The problem occurred at around 9:45 am when the train was en route National College Metro Station and many passengers at subsequent stations were left waiting. The glitch delayed hundreds of passengers while they were commuting to work.
“At 9.46 am on Thursday, a train running from Yelachenahalli to Nagasandra on the Green Line developed a technical snag while approaching the National College Metro Station. We introduced an additional train from Nagasandra, two trains from Rajajinagar and one train from Peenya industry to normalise the situation. Passengers had to be offloaded at National College, Rajajinagar, Peenya Industry and Sampige Road and cleared by the following trains,” Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) Managing Director Ajay Seth told Times of India.
The incident threw the schedules of hundreds of commuters headed for offices out of gear. The commuters at the time had to get off at National College, Rajajinagar, Peenya Industry, Majestic and Sampige Road stations.
At 10.57 am, BMRCL confirmed that the problem was fixed and train services were restored as per the schedule from Yelachenahalli to Nagasandra stations.
In August, Bengaluru Metro was in the news after a train on the Green Line unexpectedly stopped near Rajajinagar Metro Station. While BMRCL maintained that the train operator brought the train to a halt as a precautionary measure, BMRCL Employees' Union vice-president Suryanarayana Murthy has claimed that the incident occurred since the train was being driven by a junior and inexperienced employee and that he had travelled too fast near a curve on the tracks.