BMRCL launches work on airport metro line

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)

Preliminary work on the 38-km KR Puram-Kempegowda International Airport line via Hebbal is set to start shortly as the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has started soil investigation work at 100 locations on this line. BMRCL has sought permission from the civic body to begin work on the 2B Metro Line. The Metro alignment passes through the centre of the median from K R Puram to Hebbal and continues on the right side of NH-44 over 5 metres of dedicated land between the main carriage and service road from Hebbal to Trumpet. Official sources said that the entry and exit structures are proposed on the side of the service road for its 17 stations as it needs to be barricaded along the Outer Ring Road for which the work will be completed in about four months. BMRCL plans to float tenders for work along the ₹10,584-crore metro line in October. The State government has cleared a new Bettahalasuru Metro station as well as the merging of the previously proposed Kasturi Nagar and Channasandra Metro stations into a single station. The stations on the line included Bettahalasuru, Kasturi Nagar, Horamavu, HRBR Layout, Kalyan Nagar, HBR Layout, Nagawara, Veeranna Palya, Kempapura, Hebbal, Kodigehalli, Jakkur Cross, Yelahanka, Bagalur/PRR Cross, Trumpet Junction, Airport City and KIA Terminal.