Bengaluru Metro: Green Line Gets CRRC Trains, Purple Line to Receive Existing Rakes

• Bengaluru Metro's Green Line (Madavara-Silk Institute) will receive the full fleet of 21 six-coach CRRC trains.
• Existing Phase-1 trains from the Green Line will be transferred to the Purple Line (Whitefield-Challaghatta), Namma Metro's busiest corridor.
• The prototype CRRC train is currently undergoing RDSO testing on the Green Line, targeting Railway Board sanction by March 2026.
• The remaining 20 CRRC trains will be manufactured by Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL) at its Uttarpara facility.
• All CRRC trains will operate on the Green Line for ease of maintenance, concentrating infrastructure at Peenya depot.

Why It Matters: Bengaluru Metro reallocates trains: CRRC fleet for Green Line, existing rakes for Purple Line.