<p>Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has picked the contractor for constructing and remodelling the Baiyappanahalli depot. </p>.<p>The contract was given to J Kumar Infraprojects-AICPL on March 18, the same day that their joint venture won the bid for constructing the airport line metro depot at Shettigere. That contract was worth Rs 182.33 crore. </p>.<p>The Baiyappanahalli depot contract costs Rs 249.19 crore. The depot is being remodelled to service the 18.236-km Silk Board Junction-KR Puram line under Phase 2A.</p>.<p>The new depot will be a two-tier facility on the existing 25-acre land. It will have 28 stabling lines — 14 at grade and 14 underground. The existing depot will be torn down to build the new facility.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-whitefield-metro-line-on-march-25-1201214.html" target="_blank">PM Modi to inaugurate Whitefield metro line on March 25</a></strong></p>.<p>The remodelled Baiyappanahalli depot will initially service the 58-km Silk Board-KR Puram-airport line until the Shettigere depot-workshop gets ready. The airport line is expected to open in December 2024 or early 2025.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Whitefield metro will open to public from 7 am, Sunday</p>.<p>You will be able to take a train on the 13.71-km KR Puram-Whitefield metro line starting at 7 am, March 26 (Sunday). </p>.<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the line at 1 pm on Saturday. He will ride the metro afterwards.</p>.<p>Commercial operations on the Whitefield line will begin at 7 am, Sunday, a BMRCL official said.</p>.<p>The travel time between KR Puram and Whitefield will be 25 minutes and the fare is Rs 35, the official added.</p>
<p>Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has picked the contractor for constructing and remodelling the Baiyappanahalli depot. </p>.<p>The contract was given to J Kumar Infraprojects-AICPL on March 18, the same day that their joint venture won the bid for constructing the airport line metro depot at Shettigere. That contract was worth Rs 182.33 crore. </p>.<p>The Baiyappanahalli depot contract costs Rs 249.19 crore. The depot is being remodelled to service the 18.236-km Silk Board Junction-KR Puram line under Phase 2A.</p>.<p>The new depot will be a two-tier facility on the existing 25-acre land. It will have 28 stabling lines — 14 at grade and 14 underground. The existing depot will be torn down to build the new facility.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-whitefield-metro-line-on-march-25-1201214.html" target="_blank">PM Modi to inaugurate Whitefield metro line on March 25</a></strong></p>.<p>The remodelled Baiyappanahalli depot will initially service the 58-km Silk Board-KR Puram-airport line until the Shettigere depot-workshop gets ready. The airport line is expected to open in December 2024 or early 2025.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Whitefield metro will open to public from 7 am, Sunday</p>.<p>You will be able to take a train on the 13.71-km KR Puram-Whitefield metro line starting at 7 am, March 26 (Sunday). </p>.<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the line at 1 pm on Saturday. He will ride the metro afterwards.</p>.<p>Commercial operations on the Whitefield line will begin at 7 am, Sunday, a BMRCL official said.</p>.<p>The travel time between KR Puram and Whitefield will be 25 minutes and the fare is Rs 35, the official added.</p>