Bengaluru Pink Line opens to riders at 6 am on 14 November: stations, timings, fares

Jayadeva Hospital is the interchange with the Yellow Line, which gives riders a way to Silk Board and Electronic City. With the new stretch, the operating length of Namma Metro rises from 96.1 km to 103.6 km.

Timings, trains and fares

Public service begins at 6 am on 14 November. Four trains will be in service with one on standby, and the interval is eight minutes at launch, which is longer than the shorter interval that had been planned earlier. The corporation cited the turnaround time at the two ends of the short line, and the interval may come down as more trains are added and demand is clearer. The accounts available do not give a closing time for the last train.

On fares, the accounts conflict. The corporation had not notified fares in the accounts seen, while a fare listing shows a range of Rs 10 to Rs 30, with Rs 30 from SG Palya to Kalena Agrahara, Rs 20 from SG Palya to Hulimavu and Bilekahalli-IIMB, and Rs 10 to NS Palya-JP Nagar 4th Phase. A third gave an estimate that went as high as Rs 90. Because the corporation had not published a fare chart in the accounts seen, riders should check the corporation's notices at the station before buying a ticket.

What is still to come

The full Pink Line will run 21.25 km from Kalena Agrahara in the south to Nagawara in the north, with 18 stations, six of them elevated and twelve underground. The 13.75 km underground stretch from SG Palya to Nagawara is still under construction and has missed earlier deadlines. Until it opens, the elevated stretch works as a spur that links the south of the city with the Yellow Line but not yet with the centre.

The opening also exposed a dispute over money. Karnataka says it bears 84% of the cost of the metro, and Tejasvi Surya argued that the Centre's commitment is larger. The Chief Minister used the occasion to ask the Prime Minister for funding for the metro and for drought relief, and Gowda said that a city that powers the nation must have the infrastructure to match its ambitions and called for a shared commitment by the state and the Centre.

For commuters, the first week is a test. The questions are how many people use a line that does not yet reach the centre, whether the eight-minute interval holds, and whether the fare chart, once published, matches what was reported. The corporation's own notices and website are the sources to rely on, and this guide will be out of date if they change.

The opening gives residents of Hulimavu, Bilekahalli and JP Nagar a metro connection for the first time along a corridor that has long been crowded with cars and buses, and the Yellow Line interchange at Jayadeva Hospital, which opened in August 2025, connects them to Silk Board and Electronic City. Earlier commentary on the partial opening said it would offer limited relief to road traffic because the line does not yet reach the centre of the city, and the experience of the first weeks will show whether that holds.

The operating network of 103.6 km puts Bengaluru past the 100 km mark, and it has been described as the second-largest metro network in India after Delhi, a ranking this guide has not confirmed. The Prime Minister's visit also included the launch of projects worth more than Rs 15,600 crore, though the accounts available do not list them and this guide does not cover them.

Riders should expect crowds in the first days. The advice that transport agencies usually give for a new line is to check the first and last train times, to keep a smart card or a digital ticket ready, and to leave extra time for the first journey, since the corporation has said the interval of eight minutes may change as the line settles.