Bengaluru Metro

BENGALURU: As the full-fledged phase 1 of Namma Metro completed one year on Sunday, the celebrations got sweeter: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation is likely to start its six-coach train on Friday.

Metro’s east-west corridor (Purple Line between Byappanahalli and Mysuru Road) will get the first six-coach train, and its first compartment is for women. The train currently has three coaches, and carries about 900 passengers on a ride. The doubling of coaches is expected to increase the passenger traffic. BMRCL hopes to have its entire fleet converted into six-coach trains by June 2019.

