains are equipped with communication-based bid power (CBTC) technology, enabling afloat driverless operations erstwhile the strategy becomes afloat functional.

While the bulk of the 21.3-km Pink Line runs underground, lone the elevated agelong is expected to beryllium opened successful the archetypal phase. The remaining 13-km underground conception betwixt Dairy Circle and Nagawara is present targeted for completion by the extremity of 2026.

Name boards installed

Meanwhile, BMRCL has begun preparatory works on the elevated corridor. Name boards person been installed astatine stations, and a beautification thrust has been launched on Bannerghatta Road. Authorities are clearing garbage accumulated beneath metro pillars and viaducts, installing barricades to forestall further dumping, and planting saplings to heighten the corridor’s aesthetics.

The Pink Line, a cardinal agelong of Phase 2 of Namma Metro, volition yet link Kalena Agrahara successful the southbound to Nagawara successful the north, creating a captious north–south metro corridor successful Bengaluru.