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Kolkata-based Titagarh Rail Systems Limited to deliver the first set of coaches for Bengaluru metro’s yellow line by August 2024

BMRCL awaits delivery of coaches from TRSL for Bengaluru Metro's Yellow Line, aiming for completion by February 2025.

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Bengaluru’s metro woes amid Lok Sabha elections: Political parties spar over future course of metro; commuters angry at delay

Citizens of Bengaluru are unhappy this election season owing to the delays in metro construction and in the opening of the new Yellow Line stretch, and the traffic chaos caused by ongoing construction works.

The Hindu

What is Bengaluru metro’s driverless train, bought from a Chinese company

The inaugural driverless prototype train for Bengaluru metro’s upcoming Yellow Line, a 19-km route linking R.V. Road and Bommasandra near Electronics City, is expected to be operational by the end of this year.

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CTA boss says Yellow Line crash conditions are isolated, not systemwide

Brushing aside criticism that he has remained silent since the crash, CTA President Dorval Carter said National Transportation Safety Board rules prohibit him from commenting on the investigation. But he tried to allay speculation about a potential design flaw.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA will reduce train speeds on Yellow Line in response to crash, federal investigators say

The National Transportation Safety Board is focusing on CTA rail signals, railcar brakes and track conditions as it tries to determine why the train couldn’t avoid hitting the snowplow near the Howard Street station.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA Yellow Line service remains suspended after crash that injured 38

A reopening date for the line, which handles about 1,500 commuters every weekday, hasn’t been set. A southbound train struck a snow plow on tracks near the Howard stop.

Chicago Sun-Times

More lawsuits filed against CTA following Yellow Line-snow plow crash

One was filed on behalf of Zubair Hussain, who was knocked unconscious by the impact and hospitalized for three days, his lawyers said.

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After CTA Yellow Line crash, here’s what we know about train safety

Sun-Times reporter Sophie Sherry and transportation expert Joseph Schwieterman appeared on WBEZ’s Reset to talk about the recent CTA Yellow Line crash and what it means for train safety.

Chicago Sun-Times

So many questions — too few answers — about CTA Yellow Line crash

The CTA has said very little about last week’s Yellow Line crash. Even so, the incident is set to become another example of the transit agency’s woes, highlighting its shortcomings and failure to implement the latest technology.

Chicago Sun-Times

First train of Namma Metro’s Yellow Line rolls out from China

The China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation factory in China has rolled out one Namma Metro prototype coach that Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. will deploy on the upcoming Yellow Line, which is likely to be operational in February, 2024

The Hindu

Passengers question role of human error in CTA Yellow Line crash

Passengers ask why a snow plow was on an active track. A transportation expert wonders how the CTA didn’t know stopping distances. Thirty-eight people were injured.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA, Metra tout new, bigger budgets but warn of troubles down the road

The presentations to a regional transit board happened in the same day that a rail crash on the CTA’s Yellow Line injured dozens.

Chicago Sun-Times

BMRCL officials visit China to inspect Bengaluru metro Yellow Line coaches

BMRCL officials visit CRRC factory in China to facilitate transit of metro coaches. CRRC has partnered with Titagarh Wagons to supply remaining coaches from Sept. R.V. Road - Bommasandra line of Namma Metro to become operational by Dec 2023, benefiting many.

The Hindu

HUDA City Centre station to be renamed Millennium City Centre not Gurugram City Centre

NEW DELHI: The DMRC on Monday said HUDA City Centre station on the Delhi Metro's Yellow Line will be renamed Millennium City Centre, hours after announcing that it will be rechristened Gurugram City Centre. The station falls in Haryana's Gurgaon, a bustling IT and commercial hub in the National Capital…

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Bangkok Post

Commercial operation begins along Yellow Line

Commercial operations began along the Yellow Line on Monday, with fares ranging from 15-45 baht per trip.

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Cabinet sets Yellow Line ticket prices

The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Yellow Line monorail fares with collection starting on July 3, said government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri.

Bangkok Post

Yellow Line monorail experiences technical problem

The Yellow Line monorail had its first technical problem after 20 days of trial runs, with five stops temporarily closed for about 90 minutes on Thursday.

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Yellow Line monorail experiences its first technical glitch

The Yellow Line monorail had its first technical problem after 20 days of trial runs, with five stops from Lat Phrao 101 to Hua Mak temporarily closed for about an hour and a half on Thursday.

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Prayut tries out Bangkok's new monorail

Caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha took a test ride on Bangkok's new Yellow Line monorail route on Monday morning, and found it "comfortable".

Bangkok Post

Yellow Line adds 9 stations to trial run, extends operating hours

The Yellow Line monorail service will add nine more stations and extend its operating hours to between 6am-8pm during a trial run period from Monday.

Bangkok Post

Prayut to preside over official Yellow Line opening

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will officially open the Yellow Line electric train system — now offering free rides to passengers on most parts of the route — on June 19, according to a source in the Transport Ministry.

Bangkok Post

Yellow Line begins trial run

Close to 80,000 passengers rode on the Yellow Line at the start of its trial run at the weekend as the Department of Rail Transport eyes extending the trial to all 23 stations around the middle of this month.

Bangkok Post

Yellow Line monorail service gets positive reviews

Commuters were thrilled to join the first Yellow Line monorail trial run on Saturday. Many had flocked to Samrong station in Samut Prakan since 9am.

Bangkok Post

Yet another missing rail link

For decades, commuters wishing to travel from the city's north to its east (and vice versa) have had to deal with bottom-clenching traffic jams on Lat Phrao and Srinakarin roads, two heavily congested roads which form the city's main north-east corridor. In 2005, in a bid to clear up some…

Bangkok Post

BTSC says it's ready to invest in 'missing link'

The Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) is ready to invest in a 2.6-kilometre missing link to connect its Yellow Line monorail to the Green Line of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) at Ratchayothin and Lat Phrao stations.

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