Once the Metro Rail begins its run on Reach-1 — from MG Road to Byapanahalli — the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) will turns its attention next to Reach-3 which will serve densely populated Malleswaram, that is desperately in need of a traffic solution. On Reach-3 the Metro will run from Swastik to Yeswanthpur, covering Malleswaram, Kuvempu Road, Rajajinagar, Mahalakshmi Layout, Soap Factory and Yeswanthpur. It will halt at three elevated stations at Rajaji Nagar, Kuvempu Road and Malleswaram.
The tentative deadline for the Metro on Reach-3 is December 2012 , which is about 15 months away, says chief PRO of the BMRCL, B.L. Yaswanth Chavan. Aware that in the absence of the undeground sections of the Metro there will be no connectivity between Reach-1 and Reach-3, the BMRCL is hoping to run circular bus services to link the two. “For instance, someone travelling from Yeshwanthpur to Byapanahalli will be able to take the Metro at the Yeshwanthpur station, alight at the Malleswaram station and then hop-on to the circular bus service that will take him to MG Road, from where he can once again board the Metro to reach Byapanahalli. BMTC is in the process of finalising routes,” a BMRCL official said.
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