Bengaluru Pink Line Inauguration on 13 November: 7.5 km Stretch, Stations and What Opens, Explained

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the 7.5 km Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere elevated stretch of Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line on 13 November 2026, Greater Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said, as reported by The Economic Times on 3 November 2026. Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya said on X that during the visit the Prime Minister will travel from Tavarekere to IIMB-Bilekahalli to flag off commercial operations, ET reported.

If that opening holds, Namma Metro's operational network reaches about 103.6 km, crossing 100 km and making Bengaluru India's second-largest metro after Delhi, Surya said in the same account. Times of India, writing a day earlier, said BMRCL had not yet formally confirmed the inauguration date even as Surya floated 13 November. Read the schedule as firming up in political and ministerial statements, with the operator's formal notice still the last word.

The 60-second version

• Date: 13 November 2026 inauguration of the elevated Pink Line stretch (Gowda via ET; Surya on X). TOI: BMRCL yet to formally confirm as of 2 November.
• Stretch: 7.5 km, Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere, elevated, on Bannerghatta Road.
• PM ride: Tavarekere to IIMB-Bilekahalli to flag off commercial operations (Surya via ET).
• Stations (CNBC-TV18 / Hindu BusinessLine): seven - Kalena Agrahara, Hulimavu, IIMB, JP Nagar 4th Phase, Jayadeva Hospital, Ragigudda, Tavarekere.
• Network length after opening: about 103.6 km (from 96.1 km), second only to Delhi.
• Full Pink Line: about 21.25-21.3 km, Kalena Agrahara (Gottigere) to Nagawara.
• Safety: CMRS clearance on 28 October 2026 (CNBC-TV18).
• Commercial ops (TOI): expected day after inauguration; four trains initially; peak about 6 min, non-peak about 10 min.
• Still to come: roughly 13-13.8 km underground toward Nagawara, targeted 2027; BMRCL aiming full line by May 2027 (CNBC-TV18).

What opens on 13 November

The piece opening first is not the entire Pink Line. It is the southern elevated section:

• Length: 7.5 km.
• Ends: Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere.
• Character: elevated, along the Bannerghatta Road corridor (TOI).

The full Pink Line, as described across ET, CNBC-TV18 and TOI, runs about 21.25 km (ET) to 21.3 km (TOI) from Kalena Agrahara (Gottigere) in the south to Nagawara on the Outer Ring Road. The northern and central stretch is largely underground and is not part of this inauguration.

The seven stations (and the six-station discrepancy)

CNBC-TV18 and The Hindu BusinessLine list seven stations on the elevated section:

#	Station
1	Kalena Agrahara
2	Hulimavu
3	IIMB
4	JP Nagar 4th Phase
5	Jayadeva Hospital
6	Ragigudda
7	Tavarekere

Some Times of India coverage of the same corridor has been read as implying a shorter station count that effectively omits Ragigudda. This explainer prefers the seven-station list from CNBC-TV18 and Hindu BusinessLine. If BMRCL publishes an official station board that differs, that board wins.

Safety clearance and the run-up

CNBC-TV18 reported that the elevated stretch received safety approval from the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) on 28 October 2026, clearing the path for inauguration and commercial operations.

ET noted that the announcement follows a joint trial run in September involving Gowda, Surya, Bengaluru South MLA M Krishnappa, BMRCL Managing Director PC Jaffer and other senior officials.

On the political calendar:

• Chief Minister DK Shivakumar had written to Modi on 6 October, inviting him to inaugurate the elevated section in October (CNBC-TV18).
• Dates floated publicly later settled on 13 November via Surya, after earlier talk of mid-November timings in local coverage. Treat 13 November as the date now being stated by the minister and the MP in the 2-3 November reports, pending BMRCL's formal confirmation.

Commercial operations: what TOI expects

Times of India (2 November) reported that:

• Commercial operations are expected the day after the inauguration.
• BMRCL planned to deploy four trains initially on the elevated section.
• Frequency: about six minutes in peak hours and about ten minutes in non-peak hours.
• As of that report, BMRCL had not formally confirmed the inauguration itself.

Those passenger-start details are TOI's account of plans and expectations, not a reproduced BMRCL circular in the stories reviewed here. The inauguration date and the first revenue service day can diverge, as they often do on Indian metro openings.

Fares: the reports used for this article do not confirm an official fare card for the new stretch. This page does not invent ticket prices. Check BMRCL's published fare chart before travel.

Jayadeva: Bengaluru's third Metro interchange

TOI's deep dive on the Jayadeva Hospital station is the most detailed public account in this batch:

• It becomes Bengaluru's third Metro interchange, after Majestic and RV Road.
• It will connect the Pink Line with the operational Yellow Line.
• Built-up area: about 19,826 sqm.
• Described as the tallest Metro station in the city.
• Expected to handle around 25,000 passengers in peak hours.
• Designed as a multi-level hub integrating Metro corridors with a double-decker flyover, an underpass and at-grade roads.

TOI also reported last-mile and pedestrian concerns. Commuter Varsha R said the stretch beneath the double-decker flyover is poorly lit and hard to judge for traffic, with particular risk for persons with disabilities. Commuter Srihari said Jayadeva's platforms are wider than Majestic and RV Road, but changing platforms is difficult and needs better signage. Those are named-commuter accounts in TOI, not BMRCL admissions.

An official quoted by TOI said the elevated Pink Line should complement Yellow Line ridership, with Bannerghatta Road travellers expected to interchange toward Electronics City and Hosur Road.

What remains underground until 2027

After Tavarekere / Dairy Circle, the Pink Line continues largely underground toward the north:

Source	Underground remainder	Target
Times of India	About 13 km, Dairy Circle to Nagawara	Expected operational next year (2027)
Hindu BusinessLine	About 13.8 km, Dairy Circle to Nagawara via M.G. Road and Shivajinagar	Not dated beyond the elevated opening
CNBC-TV18	Underground work ongoing (platform screen doors, signalling); trial runs scheduled for November; full Pink Line aim May 2027	May 2027 for the entire line

The small spread between 13 km and 13.8 km is a reporting difference, not something this page tries to reconcile with a surveyor's tape. The direction of travel is clear: elevated south first in November 2026; underground north into 2027.

Network growth claims

Two political framing points appear in the ET report:

• Krishna Byre Gowda: work toward expanding the Metro network to 170 km by 2027.
• Tejasvi Surya: the operational network has grown nearly fifteenfold from just 7 km in 2014, adding over 96 km in the past decade, which he tied to the Centre's infrastructure push.

Those are statements by the minister and the MP. The hard near-term number in the same reporting cluster is the jump from about 96.1 km to about 103.6 km once this elevated stretch is counted as operational (CNBC-TV18 / Surya via ET).

What to watch next

1. BMRCL's formal confirmation of the 13 November inauguration and the first commercial-service day.
2. Whether passengers board on 14 November, as TOI expects, and whether the four-train, 6/10-minute pattern holds.
3. Jayadeva interchange on day one: Pink-Yellow transfers, signage, and the pedestrian issues TOI's named commuters flagged.
4. Underground trial runs scheduled for November, and whether the May 2027 full-line target stays intact.
5. Official fare card for the new stretch. None of the reports used here published a confirmed chart.
6. Gowda's 170 km by 2027 target: how much of that depends on other corridors beyond Pink Line completion.

Bengaluru is on the edge of a 100-plus-kilometre Metro network, with a Bannerghatta Road elevated spine about to open and a longer underground spine still in the works. The ceremony date is now being spoken as 13 November. The operator's notice, the first revenue train, and the fare board are what still have to catch up in public.

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This explainer is compiled from public reporting by The Economic Times (3 November 2026), CNBC-TV18 (3 November 2026), Times of India (2 November 2026), and The Hindu BusinessLine (2 November 2026). Station counts prefer CNBC-TV18 and Hindu BusinessLine's seven-station list where TOI wording can be read as omitting Ragigudda. Commercial-ops timing, initial train count and frequency are from TOI and remain provisional until BMRCL confirms. No official fare card for the new stretch was confirmed in these reports. This page will be updated when BMRCL issues formal inauguration and service notices.