Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project

Delayed· 1186 days lateStateNot yet verified · researched from public reports

Four suburban rail corridors for Bengaluru, built by K-RIDE, a joint venture of the Government of Karnataka and the Ministry of Railways.

Project details
Level	State
Where	Bengaluru, Karnataka
Ministry / department	Government of Karnataka and Ministry of Railways (joint venture)
Implementing agency	Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Ltd (K-RIDE)
Sector	Railways
Sanctioned	₹15,767 cr
Revised	₹16,876 cr
Status	Work in progress

All key dates

Original target31 Dec 2026
Revised target31 Dec 2027
Corridor 2 (Mallige line) planned opening31 Dec 2028
Second revised target31 Mar 2030

Why it is delayed

Stuck at: Corridors 2 and 4: the civil contractor (L&T) left; K-RIDE re-tendered Corridor 2The main contractor left the corridor contracts and the work had to be re-tendered; land for Corridor 1 is still to be acquired.

About the project

Approved in 2020 at ₹15,767 crore and expected then to be fully operational in 2026. The State has since approved a revised cost of ₹16,876 crore. Later targets were December 2027 and then, under K-RIDE's latest plan, Corridor 2 (Mallige line, Baiyappanahalli–Chikkabanavara, 25 km) by December 2028, Corridor 4 in 2029 and Corridors 1 and 3 by March 2030. The Mallige line was about 30% done in late 2025. Targets announced only as a month or a year are shown as the last day of that month or year.

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