Where does the Orange Line go?

It is a 32.15 km line with 22 stations. Starting in the south at JP Nagar (4th Phase), it passes Banashankari, Nagarbhavi, Peenya and Hebbal before ending at Kempapura, with stops near Mysuru Road and Sumanahalli Cross.

What is the total length of Phase 3?

Phase 3 totals 44.65 km and 31 stations over two corridors: the 32.15 km Orange Line, and a 12.5 km Magadi Road line between Hosahalli and Kadabagere.

Will the Orange Line serve Bellandur or Marathahalli?

No. Those areas are on the eastern ring road, where the Blue Line, still being built, is the planned service.

Have the builders begun work on the Orange Line?

Not yet at scale. Civil tendering began in 2026, when bids for three packages of roughly 18.6 km were called in January. The start of work was pushed to mid-2026.

What is the likely opening date?

There is no firm date. Approval pointed to 2029, but the double-decker design, land acquisition and utility shifting have moved the target to the early 2030s. Any single date is only a target.

Orange Line Metro Bangalore: Route, Stations and Status

Buyers hunting for homes near a "new metro line" in Bangalore often confuse two ring-road projects. The Orange Line, a corridor of Phase 3, runs down the west side from Kempapura near Hebbal to JP Nagar, while the Blue Line serves the east through Bellandur and Marathahalli. The notes below give the right route, the status in mid-2026 and the questions that buyers in the south, west and north should put to a seller.

Phase 3 at a Glance

The third phase of Namma Metro adds 31 elevated stations across 44.65 km, split between two corridors. August 2024 brought the Union Cabinet's clearance, and the estimated outlay is Rs. 15,611 crore. The first corridor, the Orange Line, has 22 stations over 32.15 km, while the second has 9 stations over 12.5 km, between Hosahalli and Kadabagere.

Sumanahalli Cross is where the two corridors cross. Between them they take rail into pockets of West Bangalore with no train service at all, filling a wide gap between the southern and northern ends of the network.

The Stations, Heading South From Kempapura

At the top end, Kempapura and Hebbal come first. Next are Nagashetty Halli, BEL Circle, Muthyalanagar and Peenya, followed by Kanteerava Nagar, Freedom Fighters Colony, Chowdeshwari Nagar and Sumanahalli Cross.

The Nagarbhavi group follows, with BDA Complex Nagarbhavi, Papireddy Palya, Vinayaka Layout and Nagarbhavi Circle. Then come Mysuru Road, Dwaraka Nagar, Hosakerehalli and Kamakya Junction, and the line finishes in JP Nagar with Kadirenahalli, JP Nagar, JP Nagar 5th Phase and JP Nagar 4th Phase.

What makes the line useful is its link with the existing network. These interchanges are planned:

Kempapura and Hebbal: the Blue Line to the airport
JP Nagar and Peenya: the Green Line
Mysuru Road: the Purple Line
The southern terminus: the Pink Line

The Magadi Road Branch

This branch leaves the Purple Line at Hosahalli and heads west along Magadi Road. Its nine stations, read from the far end back towards the city, are Kadabagere, Kamath Layout, Byadarahalli, Herohalli, Anjana Nagar, Sumanahalli Cross, Kamakshipalya, KHB Colony and Hosahalli. The branch would serve housing layouts and newer apartment projects around Magadi Road beyond the ring road.

Where Things Stand

The project moved from sanction to tendering over 2025 and 2026. A double-decker design, putting a road flyover under the metro viaduct, got the state cabinet's nod in September 2025, priced at roughly Rs. 9,700 crore. In January 2026 the BMRCL called bids for initial civil work in three packages, which total 12 stations and about 18.6 km, beginning at the southern end and heading towards Nagarbhavi.

Technical bids were opened in February 2026. March 2026 saw Japan's international development agency, JICA, sign a loan agreement for the project worth around Rs. 6,100 crore. Most of the delay comes from the double-decker design: the flyover is meant for 28.5 km or so of the Orange Line plus 8.6 km of the Magadi Road branch, and the plans had to be reworked.

Clearing land, moving utilities and cutting trees took longer too. Civil work, first expected in January 2026, is now slated for mid-2026, and the completion target has moved from 2029 to the early 2030s. Lines of this length usually open in sections, so the first passengers may ride only part of it.

Gains and Pains for Homes Nearby

The route runs through settled neighbourhoods, among them JP Nagar, Banashankari and Nagarbhavi, with schools, markets and bus services in place. A metro there offers a faster cross-city ride, with the biggest gain for people who drive the ring road between south and north today.

At Hebbal the Orange Line joins the Blue Line, which heads for the airport. Through the Mysuru Road interchange the west reaches the Purple Line, so people living along Mysore Road and Magadi Road get a second entry into the network.

The disadvantages count as well. Building viaducts and flyovers for several years will narrow the road and slow traffic by station sites. Someone who buys in 2026 for metro access could wait years for a train while living beside construction.

Questions Before Paying More

A station on the drawing board justifies a closer look at a project, and these checks decide whether it earns a premium:

Walk from the project's entrance to where the station is planned, remembering that a kilometre is about as far as people go on foot
Check that the nearest station belongs to the approved plan and is not part of an extension proposal
Find out if any part of the plot or its road frontage will be needed for the viaduct, a station or flyover ramps
Set the asking price against comparable homes two to three kilometres away to judge how much metro value it already carries
Drive the present commute at peak hours, as that is the one that applies for years
Look at the project's RERA registration, sanctioned plan and khata on their own

A sound purchase here is one that works for the family on current roads and services, with the metro as a bonus. For projects in localities along this corridor, see the West Bangalore page.