Bengaluru's Namma Metro 2nd Longest After Delhi Metro

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new metro line on March 25 saturday, a 13.7 kilometers long line from Whitefield to KR Puram in Bangalore.

With the new line, the Namma Metro will become the second longest metro line in the country. 

Hyderabad metro, which is currently running at 69.2 km, will be dropped from second to the third in the list of metros which have the longest line . Now, the Namma metro will have a 69.71 km long line, as it was only covering 56 km earlier. 

However, Delhi metro is the first one to have the longest line of 390.14 Km with 286 stations. 

It has been 12 years since the metro became operational in Bengaluru.

Whitefield to KR Pura Metro Line inauguration by PM Sri @narendramodi Ji will mark a new dawn in #BengaluruUrbanMobility.

Bengaluru's first stretch that penetrates into the core tech corridor benefitting lakhs of employees.

India's 2nd longest network is now in Bengaluru.

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— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) March 25, 2023