Bangalore Metro Status, October 2026: A Direction-by-Direction Guide for Home Buyers
Ask a property agent in Bangalore about the metro and the answer usually blurs three things: lines carrying passengers, lines being dug or built, and lines that have only been announced. Mixing them up leads to overpaying. The notes below take the city in October 2026 one direction at a time, and then give a simple method for weighing each kind of line.
The Numbers First
In service today are 83 stations spread across 96.1 km, all run by the BMRCL. The table lists seven projects, ordered by how soon a passenger can use them.
| Line | Length | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|
| Purple | 43.49 km | Carrying passengers |
| Green | 33.46 km | Carrying passengers |
| Yellow | 19.15 km | Carrying passengers |
| Pink | Roughly 21 km | Overhead section built, safety sign-off awaited |
| Blue | 58.19 km | Being built |
| Phase 3 (Orange line plus Magadi Road corridor) | 44.65 km | Approved, with tenders issued |
| Phase 3A (Red line) | 37.8 km | Proposed; the Centre has yet to approve |
The East: Whitefield and the Ring Road
Whitefield got its metro in March 2023, when the Purple Line was extended beyond KR Pura to Kadugodi. Today a rider can cross the whole city on that line, from Challaghatta in the south-west to Whitefield, calling at 37 stations. The extension changed commuting for the ITPL belt.
The next change in the east is the Blue Line. Its first part, 19.75 km, tracks the ring road for the whole way from Silk Board to KR Pura, passing Bellandur and Marathahalli. Services on this section have now been pushed into 2027.
The South: Settled Neighbourhoods and Electronic City
The Green Line has 32 stations, and in the south it passes Basavanagudi and Jayanagar, then Banashankari, before ending on the Kanakapura Road side at Silk Institute. Those are some of the oldest residential districts in the city, so the metro here serves areas that were already in demand.
Yellow Line trains began in August 2025 and cover 16 stations. Starting from RV Road, they go through BTM Layout and Bommanahalli to Hosa Road, then Electronic City, before ending at Bommasandra. RV Road is where riders change to the Green Line.
Eighteen stations make up the Pink Line, which begins at Kalena Agrahara on Bannerghatta Road. Its opening stretch, 7.5 km on viaduct with six stops as far as Tavarekere, is complete and trials are over. Passenger service waits for the metro railway safety commissioner.
After that the line dives underground below Dairy Circle, MG Road, Shivajinagar and Cantonment, and finishes at Nagawara in the north, opening at a later date. So Bannerghatta Road gains first and homes near the underground stops gain after. Planned interchanges are Jayadeva Hospital (Yellow Line) and MG Road (Purple Line).
The North and the Airport
On the Tumkur Road side, the Green Line begins at Madavara and heads south via Peenya and Yeshwanthpur, then Rajajinagar and Malleshwaram, to cross the Purple Line at the Majestic interchange. Beyond the present network, the Blue Line will carry the metro to the airport.
The Blue Line's airport section is 38.44 km long, running north from KR Pura past Nagawara, Hebbal and Yelahanka. It comes after the Silk Board section, and together they give the line 30 stations. With the Pink and Blue lines both running, the network should reach about 175 km.
The West and the Sarjapur Side
The Purple Line already serves the west, with stops at Kengeri, Mysore Road and Vijayanagar on the way to Majestic. Phase 3 would add 31 stations over 44.65 km, and approval from the Union Cabinet dates from 16 August 2024. Its Orange Line, 32.15 km long, would trace the western ring road from JP Nagar 4th Phase up to Kempapura, via Mysore Road and Sumanahalli Cross.
Another Phase 3 corridor, 12.50 km, would follow Magadi Road, with Hosahalli at one end and Kadabagere at the other. Karnataka chose a double-decker design that puts a road flyover under the metro track, adding Rs. 9,700 crore. Civil tenders were floated in 2026, and the finishing year has slipped from 2030 to 2031.
Phase 3A, the Red Line, is the plan for Sarjapur Road. In the February 2026 revision it measures 37.8 km, and after leaving Hebbal it would pass Dairy Circle and the centre, then Koramangala and Agara. State cabinet approval came on 6 December 2024, but the Centre has yet to give its consent. Sarjapur Road has no station at present, and no opening year can be named.
A Way to Weigh the Stages
The stage a line has reached counts for more than its size or price. Home buyers can use four simple rules:
- A running line deserves full credit, once the walk to the station has been tried at commuting time.
- A line under construction is a benefit for later, after dust, diversions and possible delay.
- An approved line still at tender is a distant plus.
- A merely proposed line should not enter the price at all.
Distance finishes the job. Ten minutes on foot to a station changes daily life, whereas a station that needs an auto helps much less. Two lines meet at each of the interchange stations: Majestic, RV Road and KR Pura.
Verifying a Metro Claim
Advertisements tend to show a station near a project without naming the line or saying if it has opened. Five points settle the claim:
- Which line and which station, checked on the official route map.
- Whether that station is open, in construction or merely planned.
- The walk from the project gate to the station entrance, crossings and pavements included.
- Whether land is still to be acquired along the road outside the project.
- The price of a similar home farther away, which reveals what the metro adds.
A good purchase also works without a line that has yet to arrive, since stages can slip. Plan the commute around what runs today.
