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Bengaluru Metro: In some great news for commuters on the Bengaluru Metro aka the Namma Metro network a fourth train will start operations soon 0n the Namma Metro Yellow Line as the first of six coaches for the trainset has arrived in the Karnataka capital from Kolkata while the remaining five coaches are expected to arrive in the next couple of days. When will Bengaluru Metro Yellow Line get its fourth train? According to B L Yashavanth Chavan Chief Public Relations Officer Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) after their arrival all six coaches will be coupled to form a train at the Hebbagodi depot. After static testing the train will ply on the Bengaluru Metro Yellow Line he said. The fourth train will undergo at least two weeks of testing on the mainline at night before entering passenger service by early September according to another senior official. Who built the trainsets? The coaches for the new Yellow Line train were manufactured by Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL) under a sub-contract with Chinas state-owned CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co Ltd officials said. The BMRCL awarded TRSL a Rs 1578-crore contract in December 2019 to deliver 36 trainsets 15 for the Yellow Line and 21 for the Purple and Green lines within 173 weeks. But the order was delayed as CRCC could not find an Indian partner for a long time and later faced visa troubles for bringing in its engineers from China. A prototype train for the Yellow Line was delivered by CRRC in February 2024 while TSRL delivered two more trainsets this year. All three trains are currently operation in the 19.15-km long Yellow Line which opened on August 11 with a 25-minute frequency.