Aug 11, of this year was a water shed date for the Yellow Line Service, with the PM of the country inaugurating the perenially delayed project of this Phase II venture.
With 4 months into operation, are commuters feeling elated with a new found transport acquisition on their corridor?
To begin with, with a limited availability of train sets the Yellow line runs to 100% capacity during peak commercial traffic hours. This is inspite of the fact, that the headway between two operating trains is not at par with world class metro norms. Any operational delays only adds up to the problem, creating by a cascading effect.
From the travelling public perspective in a fast paced city like Bangalore, missing a Yellow line service implies an additional wait of 15 minutes , not withstanding the wait he/she would have all ready negotiated to catch the first train on entering the platform. It is for this reason, there is a general _reluctance_ to skip a train and wait for the next, inspite of the surging crowds. To that extent the green line and purple line trains are better managed.
The yellow line, is a backbone project in the Phase II of the Namma Metro network This line witnesses movement of large work force from end to end as it services both the commercial/IT/ and industrial sectors. Thus a high frequency is an absolute "must", to make the metro service useful for passenger commute.
Has the metro line eased the traffic situation alongwith Hosur road? Urban mobility experts believe, with the existing train sets in operation it really hasn't made much of a difference on the road traffic density usage. They go on to add, how else can the bottle neck at Silk Board Junction still persists, inspite of yellow line in operation?
The Silk board and Jayadeva are going to be future ready inter change stations. The planners must first mobilise and stream line Yellow line operations, before venturing into blue line and pink line inaugration.
The yellow line still suffers from internal factors like low frequency, over crowding, and externally suffers on account of last mile connectivity, and commuter comfort like inadequate parking space, The end result is - a perception exists, not too bit of a happy metro ride experience !!!
In the short term. the sixth train set is a "new year gift" for commuters of this line, bringing much needed relief by bringing down the headway to around 12 minutes. Hopefully the second half of the year should mitigate these hardships faced, with induction of additional trains, and make the metro service more efficient.
With 4 months into operation, are commuters feeling elated with a new found transport acquisition on their corridor?
To begin with, with a limited availability of train sets the Yellow line runs to 100% capacity during peak commercial traffic hours. This is inspite of the fact, that the headway between two operating trains is not at par with world class metro norms. Any operational delays only adds up to the problem, creating by a cascading effect.
From the travelling public perspective in a fast paced city like Bangalore, missing a Yellow line service implies an additional wait of 15 minutes , not withstanding the wait he/she would have all ready negotiated to catch the first train on entering the platform. It is for this reason, there is a general _reluctance_ to skip a train and wait for the next, inspite of the surging crowds. To that extent the green line and purple line trains are better managed.
The yellow line, is a backbone project in the Phase II of the Namma Metro network This line witnesses movement of large work force from end to end as it services both the commercial/IT/ and industrial sectors. Thus a high frequency is an absolute "must", to make the metro service useful for passenger commute.
Has the metro line eased the traffic situation alongwith Hosur road? Urban mobility experts believe, with the existing train sets in operation it really hasn't made much of a difference on the road traffic density usage. They go on to add, how else can the bottle neck at Silk Board Junction still persists, inspite of yellow line in operation?
The Silk board and Jayadeva are going to be future ready inter change stations. The planners must first mobilise and stream line Yellow line operations, before venturing into blue line and pink line inaugration.
The yellow line still suffers from internal factors like low frequency, over crowding, and externally suffers on account of last mile connectivity, and commuter comfort like inadequate parking space, The end result is - a perception exists, not too bit of a happy metro ride experience !!!
In the short term. the sixth train set is a "new year gift" for commuters of this line, bringing much needed relief by bringing down the headway to around 12 minutes. Hopefully the second half of the year should mitigate these hardships faced, with induction of additional trains, and make the metro service more efficient.
